very good Slosh 
this is awesome slosh! very original idea
that is looking so good, really cool, i like the first render as far as the compositon goes. i think its the postioin fo the child and the look on her face that sells it for me. nice work.
Here is the latest update:
I made some changes to the WerewolfâŠbody hair, new materials for outfit, etc. After the final render, I will probably use the smudge tool to fluff the hairs. I did a test run of it earlier today and it looked good.
The little girl is now wearing green and has blue eyes. I thought there was entirely too much pink in the picture before.
I used the same composition as the Poser render I did before and replicated it in ZBrush. The image you see is a composite in PS of the different elements to get placement. The final render will be one piece, so no jaggies around the figures.
I am working on adding more room elements for visual interest, keeping in mind the advice Iâve seen you give others about keeping it simple so as not to distract. Shadows are giving me a huge pain, but Iâll keep trying.
Slosh,
Does me good to see the new lil update, its great to see you doing well with this and pursueing this endeavor to the fullest. The hair changes are definitely better, though with some of the spots on the arms and legs makes me think she shaved him some ehehe. Maybe add some hair on the ground and a shaver might be funny. Also canât wait to see you add a another wall, ceiling, floor and what not to round out the overall room appearance. You should be very estatic with how its going and Iâm cheering you all the way to the finish line with this one, keep at it!!
wow this is funnier than the spamalot movie! Great ideas like this do not come along often! i have learned so much keep on making these works of art!
Yari, so nice to hear from youâŠmiss ya girl!
Angel, the spots on the arms and legs will be âfluffed upâ like I mentioned in the last post. They will be after the final render as post work. To do it now would make adding background elements difficult, if not impossible. But the shaving idea is kinda funny!!!
Slosh,
Hey bud, ahh I guess I didnât quite catch your meaning then, just appears some parts are hairless on arms and legs is all. My bad, Iâm sure youâll continue to impress 
. Havenât seen yah or anyone on skype lately maybe iâll catch folks one day soon ehehe. Though with all you gotta do I best wait until after the contest.
OK, just thought Iâd give everyone an idea of what Iâm talking about with the fur. The brown spots are a base for use with the Fiber Brush. I used a texture in ZBrushâs texture list to make the fur colors. When I do the final, I will use an actual wolfâs fur as the texture. Anyway, with a combination of Fiber Brush, intensity brush, hilighter, smudge, blur, contrast brush (ok, almost all of the 2d brushes), I came up with this five minute fur. Obviously, I will spend much more time on the final to make the fur seamlessly blend with the picture.
I kinda regret picking a werewolfâŠwhat a challenge! The best one Iâve seen for this contest, though, is the one with the flying monkeys (canât remember who did it). And the fur is very difficult with a mouse! (Hint, hint, hint)
Slosh,
Nice example, yeah I definitely see what you mean and was sure you where going to do more with it, especially what you learned from doing the Cruella DeVille sculpt and the fiber uses you did on it. I was just talking about the bare spots on the areas of the knees and bicep/tricep area and how that kinda got me thinking of the shaving idea part, I know its a work in progress so maybe those areas just not had any attention yet is all. Definitely appreciate the thought process on how you came up with the example fur⊠have yet to mess with fur so I can see it as challengeing to say the least. More info shared is always a good thing!! 
it is Kosova hes had some excellent sculpts lately heres his entry very creative http://www.zbrushcentral.com/zbc/showthread.php?t=52081&page=2&pp=15
any ways brian i like how you showed your steps in the process of creating your accessories.
hey its troy⊠hrmm 3 of the oâl skype gang is here hehe. Only 1 is on skype eep hehe. Yes Kosovas sculpts are nice!
Actually, AngelâŠYari stopped into the thread recently, too! And Iâve had Fidel reply as well. We just need a couple more of us and the gangâs all here. Hahaha
Ha! Been a while since I checked in. That werewolfâs expression is great. Gave me a good laugh.
Wow. Youâre using the 2.5D tools to very good effect! If you could record a video when you hit that stage in your final composition, I think the whole community would benefit from a reminder of whatâs possible there.
(obviously, finishing on time is a higher priority. donât let us distract you either!)
Slosh,
Hey hehe, your right I guess I didnât notice eep. Well as one of the oâl gang I can surely say your doing the oâl Zbrush skype gang proud!!! Maybe eventually weâll get everyone online sometime.
very good Slosh ⊠i like the werewolfâs hair ⊠good luck
Hey Slosh, I love the curling rollers in his hair and the expression on the wolf manâs face! Have you tried to paint a fiber material on the dropped model? I have found the fibers render better when painted over depth as opposed to geometry.
Slosh, looking great, i think fur is the hardest thing to do, its why so many of my creatures are all fleshy, but its working well so far. good luck to you.
Sirquadalot, Iâm not sure exactly what you meanâŠare you talking about the fiber material, or the fiber brush? The example Iâve shown is with the fiber brush on the flattened image (no 3d info). Basically, after exporting the rendered image, I reloaded it with Document:Import and the image filled the layer with flat material. Then painted the fibers on with the fiber brush and a texture selected (gives the variation in colors). Used other 2.5d tools to smooth out the rough spots.
I did try using the fiber material at one point, but there is little control over the direction of the fibers that way. If youâve ever seen my Cruella DeVille picture, her fur coat is with fiber material, but since the fibers all hung down by gravity, it was not difficult to get them to look right. This, on the other hand, has many directional variations due to the pose, so I chose the fiber brush.
I would really like to know more about what you are talking of. Maybe it will be helpful to me (although time is ticking away!)
Ctrl-Z: so glad to get another feedback from you. I will attempt to record a video after the competition is over, whether I win or not. I think people could use the info. I did record a zscript a few years ago showing my use of the fiber brush. Iâve attached a thumbnail of a kitten I did with it back then.
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