wow what a thread, curious to know some of the render setups you have.
So my computer died, but my friend is letting me do some sculpts on his laptop, So I thought it would be a good time to do studies with mat caps, and different ways of sculpting so I’ll post more when I have them hope all is well
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As far as lighting set ups go, I use vray alot so I make a basic studio set up for the single assets, for the scenes I like to use IES’s.
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Different modeling technique using masking in a fun little way.
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Been watching the lord of the ring dvds and been pretty impressed with the rock stuff, I’m gonna do another study today with eroded rock and what not. Stay Metal
Hey all so basicly I’ve wanted to do this for a while and since I cant do full on rendering while my station is down, now might be a good time to do this. Basicly I’m trying to get the object properties to read through the geo, so rock look likes rock, metal surfaces like metal, anyway, here’s a preview, proffessionally I’m worried this might make me look like I’m half assing or something but I want to be clear I’m really just trying to focus on the surface stuff. your thoughts are much appericated
Hey all so basicly I’ve wanted to do this for a while and since I cant do full on rendering while my station is down, now might be a good time to do this. Basicly I’m trying to get the object properties to read through the geo, so rock look likes rock, metal surfaces like metal, anyway, here’s a preview, proffessionally I’m worried this might make me look like I’m half assing or something but I want to be clear I’m really just trying to focus on the surface stuff. your thoughts are much appericated
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hey metalman,
I think your sculpting surfaces are really impressive. the sketches and studies are nice too. The rock study looks believable to me.Maybe pushing the specs might help depending on the particular type of stone you are going for.
Some thing that I notice about your surfaces is that they are believable even though they are not “real”- IMHO they are believable because of your dedication to making quality work. Since you put so much into your pieces they are the equivalent of an imperative sentence. They are commanding.
Of course, this is in no way a reason to stop striving for something even more intense.
best of luck!
A metal Study, damaged but metal none the less 
Just basic zbrush shader
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Another study while the big rig is down
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Man, I’m so impressed with the complexity, the richness and the massive feeling of many of your pieces. The column above is gorgeous 
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This came up as I watching alien, I would kind of like to do a full set peice of Alien stuff. The original none of the Alien Resurrection Crap 
jk lol Anywho another quick study
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I love your surface work, its got a lot of contrast and shharp edges yet feels somewhat organic (except the last piece which works if its alien) and anyway
Next I wanted to ask a bit more about your process, when you do these do you have any methodology?
Do you start with something in mind or work into something more focused as you go?
Do you prefer a certain set of tools/brushes, or do you use mostly alphas?
Once again great work, I am interested in your workflow when creating surfaces.
Hey dudes thanks for the feedback, yeah I have alot to learn, especially with the general surface stuff. I can’t wait to get my station back and running. however its gonna be a bit, not till end of august at the earliest. But until then my friend Alex has be letting me use his laptop, hence the surface studies. The studies are really geared to relearning the app. So basically I’ve been using alot of masking and not using alphas exept to get fine detail, this has be proving pretty good in alot of respect. Basicly I’ll mask of an area sculpt and move on. I try to think in layers like what is going where. Is this section inset into the man body ect. If so that stuff goes first. I like working gen to specific but when sculpting its been better for me to think of where the detail lies in refernece to the main structure. As far as ref goes, good music, a crappy dating life, a good city, a ton of googling and even as far as braking stuff. Hope it helps. I work with a mind set of moving fast to keep the vibe going. The last thing you want to do is to get burned out on an asset and not care what it looks like. Its helps that there are so many artists that are way better then me. In Film, its Weta, in Cinmatics, its Blizzard, in Games Epic. Its cool to see that there is always so many talented artists that you can learn from.
Stay dudes
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Another Study while the station is sleeping lol…so sad
Another speed study, last one in chi town, stay metal.
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More work sorry about the delay new company so much to learn but onward in the epicness that is 3d hope all is well
Dave \m/
stay metal
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Man you are so good. Keep going!
Thanks mate, I’ve got a ways to go but here’s to the future, I tilt my coffee to ya lol, stay metal