you are doing great Slosh 
Here is another WIP stepā¦Iāve posed the wolfman (mostly. There will be some minor nuance tweaks as the character develops). Obviously needed: texturing, eyes, expressions, asymmetry, ropes for his ankles, etc. I did a test render with the girl standing behind him, but some things need to be saved for the end 
. Iām worried that posting too much, too soon will cause the voters to be bored with the image before end of contest.
Right now he looks a bit like Tigger! :lol:
āIām worried that posting too much, too soon will cause the voters to be bored with the image before end of contest.ā
I wouldnāt worry about that, I would personally be interested to get an idea of what the final will look like.
āIām worried that posting too much, too soon will cause the voters to be bored with the image before end of contest.ā
def dont do that man, its always best to keep showing your progress for the entertainment value of your viewers as much as anything, its kind of suspenful, have a look at stumpfs thead, you have all these cool looking elements, but still no one really knows how all these pieces are gonna fit together in the end, youāve wrote in words whats going to happen, and there is a rough sketch, but we still wonāt fully get the composition untill we see the finished piece,
keep it up and keep posting
KEEP POSTING!!! WIPās WIPās WIPās ā¦ and more WIPās! We love em, we crave em! We demand sustenance!!!.. ahem!
Seriously this is one of my favorite entries so far and I love seeing the progress your making (which is better than me by the way).
Keep it up! :D
Slosh,
Being the artists that we areā¦ well that is exactly why we come here forā¦ the ART!! ehehe
So no need to worry my friend, keep em coming as has been stated the more the better. Never know the more you do the more it might be ingrained in our brain and like the mindless zombies that usually get featured on Zbrushcentral we might all vote for the image that is stuck in our headsā¦ yours!! 
Coming along nicelyā¦tedy bear is awsome and great start on the wolf. Looking forward for your final image.
Just wanted to throw in a word to let everyone know that I am still working on thisā¦not withholding progress from anyone. Iāve just been doing some physical work for the last week and a half, and Iām too tired after work to do anything. I will get back onto it after tomorrow and should post some results this weekend. Iām going to start over on the wolf. My friends have pointed out that, other than the face, he is too human. More wolf-like legs and a longer, thicker neck should help quite a bit (and yes, Harmonic, he does look like Tigger :lol: )
Anyway, more later. Great work by all the other entrants so far. This is going to be an interesting contest.
i was going to drop a line wondering about your updates, finsh your concept its one of my favorites here and there is not alot of time left, good luck.
everytime i check in on your thread the work just gets better and better, Iāve learned alot, watching you build each of the componants. cant wait to see it all together.
Well, here is an update. Iām not really happy with it. Luckily, we still have a week to finish. This could end up totally different by then, but I wanted to share what Iāve been up to.
The facial hair on Wolfie is Photoshop, the render was done in Poser.
Just thought Iād throw in a ZBrush render, too. I think I might like this one better, composition-wise. What do you think?
Hahaha! Very nice! He looks at us quite ashamed, but also like heās enjoying himself. 
The pink room does the scene good for me.
This is a great thread. I love how youāve showen us all the details of how youāve gone about making the scene.
Great expression on the Werewolf. Like someone else said, he looks like heās thinking " How the hell did I get into this situation" But at the same time heās thinking ābut I like it!ā.
Pete B
HA HA HA. I have been in this situation:lol:
At first glance, I agree on the composition. The ZBrush render is more visually pleasing. But looking deeper, I donāt think it serves the story as well.
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The tea party set becomes just a background element, no longer a forboding sign of things to come. I think itās the same distance away, but there used to be some interplay between the shadows which tied them to the characters. And probably because we lack this, the shadows on the wall serve to seperate the tea party set further from them, linking instead with the background. And maybe having the tea party set more to the right before clued me in on the temporal relationship of āthatās coming next.ā (itās how we read comic books, at least in English speaking countries)
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The girls eyes no longer look affectionately on her work. Less loving, more deranged. I think you were right with her before.
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Youāve cropped out just enough of the slipper so itās no longer clear that his not having toes was a deliberate and well thought out decision.
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And finally, I think he needs a lot more hair (in either version). Particularly covering his body, and especially his legs ā they look shaved. He needs to be very masculine to contrast what sheās done to him. 'cause right now, itās a little ambiguous as to whether sheās prettying up a werewolf or werewolfing up a ballerina.
On the whole, I do love where this is going. Just donāt let your focus get lost in the details!
I love that advice, Aaronā¦the best and most useful critique I think Iāve ever received before. Thank you so much.
The toe cropping happened because my āsetā did not extend all the way in ZBrush (you know how it hates to let you get good perspective and want to automatically resize things for you). I like rendering in Poser, so I may just fix up the problems I had in there (like John Streider suggested) and complete a set for the scene. I may try rendering in Bryce as well, just to see if I get a different atmosphere. Maybeā¦
And ya know, I wasnāt actually thinking about the āimpending tea-partyā anymore. The table and chair were just background filler, but after reading your words, I am more aware of that and must put it in as a third character, of sorts.
Thanks again, and thank-you, too, for all the other comments John S., Dedder, Fizzy, Plakkie. It helps to get feedback and I appreciate all of it.
lol! coming along nicely slosh.
Slosh,
Looking good, and I tend to agree with things said previously about your last render. Its coming along very nicely. I think maybe you could play around with puttin the table in the foreground of your last render toward the left hand corner and brought up to him with the tea set on it making it more part of the scene. As well as putting the bear maybe in a chair adjacent him to āparticipateā in the party. Also maybe even bring the girl a tad more to the right overlooking his right shoulder. At any rate iām tight on time at the moment, will be back for more later!! Keep up the solid work!!
yeah! this looks awesome! others have already given their advice and I hate looking like Iām copying, so Iāll just say: Well done on an epic task! this one is up there in the winning class! good job and will check in 1st nov to see the final render!