Zafati-sketcbook

[GETPRIMITIVE]

masterful sculpting

[ricor]

Beautiful work…great Zbrush artist!

[zaliti]

Thank you everybody for your kinds words !

JL-Art : Keyshot render , thanks

[zaliti]

Dear Mr. Zafati, I’ve been in search of the answer to a thread I started about whether one can achieve a true glass render shader within ZBrush itself and have been disappointed with direct answers. I cited as an example your truly exquisite piece of the alien in his suit of armor with that wonderfully crafted helmet glass which stood out because it was a rare example of expertly rendered glass in the ZBrush contributor gallery. In my thread I used a link to your work as a prime example of this personal holy grael that I seek and that is a truly defined glass shader within ZBRush mentioning that humble little Bryce had a more accomplished ray-trace engine for its glass shader that even allowed displacement refraction of light through its glass as did Painter way back in the late 1990’s. Then I noticed that you give credit to Photoshop as the 2nd digital tool you tapped into in order to create this outstanding image of art. Your work has definitely captured my artist’s eye’s attention and was wondering if your could offer one of your ZBrush settings pages with perhaps some measure of explanation of how you arrived at that elegant solution in curved glass for, in my world, the ability of rendering true glass is a an example of true elegance. Allow me to conclude with my wonderment over the responses of the ZBrush membership making no reference at all to the beauty of your glass solution. It was if it did not matter while I thought it was the defining feature that immediately burst out at me. I would know how to achieve that effect in Adobe Photoshop or After Effects, but having seen the stunning beauty of ZBrush’s rendering capability it unpleasantly surprises me that 14 years intro the 21st century I would have to venture out of ZBrush to achieve this effect when Painter 8 allowed me to freehand brush this effect for some digital neon tube glass lettering back in the late 1990’s

Hi Taliesyn ,

done with zbrush and photoshop , the principle is realy simple : )

The principle : http://www.zbrushcentral.com/showthread.php?168398-Zafati-sketcbook/page6

I hope this will be useful

[zaliti]

Hi all ,
here is my latest work , done with zbrush and photoshop
I hope you’ll like it

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[jmturbo]

Beautiful work!!! it looks awesome

[JL-Art]

I love it! Really well done.

[Ehren]

amazing

[Taliesyn]

Hi Taliesyn ,

done with zbrush and photoshop , the principle is realy simple : )

The principle : http://www.zbrushcentral.com/showthread.php?168398-Zafati-sketcbook/page6

I hope this will be useful

I appreciate the response, but was hoping to see the path of approach you used for the alien in the semi-sphere glass helmet. Also the example is unrendered so there is nothing of the solution achieved to make the point of the quality you achieved with your creation .
Zafati-sketcbook - Page 13
The glaring key directive remains and Photoshop , but the theorem of “A+B with opacity =C ,C+B with Opacity=D” is, if you’ll excuse the pun, rather Opaque.
My immediate impression for a Photoshop path of execution was to use the Photoshop filter of Spherize applied within a custom-crafted mask layer with the appropriate image underneath & thus spherized , then creating a reflection for the outer surface of the spherized impression of curved glass to suggest the environmental ambience of , say , a room. I trust this is a measure less opaque than the posted theorem ,“A+B with opacity =C ,C+B with Opacity=D”, using the images above it to speak for it in the attempt to make things crystal clear. I may yet be tempted to import a ZBrush work into After Effects and/or Motion5 , both of which have a wider array of lens-like distortion filters with further setting selections . Or , as suggested by another responder , just import your ZBrush mesh model into modo which needs none of this some assembly required work-around back-flip for the rendering of a functional curved or refracted glass distortion material.

[nickz]

Very cool forms you have created. I am liking the over all look as well! Very nice work!

[Farkinhas]

Awesome work!!! Congrats!!!small_orange_diamond:D

[Mahlikus_The_Black]

wicked cool! Thanks for sharing!

[EricShawn]

These are all incredible, especially the most recent one. Fantastic talent!

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[Inkognit]

outstanding work I wonder if you do have any tutorials online?

[michael_milano]

wow, awesome work!

[zaliti]

Thanks a lot guys ! I apreciate !
Taliesyn : I’ll try to make a mini tutorial soon
Inkognit :not yet , Thanks !

New version :

I hope you’ll like it

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[farhadnojumi]

Great job

[Mahlikus_The_Black]

WOW!!! Love the color!..AND THE SKIN! Wicked awesome job!

[Zeclipse]

I have to agree with Mahlikus, I love the colours you’ve used too, and the very subtle glow under the chin in the neck area.
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Great Job!

[tuff]

i love the colors too…Nice choice and great Job