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#1

The question is not as stupid as it may seem reading the title.
It occured to me when I was reading the Dominance War rules and brief.
I know what I can do with Zbrush and I dont have any philosophical doubts tormenting my soul about it. I am curious about how a Zbrush work, I mean completely done in Zbrush, would qualify technically. Lets say I paint a background, I polypaint the colors, I model lots of tools and then “freeze” them in 2D to create a scene with lights, best render, some postwork with the 2D tools. I suppose thats the 2.5D thing Ive heard of sometimes. But that wouldnt be a "model with a max 7000 tris" nor "made with any 2d package", it wouldnt be full 3D nor 2D.
Again, Im very happy with this wonderful program as it is (except a few buggies,okay :)) but Im wondering if it could be useable in the aforementioned competition. Or if a Zbrush image would be called “concept art”. Maybe its because my lack of experience, it looks to me that most of the works that fall in that category are 2D and I dont see why a Ztool posed in front/back/lateral/etc view wouldn`t be a great concept.

If anybody had the patience of reading through this, I`m waiting for opinions.
Thanks in advance.

#2

You have entirely too much time on your hands.:smiley:

#3

Actually I dont have. I think that "wasting time" figuring out things may prevent wasting of even more time spent not knowing them. (Yeah, when Ill be famous, in 666 years or so, they`ll write these wise words upon the entrance of an academy. Or a brothel, who knows? :))

#4

i’m having a difficult time understanding your point, language barrier maybe?
well regardless, one way or the other its all digital.
so zbrush is an illusion?
of course what are we? what makes a person? are we any more real than a 2d image? what is real?
to z or not to z, that is the question.

#5

I understand what you’re asking, I’ve read the dominance war advice for entrants.

I think that you’re in 3D until you start doing “some postwork with the 2.5D tools.” (and wasn’t it 9000 tris)

I also feel that the contest organisers should get the chance to clarify their intent in so far as a ZB 3D goes.