Nicolas Mina - WIPs & Some completed models

[nickolasnm]

Hello everyone. Im new to the Zforums but not new to Zbrush, so I hope this post meets with all the standards here. If not, then I apologize.
Anyway, I’ve been drawing since I was a little kid and I’ve always loved it. I guess I have it in my blood because my mother is an artist and her uncle was a very talented artist aswell.
I’ve never had any formal training, I just kind of picked up things along the way. I’ve read lots of tutorials, books, and watched videos about art.
I took a basic 3D course a while back and I thought to myself, what if I mixed some of my creative ideas but made them in 3D? Well I started off with a traditional 3D package (blender3D) and I liked it but the technical side distracted me quite a bit so the process was really slow. One day I discover Zbrush and it opened up a whole new world, pushing aside the technical aspects and leaving just the creative side which is necessary to create characters and objects.
I dont want to bore you guys to death with my learning curve and how I discovered Zbrush so here are some of my works lol:

A pilot for a 2D side scrolling game thats in the works but has been temporarily halted for the moment:

A fire minion for another game we’re putting together:

• on a side note we’re looking for a few talented artists to help us with this game to speed up the work process

Timelapse video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AlsOAylyVzw

I’ll add some more WIPs later on Thanks for viewing!

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[nickolasnm]

more progress on the last model:

[Gary_Komar]

some great first posts ! keep at it happy holidays !

[nickolasnm]

Thanks Gary, I appreciate that. Happy holidays to you too.

[nickolasnm]

This is a quick sculpt I did this afternoon. Used the insert brushes quite a lot on this one.

[tierzilla]

muy groso todo man , segui subiendo videos a youtube =D !
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PD: Laburas en algun lado aca en argentina?

[Framedworld]

his muscles make me smile for some reason. There’s a nice weight about them, just don’t over kill them with those wrinkle line things you have there on the abdomen

[nickolasnm]

tierzilla: Gracias y si puedo subo algún otro vídeo Y de esto no. Estoy tratando de armar un juego con unos amigos en el exterior.

Framedworld: Hehe thanks
. I think you would have smiled even more if I would have posted the entire image with his bottom half. Thanks for your comment, I really appreciate it.

[nickolasnm]

worked on him a little more:

[nickolasnm]

Another character WIP for the game:

video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nu74YIo6sDg

[nickolasnm]

I think shes completed for now :

on to the other characters… heh

[Clintus_Maximus]

Very nice i really like the way you do your forearms and hands. Cool stuff

[nickolasnm]

Thank you Clintus

[nickolasnm]

Another finished character:

I used a skeletal structure under the armor to help me the proportions. Mind you this character will just be flame under this floating armor.

[teddy007kong]

cool design, i 'd just watch the thickness of some of the armour subtools but overall cool design, love to see some bpr renders with lights keep it up

[Dragon]

Love that sword. The entire sculpt looks real neat. Can’t wait to see how you place the flames in. Keep ‘burning it up’-

[nickolasnm]

teddy007kong: Thanks for your comment. Now that I see it, the “collar” area seems to be a bit thin…I dont think it’ll be noticed in the final comp. Im really trying to focus on character creation and actual modelling now because I have to pump out a LOT of sculpts. I’ll be using the bpr renderer a bit later on when I’m working on the 2D comps.

Dragon: Thanks! I appreciate your comment. The flames will be added in later when I create the 2D composition.

[nickolasnm]

Yet another character that’s in the works. Hes going to be slouched over a bit in the completed comp.

[nickolasnm]

Another character WIP:

Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZRobe1QzCYo

[nickolasnm]

I think this mud/rock golem is finished for now:

I tried recording a timelapse of this character but Zbrush kept crashing, sorry.

Heres a turntable: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2GgWIL1y3nI