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#81

Indeed, this is just a bloody fantastic project!!! Every feature is not left untouched; From the hair on his head, to the buttons on his jacket.

I’d like to personally thankyou for post your steps and flow.

I still don’t understand how you did the hair…I mean, you used photoshop to do it or? Sorry, this probably sound stupid…

But i really would like to know, seeing as I’m working on a project of my own.

Once again, this project is fantatsic all round :smiley:

I look forward to seeing your next piece.

-Matt

#82

Thank you, very nice !!! :roll_eyes: :lol: :lol:

#83

Ok, a bit calmer now, even though the fire is still ragin’. 16, 200 acres, 3000 firefighters, 12% contained, only 1 home lost so far. We do have the best firefighters here. They have to deal with it every year.

Smoke went away for now. though there is still ash in the air. The fire is right near where I used to live, in West Hills. If we still lived there we would have been evacuated. luckily it’s mostly staying to the hills, as there is no wind to fan it. This is a very good thing. This ain’t over, but I’m hoping the worst is past.

Suzana: Thank you for the comments…:smiley: I hope the twins aren’t as grumpy as my guy here…:laughing:

Blaine91555: Thank you for your concern. We are fine at the moment, but it can get plenty scary when the smoke hurts your chest. Thanks also for the input…:smiley:

pete330: Fire coming up to your backyard is a lot scarier than what we are experiencing! I’m glad the FD was there for you…:smiley:

Kyphur: My wife and I want to thank you for your offer…:smiley: That is VERY cool gesture. As we are 3000 miles away, it’s a long trip, but your offer gave us some comfort. My wife thanks you personally…:+1: The fire is about
a mile and a half from us. The sky was lit up a lot more last night, but that’s because the fire was on the hilltops. Now the fire has burned a lot lower, so we can’t see the glow as predominantly. This is both good (no scary glows lighting up the sky) and scary (The fire is a LOT closer). Wacky stuff…

Ron: I hope ya get some good stuff from the tutorial. I look forward to seeing what ya come up with…:smiley:

Matty: I really appreciate your support of the tutorial…:+1: It’s always good to know that it helped another artist out. As for the hair, it’s all hand painted using the Nagel brushes in Photoshop. I’ll have to make a few screens to show you how it’s done. You do need Photoshop CS edition to use them though.
If you don’t have it, fret not, as you can get some really cool stuff in Z-Brush using the fiber material. There’s some great tutorials in the forums on using it.

Dickie

#84

Thanx Dickie :wink:
And, Yes, I do have Photoshop CS, and will be awaiting your next move.

-Matt

#85

Matty, go to the link I put into my tutorial to get the brushes.

http://graphicssoft.about.com/od/photoshopbrushes/

Download sets 19 and 21.

You then extract them into your presets/brushes directory. Open your brushes in Photoshop CS and select the Nagel brushes. I use series 19 and 21. Those are the hair brush sets. they look like this:

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Now just open an image you want to paint hair on, select the brush you want to try, choose a darker color for the lowest hairs and paint them on!
Different brushes simulate different types of hair. Experiment. Have fun.

Here is an example of how I did the eyebrows:

[](javascript:zb_insimg(‘18965’,‘EyebrowTutorial.jpg’,1,0))

This should get you started on a new way of making hair for your characters.

Oh, and don’t forget to use your tablet! The brushes are direction and pressure sensitive…:+1:

DickieNagel_01.jpgEyebrowTutorial.jpg

#86

glad the winds have changed…man if the smoke is bad enuf to hurt…get the hell out next time…you don’t know what the heck it is your breathing in and I couldn’t live without big head boys coming our way once in awhile to give us some grins!

#87

Pilou :+1:

#88

Thanks !!!

#89

Hey DICKIE
You’re a good bloke… :smiley:

Thanks a heap hey, im serious.

Thanks for not “brushing” me to the side, no punn intended.

Once again, THANKS.

-Matt

#90

Anytime, Bro. The main thing is, did this help ya? Once you start playin’ you’ll see the possibilities…

Dickie

#91

Amazing process Dickie!!!Very pleased to see it!!!:+1: :+1:

WANNA LOOK?

ALIEN FACE HUGGER

MattHHH :sunglasses:

#92

that is a really nice image, nice modelling nice materials and nice hair! congrats for a well done job!

#93

Hi Dickie. I am happy you and your family are ok. I hope the fire will be extinguished very soon.

Thank you for the tut. It is wonderful. I think your thread should be on the top row.

#94

Well, HERE is the final image. I modeled a z-Sphere hand and jacket arm and cigarette. I made the z-spheres into a unified skin. added the hand on top of the other image, tweaked the settings and and made a fake SSS pass for it also. I then painted the smoke in.

MatHHH:If ya learned something from the tutorial, then my job here is done…:smiley:

Metamesh: Thank you!

Vlad74:Thanks for thinking of us. The fires are still burning and will be for at least another day. The air is still VERY unhealthy here, but we’ll get through it…:+1: Your kind words help me cope…:smiley:

Well, i hope you all like the hand addition. I think it adds more dimension to the piece and gives the character a little life. It’s been a fun week and a half. Oh and before I forget, the soundtrack of this piece has been Egg Radio. An amazinly wonderfully eclectic internet radio station. Give her a shot, it’s inspirational…www.eggradio.com

No, they aren’t paying me…:laughing:

Dickie

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#95

yay, Dickie, now ist the composition just p_e_r_f_e_c_t:+1: :sunglasses:

#96

:+1:
Pilou

#97

He look’s like my mother !!! for sure, its a hit! :lol: :lol:

#98

Great work - the hand and ciggy make it perfect. :sunglasses:

#99

very very fantastic :+1:small_orange_diamond:+1:small_orange_diamond:+1:small_orange_diamond:+1:small_orange_diamond:+1:

#100

I have to say yet again that this has turned out really damn well. I suppose it reminds me of one thing that I know I’m not alone in forgetting when modelling. The addition of a prop or simple pose adds extra dimension to a character. I know from personal experience that its easy to get carried away with the modelling of a piece and forget anbout its prtesentation.

I have to admit that your piece inspired me to go hunting out the nagel brushes out again from my ‘resource’s’ drive. I’d forgot how truely useful they can be. Actualy this is model that would make a damn good video tutorial in my oppinion.

Wayne…