Ahah, Thank you Mickael! It was a pleasant surprise 
I tend to start fiddling about with more technical stuff when I’m bored and nothing else holds my interest. Here’s to that, 
[This’s an old sculpt based on a concept by Randy Bishop]
I’ve been trying to put together a ZBrush/Photoshop setup to render sculpts that look as if they were a sketch. This is 98% ZBrush, the other 2% being an adjustment layer in Photoshop to whack the image into an appropriate color space and value range.
Why even bother with this? Boredom as I mentioned above for one. The other reasons, eventually I’ll likely use this as a render pass to comp on top of paintovers for some outline effects and such. The other use case would be when I need multiple drawings of the same thing from different perspectives. I reckon something like this would serve as a good starting point. All of that and just to see how much I can push my understanding of the uber versatile BPR system.
Anyways, stay tuned for the next post, I’ll share the project files and breakdowns once I wrap things up with the notes and such. But if you’re curious meanwhile, attached to this post is the custom MatCap I used, 
-Sudhansudhanl_flatSketchV2_080618.zip (2.24 KB)
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Thanks, looks interesting 
Inspired by hyperactive puppies everywhere, haha ^-^
Below are some WIP shots of the little critter.
All renders are BPR + a layer of color correction & noise in Photoshop.
[Rendered using the CClay template from the render rigs I’d shared a few posts ago.]
Ahh, long time no sculpt nor a post. Sorry I disappeared from this forum for the better part of a year.
I got caught up in all the things that were going on at the time.
Working on a startup with a friend, going back to [online] school, an in-house job, leaving said job, losing all my data to a ransomware, relocation, and before I know it the year’s gone by.
Yup, nutty times, haha.
I was so focused on pushing my 2D skills that I hadn’t really sculpted anything for myself outside the job in a long while.
Anyways, sculpting this little one here was so therapeutic, I ought to remind myself to do it more often, :>
Here’s to more! And also, painfully late but nonetheless, I wish y’all a very productive and wonderful 2019!
-Sudhan
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2d or not 2d: that is the question: Whether ’tis nobler in the mind to suffer the slings and arrows of outrageous learning curves, Or take arms against a sea of software updates , And by opposing end them?
Such a pleasure to see you back again and with such a fun and lively sculpt Love all the little planes and crumples that you’ve weaved in to the rhythms of the form.
Sorry to read that you’ve weathered some stormy seas this past year but do hope you feel that you’ve triumphed a better sailor.
Best wishes Captain Sudhan, let your heart be your compass.
Boozy
Haha, Aye aye!
The experience has left me a better person indeed. Thanks Boozy and I wish you the best too!
I’ll preface this by stating the fact that I was grinning like a mad man when the new NPR module was being demoed during the live stream event, haha
This is one feature set that’s been at the top of my wishlist.
It is delightful to see all of the NPR experiments from fellow ZBrushers
I finally downloaded the upgrade 2 days ago and have been tinkering with it over the evenings.
Anyways, below is a batch of explorations trying to emulate graphite on paper.
And another batch emulating wet watercolors.
Arguably, emulating paint of any kind is more of a challenge than emulating lineart but good fun nonetheless.
As much as I like how both of these experiments turned out, there’s room for improvement. Also unlike the previous “NPR” test I’d posted on this thread, these ones are 100% ZBrush, no Photoshop tailoring involved. For some reason that makes me happy, haha.
Nonetheless, I look forward to incorporating the NPR module into my workflow!
-Sudhan
Sudhan, I really like where you’re going with the Graphite on paper look, but for some reason I Love the watercolor girl!!!
Thanks for sharing.
Word.
@Word : Haha, I’m glad you enjoy them. Thank you! ^^
Love these! mind sharing the npr filter?
Thanks
Wow, these are great! I tried emulating watercolor myself, it’s really not that easy.
@cnever: Thank you Danie! Check the post below to download the files!
@syrus: Haha, touché about emulating watercolor! Also, your NPR tests are brilliant! Especially the decaying face with plants growing out of it! ^^
A’righty, I’ve put together a quick little package for those of y’all that wanna try these filters for yourself.
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Happy ZBrushing! ^-^
-Sudhan
Very good job on the NPR presets.
Thank you for sharing them
Nice
Cool, thank you
Darktimax and Sudhan are both to be thanked for producing some exemplary NPR filters. Thank you!
thanks!!
Very inspiring, this post is awesome, you are a great artist 
Thanks for sharing.
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