Dude, This is jaw dropping amazing… Reminds me of the ones i saw at the natural history musuem. Love the action pose, and how far you pushed this from a simple mesh.
Just Checked out Beth Cavener’s Gallery, and I gotta say im just in awe, his gallery is simply amazing.
Wow, man! This is one of the best natural history sculpts I’ve seen, if you aren’t working in a major studio already you will soon. I also notice you got a 5 thumbs up from Marc Boulay, what a compliment! Marc is the best there is in this field, so well done!
My main reason for starting out in 3D, and Z Brush in particular, was to create lifelike animals which I could pose and light as I pleased to design compositions for my oil paintings. Eventually I want to create a whole menagerie for this purpose, and your Greater Kudu is exactly what I’m trying to achieve. Thank you so much for your generosity in providing the other pics and that fantastic tutorial, I’m always amazed at the spirit of kindness and support shown by 3D artists - very different from the ‘real’ art world!
I noticed the posts about opening the mouth, etc, and I have to agree. The Kudu tends to primarily gallop in short bursts, and usually when startled, thus the expression is nearly always one of stress and exertion, whereas your head is more that of a Kudu walking placidly. They also exhibit a less ‘horse-like’ gait, usually bounding more like a Gazzelle (though a good deal larger). The head could be tilted higher, with the hindquarters a little further off the ground.
But this is merely pose, and I only mention it as this is one of my very favourite animals of all time. There is nothing in Africa more elegant and graceful than a male Kudu, even when standing still. Your sculpt is faultless, the details superb and spot-on. The horns are perfect (you are right, Kudu are Antelopes, so have horns rather than ‘antlers’), this is usually where people fall over. Your eye for observation is wonderful, I can’t wait to see more of your work!
Thank you for such a beautifully observed and executed piece, Quadart, a very well deserved top row - Five thumbs from me also! More please! And soon!
Absolutely love the sculpting that you have done here. Captured it perfectly I think. Congrats:D
Thanks everyone for all the nice and constructive replies.
Deocliciano—On the work of Beth Cavener .
I don’t recall seeing her work before. Thanks for the link. Her work is fascinating.
Slashpot—Thanks for your insightful observations.
Imagine one day, when we will be playng games with animals and surrounding as real as this particular Kudu.
Hats down for realisam.
Quadart, thanks for your inspiring work and especially
the fur tutorial, very helpful.
beautiful motion!!
Hi Quadart! Nice animal! I’m so glad to see somthing not like a monster.
If it’s not a secret, do you turn off or on Fade mode in Projection Master menu, and how do you avoid seams and stretches on texture parts, that you have projected?
I had Fade mode on in PM. Avoiding stretches and seems was hard to do and virtually impossible. I spent a lot of time fixing and tweaking the color texture to get rid of these glitches. I usually use an unwrapped UV layout instead of AUVs, so once I’ve pinned things down, via ZAppLink, I can work directly in Photoshop.
Thanks for the answer and fur tutorial. Keep up the excellent work!!! :lol:
Brilliant piece, well deserved winner of the challenge 
It’s nice to see it again a couple of months afterwards, and still be amazed by it. Great work mate.
That’s a beautiful sculpt you done there. Well deserving of top row. Thank you for the fur tut!
this work is worth a five stars rate. You have lots of details. keep it up.
I think that this work as a first one of you is really good beginnig point.
Continue your works:lol:
I decided to put the antelope in an environment.
Thanks again everyone for the C&C.
Hi There, still a great design and layout, if I may comment, these animals are very edgy and hardly ever appear in open fields, they love the Camel Thorn trees and are always camoulaged between them…
A pity they are prime game in our country…
Keep up the good work…
Ziggy.
A picture I made in Zimbabwe
Hi Michel, great photo, quite a few of these have been shot here as it is hunting season, very good meat, even though I am not a keen hunter.
Ziggy
Hi Quadart, I would like to make a print of your last image, do I have your premission? And buy the way what would you charge for the use of your model, as this animal appears in many place in our country?
Ziggy.
Michel–Very nice photo. Thanks for posting it.
Sigmund Hentze–Could you PM me with your questions in a little more detail?