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I was just siting back sipping on my soda, pondering and thinking to myself “I sure don’t have a lot of ‘sheilds’ up on izbrush!” How bout that? NO MORE I SAY! A with a few quick key strokes, here is a pretty sweet time lapse on making a shield in zbrush!

CG Society Challenge “Steampunk – Myths & Legends” kicked off in October 22 and will end in March 3rd! This looks like an amazing opportunity! With over $220,000 in prizes to be won, you can’t afford to miss this awesome challenge! Check it out!

Steampunk - Myths & Legends
10 November 2008 – 03 February 2009

An artistic challenge to explore gears, springs, brass and steam
set around some of the world’s best known stories.

The largest CGChallenge ever, with over US$220,000 in prizes!
In this, the 23rd CGChallenge, entrants are challenged to depict their favorite myth or legend, with a steam-punk aesthetic, via a still image or video.

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Steampunk is the application of advanced steam age technology to a modern or science fiction setting.

This challenge asks you to render traditional myths and legends in the steampunk style using elements of gears, springs, brass and steam power. Re-imagine legendary characters from some of the world’s most ancient stories, such as a steam-powered minotaur, or a Zeppelin-mounted Thor, hurling lightning bolts from the sky.

Categories

• Image – Individual.
• Video – Team.
• Video – Individual.

All entries will also be eligible for any of the following awards:

• Modeling.
• Texturing.
• Animation.
• Lighting.
• Visual Effects.
• Landscape/Matte Painting.
• Art Direction.
• Compositing and Editing.
• Best Character.

Sponsors.
BOXX Technologies, Autodesk, NVIDIA, Wacom, SOFTIMAGE, Luxology, Pixologic, Craft Animations, SideFX, e-on Software, Corel, Stash, Gnomon Workshop, ImagineFX, Ballistic Publishing, Esperient

This week’s interview is with none other than Gregory Callahan, better known here at ZBC as sasquatchpoacher. As you read through this page you’ll no doubt recognize quite a few of his really great images, all of which share terrific personality and attention to detail. No wonder that he was one of the winners in last year’s Scared Silly contest! We got him to open up about some of his techniques for this interview. Enjoy!

Let’s begin as I always do by getting to know more about you. Could you tell us about all the fun things like where you’re from, where you are now, and what you enjoy doing in your free time?
I grew up in Texas and California, but I’ll always consider myself to be a Texan. You can’t beat southern hospitality or the BBQ. You can’t export the hospitality, but I have Texas BBQ sauce shipped to my house by the gallon. I love just about everything about Texas except for the fact that it’s Hot and Flat! The time I spent in California as a kid really fueled my passion for the mountains and the outdoors.

I now reside in Oregon which is kind of a happy medium for me. I can snowboard 6 months out of the year and hike, bike, or raft in the Cascade mountain range the rest of the year — all within 15 to 20 minutes from my front door. My wife and I also love to road trip or just go get lost exploring some random old Jeep trail.

Well we had a bit of break during the release of ZBrush 3.12 for the Mac, but now we’re back with a new interview! This time we spoke with Nicolas Collings from the Montreal division of Ubisoft. For those of you who might not already be familiar with his work, you can view his Personal Website and ZBC Sketchbook.