Thanks for the info and congratulations for the top row. You deserve it.
Speechless is all I can say. Looks like the character but I think better. 
Really amazing, and stylish!
All the pass rendered with zbrush??
Wonderful work. 
mind blowing great job man ite beautiful and help ful for us
Well deserved top row this is what Zbrush is for…
Yep! I was a very big fan of Swamp Thing series and the style of illustration in the comic,
and i think youve nailed the feel and look of it, spot on!
more please!
J.B.
Thanks again for all the great feedback!!!
ryankingslien - Which part of the process to make this would you like to see more of?
froyd - Yes, the more detailed second render is a result of me getting more ram and being able to subdivide to level 7 for some detail work. Finally!!
Crazywizard - Wow!! Where did you did up THAT picture! If it’s your Halloween costume from last year, then I say it looks great. But, if it’s from a movie or TV show, then I would say the production budget was a little low! That guy’s even worse than the 80’s movie Swamp Thing.
deepforest - All the passes were rendered with Zbrush with the exception of the eyes and fuzzy moss passes. I rendered the eyes in Lightwave and the moss using Sasquatch (in Lightwave also).
PoisenSoul - I’m a little surprised there are so many Swamp Thing fans. Good to see!
Oustanding image…put this one in my screensaver gallery…and congrats on top row
I was thinking of another character that would be kewl to do in your style…another swamp goody…The Man Thing… Loved both of these characters as a teen.
Here’s a new version. I rendered a specular pass and added it in. The difference is subtle, but I think he’s a little more dimensional now (and maybe 5% wetter!). I know, I’m splitting hairs at this point…
Just had to add my compliments on such a striking character,really well done and much deserved Top Row:-)bye
cal
amazing work, incredible…
if you miss to build a bump map, you can ever export normal map, which is better and powerful. if you have lw 9, you can use with nodal system, if you have lw8.5 you have a plugins called tb_normal map which work fine.
compliments
Side View using Antropus’ clay shader and GI light setup
Jgary, why not use a more specular material and a more detailed texture map, i mean from the layer passes that you show on page 1 of your thread the texture map looks a bit bland : only green and orange-brown for the roots ? …i could be wrong as i seldom create a lot of layers for a render, just tweak the final render in Photoshop…your first render looked very good to me, only a bit too much “vertical” noise from weeds hanging from his face !
jantim
Jantim - You’re right, I’ve done hardly any texture painting on this model. I’m really surprised it looks as good as it does considering that fact! On the first version, I just ran out of time and was just starting the texture work. So, I put together that version using what I had available so I could at least have something to show. When Ballistic contacted me, there was only a week to get the big version together, so again, I neglected to do any more texture work. Now, they have extended the deadline to Sept. 25th, so I’m sure I have not finished beating this already dead horse! You’re suggestions are good, and I’m definitely going to try and nail this thing (yes, another compulsive artist). I also agree that there’s something nice about the first one that didn’t happen for the hi-rez version.
…i think that your first render had a better ballance between the structure of the material (s) and the pixelsize…if you have a bigger render you have to change the value’s of noise etc in the material…but i’m sure your final render will “kick ass” 
jantim
which character came first, swamp-thing or man-thing? DC or Marvel ripped one another off big-time there. never noticed that before.
really nice piece by the way. love to see a body on this guy.
“You’re techniqe is mag-ni-fi-cent…” That’s one hell of a character, you’re a great illustrator, your 3d and 3d skills are superbe. Are you a proffesional illustrator?
industripop - I’m not sure which was first. I know Swamp Thing has been around since the beginning of the 70’s.
Yeah, a body would be quite a challenge! I would like to make an image that looks like this old 70’s cover but uses the 80’s style Swamp Thing.
