FEB. 11, 2012
More work done on this experiment this morning…Light/shade shadow/atmosphere study.
Will put some more FiberMesh foliage in the forground shadows of the cliff face next…Basically just creating a piece to study more, and practice more with FiberMesh on.
Glenn
ZBRUSH
very nice texturing on the outcrop , maybe a little fog ?
Great composite, I like the overall setting a lot! Did you sculpt those hydra looking creatures or did you paint them in corel painter? For me the rocks are a little dark, you can’t see any detail or so!
But keep it going Glenn, really digging your works!
FEB. 11, 2012
Thank You Deke.:)…I’ll probably end up with 3 or 4 versions…and fog will difinitely be in one of them…I’m really interested to see how light can look shining on just the tips of the little flowers and leaves in the foliage that i’m planning on putting in the shadow areas of the forground rocks using this new FiberMesh feature in ZBRUSH…
Thanks for the visit and suggestion Deke,…Always useful, appreciated and welcomed.small_orange_diamond:)
Hi Kenny and Thanks Man…:)…That dragon was done entirerly within ZBRUSH…I sculpted it to start with in Sculptris,…then took it into SpotLight when that feature first came out…I used a photo of a snow leapard to get the fur part, bat wing photo for his wings, and a photo of a scaley type of ant eater to get the scales on the rest of his body…using the SpotLight feature in ZBRUSH…great feature and lots of fun to use.
Wips for it are back in this sketchbook somewhere…somewhere back there…:D…About the details in the rock…don’t want to see them…they are of least interest to the piece as a whole, and should take second stage to what’s happening in the piece…
Glenn
Getting some more drama going on this morning in this little light/shade/shadow/atmosphere study,… through the use of light/shade/shadow/atmosphere.
ZBRUSH / Corel Painter
Woa … the original gang of three, a triumvirate to be reckoned with! I am really loving the way this shaping up! One tiny suggestion … the grass at the bottom right is breaking up a bit.
But otherwise, Bravo Glenn! :lol: Cheers, David 
FEB. 12, 2012
Hey,…Thank You David :)…I’ll see what I can do about that plant…Funny, it changes for the worse when I up the resolution and dimentions of the canvas…I’ll find a solution to that problem somewhere along the way in this experiment…Hopefully 
Worked on and put in place some more FiberMesh foliage for this little light/shade/shadow/atmosphere study this morning.
Glenn
ZBRUSH / Corel Painter
Amazing Work!!!I love the scenes ,really cool dragons
I can just concur with Promethias, really nice work! Loving the whole composite!
Keep up the great work Glenn:)
cool!! very nice layout and composite. it feels like a frank frazetta painting.
FEB. 13, 2012
Kenny / Promethias / 3DKid…Thank You Guys…
Another FiberMesh practice, exploration and experiment done tonight…Luv this new FiberMesh feature…lots and lots of possibilities…Just scratching the tip of the iceberg so far with it.
Glenn
ZBRUSH / Corel Painter
FEB.13, 2012
ZBRUSH FiberMesh Study
Glenn
FEB. 13, 2012
Started a new piece this morning…Putting the grizzly bear into it as he is now as a placeholder for now, until I give him a proper coat of fur using FiberMesh.
ZBRUSH
Glenn
FEB. 14, 2012
Working on the FiberMesh fur for this Grizzly Bear this morning…I like the way it looks without the BPR render as it is now…Looks too soft after the BPR render…So I think I will just fake the shadows by poly painting them in …It is a painting after all…
Will work on the head fur next,…and then put in place those long thick claws.
Glenn
ZBRUSH
Cool work and nice forms of the bear, great one!
Looking forward to this work, how far you are going to take the grizzly =)
Keep it going Glenn buddy =)
Happy sculpting
really like the bear and the fur. yes, i too noticed that bpr render makes fur looking soft. i like the fur as you have it now, it looks rough and a little wet, like he was just fishing 
Hi Spirit, I often jump to your thread. Imho most sensational thumbnails on ZBC always leading me to your work.
I love the way you work with things and carefully explore details.
About your too soft fur - have you played with different materials for fur?
A quick check showed me that you can achieve a bunch of different results including from hard to soft.
You have trillions of possibilities in adjusting the rendered BPR picture directly in zBrush by using “Adjustments” and “BPR Filters” AFTER you have rendered.
In those ways I am 100% sure you can get even much much more than you have with realtime preview now.
I am quite new to zBrush and didn’t know that, maybe you don’t know that too. If not, you will love it. Otherwise I am not sure how you created all this beautiful atmospheres in this thread? 
Keep it coming.I’ll keep on visiting you.
FEB. 14, 2012
Kenny…Hey Thanks man :)…Still along ways to go yet…Don’t know where i’m going, but as another explorer put it…I’m going there Anyway…
Kokoro…Thank You.:)…I kind of like the way the FiberMesh looks without the BPR…Reminds me of an expressionistic or impressionistic style of painting…Not too hard to take it in that direction, if left without the BPR…Depends on what kind of style one is after in the piece that one is creating I imagine …With the BPR, things look super real, almost to the point of being photographic, which is a whole other style of painting in itself…I guess it’s just a matter of personal taste in the end as to which style one tries for in a piece that one is working on…Decisions Decisions…
Knacki…Thank You. …I’m sure you are right about those BPR settings being able to get fantastic results…I’ve yet to explore even a few of them yet…Baby Steps for me …all the way along this journy, so far anyway…:D…But I have been trying to explore a little something new with each piece that I experiment with…So much new stuff to explore is the problem, …but it’s a fun problem to say the least…In a never ending adventure. LOL
Glad you enjoy the Atmosphere Also…:)
Thanks Again for the visit, input, suggestions…Very Much appreciated, Welcomed, and Useful…small_orange_diamond:)
Glenn
Furthe along with this FiberMesh exploration this morning…A couple without BPR and Preview Shadows…, and a couple with BPR and LightCap.
Hi Glenn,
That bear is looking really good! You will need to build an Ark soon! :lol: Cheers, David
FEB. 15, 2012
Thanks David :)…A ZBRUSH Ark…Now there’s a Thought worth keeping in mind…
Put some claws on this grizzly bear, and got a BPR of him.:)Starting to explore the New Render and LightCap features a little more than I have so far…Lots to learn in that area for me yet, …for sure.
Glenn
ZBRUSH
FEB. 15, 2012
Eperimenting with the render sliders in LightCap,…and then pressed Best Render…Got the coarse fur of the Grizzly, the way it should look I think…The BPR is just not as good a render for this type of grizzled fur effect…Too soft, and lacks the sparkle in the fur that a Grizzly has…Will keep trying with the BPR though, just to see what happens…might be a way to match it up with the Best Render look of the fur…Got to luv this new technology…Pure Magic…
Glenn
ZBRUSH
Best Render
