Thank you Aumakua!
Thank you kargall!
I appreciate this, really!
These materials aren’t baked like - matcaps. This is the “trick”. Something I learned from Julian_K.
These days, sadness only.
A sketch, dynamesh ~900k. I just noticed this small button (reproject) under dynamesh palette. Love it.
She came out looking good Michalis, thumbs up on that. There is indeed a lot of sadness in the world but things arent all sad. My dad has been under hospice care here at my house for the past 6 months and its a hard thing to see but it hasnt been all sad. There have been good times as well. It is what occupies me the most these days. This old lady is one of your best. Well done.
Thank you Tartan.
Sadness isn’t personal any more. It’s all around the world.
Old men better die as fast as possible. This came out now.
Of course there aren’t all sad. That people start demonstrating isn’t sad at all.
I just try to say that personal feelings became a luxury these days.
hi michalis, i see you are enjoying dynamesh a lot 
isn’t it amazing that the uniform distribution of the polys in a dynamesh allows for much finer forms on a lower polygon count compared to a model done the “standard way” ? … i love your experiments and sketches, your sad lady is my favourite : great expression strongly carried by the eyes, indicated details without really going deep into details, just enough to tickle the imagination to think there is more,and the indicated fabrique of her blouse is just gourgous, as well as the indication of hair shapes. … i think she would look great too in one of your bronze materials you have used…
really really awesome
beautiful works
real approach of Artist
Bravo Michalis !
Michalis…Really Great piece…Great Emotion/Feeling, Technique…Has it all…Congrats 
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About the saddness in the World…Bread and Circus was the strength that kept the Ancient Roman Empire alive and strong, as is the strength of the current modern global financial Roman Empire of sorts,…or I should say was there strength…
Just as before, they have now become consumed by power and greed…Raising the price of food globally and profiting from manipulated food commodities while people hunger and starve will play a major role in their downfall.
Making a profit from and managing War as a commodity, while including civilians in the slaughter will also lead to their downfall.
Removal from the shadow from which they now operate and function,… as is taking place now on a global scale will lead ultimitly and finally to their justified downfall.
The fatal blow to a perverse power will only come when indifference and ignorance to it’s perverse nature are overcome by hunger and intelligence, which is exactly what they have created, or I should say,…failed to stop…
Too busy counting their profit to notice what they have created…too fat to stop it, and too slow for the technology that encircles them…
Like the hangmans noose that they have become so deserving of…it’s time of use has become long overdue, and by their own making of it,…has once again become NOW DUE…
Michalis, do not be sad. Our dear god(s) (so many there are) made us predators and we are proud we rule the earth.
Yeah, OUR earth. We can do what we want. We can cut forests, spill oil and kill.
We can make balloons filled with air, called progress. We rule this planet!!
Thanks god I’m not a whale,
glad I’m not a forest.
Thanks god I’m not a monkey
glad you made me a special donkey…
Thank you
kokoro,
alexis71,
SD,
Bas,
Our dear god(s) (so many there are) made us predators and we are proud we rule the earth.
On the contrary Bas, what’s happening is becoming predators of men mostly, of our neighbors, of our own society.
Our dear gods… OK,
There’s a greek ancient word. Hubris ((in Greek tragedy) excessive pride toward or defiance of the gods, leading to nemesis. The right spelling could be hybris - the greek is YBPI∑ (R>P). You may don’t know but in 20th century, some scientists, in front of the fear of their discoveries, used this greek word to create the word hybrid. These were wise men, fear of nemesis is a wise thing some times. One of a lot of greek-origin words in english language, though not directly coming from ancient greek literature.
This may be my last post in ZBC.
Thank you for your support, for your kind words.
We’ll may meet again on other forums.
this is sad, michalis. i have not noticed what happened, but your lines speak volumes… i wish to thank you for your support in my explorations of materials. i appreciated your input very much.
I haven’t noticed this last sculpt of yours. It is so well done, that it keeps me wonder why you are sad. It seems dynamesh works great for your. You should be happy cos you did such great sculpt. Well, I hope to see your works on other forums, or maybe it is time to make your own blog…
maybe i didin’t follow all
but why ? why it’s your last post?
it’s so great see your works.
Thank you, kokoro, Jose, alexis, I appreciate this.
@Jose
“…that it keeps me wonder why you are sad”
read the news Jose, not the appropriate place for explaining, not here, not with words.
Yes there is sadness in my life , in your life, in all our lives, so maybe If we look hard at what makes us sad,
we may find a better way to shape the consequences that defines us and our sadness…
I find the pallor in the material and dead look in her eyes very relational to her visage…
A powerful image indeed…DJS
It brings to mind survivors of great suffering…:ex:
One hour dynamesh doodling
Testing a terracotta zb material / BPR
Really lovely sculpt and material, nice energy to the piece! Cheers, David 
Nice, also the render!
Thank you chalkman, what an impressive photographer you are! Great site!
Here’s the material. There’s some noise on it already but a simple painted texture works better. (play with color bump)
As it’s a two nodes material, you have to assign a 100 shadow 100 AO under material/environment palette for the C1 node, a 50 shadow, 100 AO for the C2 node. HAve in mind that if you gonna use lightmat, then better select C1 first! A warning LOL.
Thank you Bas.
The terracotta material:
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/24090090/terracotta1.ZMT
Thank you so much! I am pleased that you enjoyed my photography. Please keep your work coming to this forum … I always look forward to your powerful work! small_orange_diamondsmall_orange_diamond