Mac 'N' Cheese - Zbrush progress

Mac_N_Cheese · July 4, 2019, 11:17pm

Hey guys,
Some progress images of the characers for the Short film “Mac ‘n’ Cheese”. The graduation short we’ve been working on for the last 5 months.
The 2 characters were both created within zbrush (with the help of maya and photoshop).
Detailed sculpting was later used to create cavity, normal and AO maps for the “lower-res” final models. Textures were handpainted in PS and Zbrush, fixed in bodypaint.
Blendshapes were created in Zbrush aswell.

The first character,‘Skinny’

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And ‘Biggy’

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The two of them together

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A few BPRs

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A few test renders

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Stills from the film

You can check out the teaser trailer on our website: http://macncheese.nl/
Or check our FB page http://www.facebook.com/MacNCheeseShort

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091181 · July 3, 2019, 10:56pm

Looking Really good…
Waiting for the release…

martiangirl · July 3, 2019, 10:56pm

I just watched the trailer.Looks great. Models are sweet.

3dzeiro · July 3, 2019, 10:56pm

wooww!!! is a perfect style, i love it! congrats man!

grassetti · July 3, 2019, 10:56pm

great work dude! Hope animation is as good as the characters and render

Cheers!

caffeineandpixels · July 4, 2019, 11:17pm

The skinny guy (Is his name Cheese?) looks like these inbred hillbillies…

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Or a bit like the banjo boy in “Deliverance”.

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_LOad · July 3, 2019, 10:56pm

greate style and awesome work congrats!small_orange_diamond

luis2008 · July 3, 2019, 10:56pm

great style and colors. congrats

Mac_N_Cheese · July 4, 2019, 9:36am

Thanks a lot guys!
The “shading” part is mostly done in fusion, by rendering out a color and control (surf luminace, facing ratio, AO) layer in maya.

Mac_N_Cheese · July 3, 2019, 10:57pm

Thanks guys,
If you’re interested in the animation, be sure to check out our teaser trailer:
http://vimeo.com/macncheese

Our website:
http://macncheese.nl/
And our FB page:
http://www.facebook.com/MacNCheeseShort

Mac_N_Cheese · July 4, 2019, 11:17pm

The blendshapes were done in Zbrush aswell. Just a fantastic way of sculpting with layers:D
Just a few examples:

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digitalmind · July 3, 2019, 10:57pm

Really special looking style!!Awesome characters!small_orange_diamondsmall_orange_diamondsmall_orange_diamondsmall_orange_diamond

Nattawat_OBBI · July 3, 2019, 10:57pm

Fantastic style! I love your stuff!

cherub_rock · July 3, 2019, 10:57pm

Great! And also great animation (the running cycle is awesome) small_orange_diamondsmall_orange_diamondsmall_orange_diamondsmall_orange_diamond

JoseConseco · July 3, 2019, 10:57pm

These are great. I’m looking forward for finished animation.

rodion_vlasov · July 3, 2019, 10:57pm

hahah love the expressions

Mac_N_Cheese · July 4, 2019, 11:17pm

Thanks alot guys!! Good news, too. We just heard we’ve graduated with this short Hooray!

Here are some work in progress and final shots of the environments. All made in Zbrush and decimated using Decimation master. This not only gave us workable polycounts, but also a cool triangulated effect which works very well with our visual style. Hope you like!

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luis2008 · July 3, 2019, 10:57pm

congrats. i would hope you graduated with this. if you failed with this I would like to see what passed

great job to you and your team

dacamar · July 3, 2019, 10:57pm

Gefeliciteerd, ook geheel terecht!

Dave

Capital_G · July 3, 2019, 10:57pm

Fantastic work, I can not wait to see the full short. Could you share a little bit about your compositing process, I would like to know how you used the ‘control’ maps in Fusion to get the painted / cel-shaded look?

All the very best

Gerard