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How to Sculpt a Demonic Creature Bust in ZBrush

admin — Wed, 04 May 2011 22:26:25 +0000

Ever wondered how to sculpt a demonic creature bust? who doesn’t! Here’s an excellent video tutorial on how do to just that from the guys over at 3D world, check it out

http://www.3dworldmag.com/2011/04/04/sculpt-a-demonic-creature-bust-in-zbrush/

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Slick Tron Legacy Article…. If you haven’t read the new tron legacy post over...

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Slick Tron Legacy Article….

admin — Wed, 04 May 2011 22:17:06 +0000

If you haven’t read the new tron legacy post over at pixologic’s site you’ve got to check it out. It goes over what Christine Clark, the co-costume designer for Tron, and how she created those skin tight latex outfits. All the suits were supposedly sculpted using zbrush, digital scans, and more.

Apparently the suits themselves were also powered by lithium batteries, that died fairly quickly…who would have thought these exist off of the grid

Here’s a link to the full article:

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/alltherage/2010/12/tron-legacy-costume-designer-talks-light-up-suits-pixie-hairdos-and-spanx-.html

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Ballistic’s New Character Modelling Book = awesomeness.

admin — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 20:00:20 +0000

I was invited to checkout the new character modelling book by the guys over at Ballistic and really based upon the preview, I think it’s going to blow our z-socks off. I took a few screen captures (well more then a few, but nothing wrong with too much of a good thing right). The pub has 3 amazing authors…Cesar Dacol Jr, Jan-Bart van Beek and Giovanni Nakpil…the artwork is truly inspirational and I’m pretty much jealous of their capabilities.

Here’s a blurb about the book:

d’artiste: Character Modeling 3 presents the techniques of leading character modelers Jan-Bart van Beek, Giovanni Nakpil, and Cesar Dacol Jr. Each master artist showcases his approaches and techniques in modeling characters and creatures for film and game projects through expansive graphic tutorials.

Jan-Bart van Beek of Guerrilla Games takes you behind the scenes of creating characters for the blockbuster PlayStation 3 game ‘Killzone 2′ with tutorials on workflows for creating character heads and the creation of the Helghast Sniper character class.

Some screenshots of their freebie preview from their site (http://www.ballisticpublishing.com/books/dartiste/character_modeling_3/)

I’m not sure when the book is scheduled to be released but it appears if you preorder it now you receive a couple of downloadable meshes as featured in the book…look like it’s for only the first 500 pre orders though…anyways, it sounds pretty cool..here’s an image:

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Turntable Gallery updates: 3 new artists!

admin — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 17:40:37 +0000

The guys over at pixologic added some new artists to their turntable section…you gotta check them out, talk about some amazing work!

http://www.pixologic.com/turntable/

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New Matcaps…oh yeah!

admin — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 08:30:23 +0000

I just love it when I find gems for zbrush that are freebies. Looks like some new matcaps got released from pixologic…keep the freebies coming!

http://www.pixologic.com/zbrush/downloadcenter/library/

From Pixologic:

The MatCap Library has had a recent update from ZBC Artists RawSunlight and HD CG ADDICT.

These are some great MatCaps to use for your own sculpts and what’s more they are free and located conveniently in the MatCap Library.

These MatCaps were created using ZBrush 3.5
so make sure you’ve upgraded to get the chance to use these great MatCaps.

Happy ZBrushing!!!

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XXIV CGSociety’s Challenge Winners

admin — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 17:31:25 +0000

Over a thousand digital artists competed for big prizes in the latest CGChallenge. Their mission was to create characters and stories worthy of a James Bond or Bladerunner spy thriller.

Adelaide, South Australia, October 9, 2009 The winners of the CGSociety’s CGChallenge XXIV: ‘Secret Agent’ have been announced. Digital artists, from around the world, used their skills to claim more prizes than an evil henchman could carry on his burly shoulders. Over $100,000 worth of software and hardware were on offer in many categories, including Video, Animation, Modeling and Illustration. To win, the artists’ task was to depict characters and events, which involved espionage, gadgets, guns and evil geniuses, via a still image or video.

The Master Award winners of the three main prize categories – Individual Video, Team Video, and Image – all showed not only outstanding technical ability but were also able to successfully delve into the daring and dangerous world of Secret Agents.

The Image Master was awarded to Portugal’s Jose Alves da Silva (Zeoyn) for his ‘Mouse Love’, a whimsical tale of lab rat revenge. ?Good lighting and a nice story twist,? said judge, Mark Snoswell. ?There’s a wonderful mood in this piece,? added Jon Rush. ?Lots of nice details to look at, but they don’t derail the composition.? The excited artist replied that this ?eight week journey with my fellow challengers definitely pushed me to the limit
if you are willing to listen to what other people say, your work will rise to a whole new level. Knowledge and a great brotherhood spirit are the prizes that all contestants can be sure to take from these Challenges.?

The Individual Video Master Award went to France’s Aurelien Rantet (Aurel0988) for his ‘Run for the Artifact’, a futuristic tale of a bumbling spy and his tenacious attempts at securing a curious object. Hal Milton exclaimed ?Wow! Great gags, great designs … This tells an amazingly satisfying story by brilliantly squeezing meaning into every single second on screen. Once again, you individual contributors scare me with your giant, assumed to be pulsing, brains!” Marc Mordelet added: “Amazing sense of colors. How can a young man do all of this professional work alone? I am feeling old now.” The winning artist said “I’m pretty new in the CG world so this award is a real honor for me, especially considering the level of the other participants…Thanks to everyone who offered me encouragement and critiques during my work.”

The Video (Team) Master Award went to Germany/Japan’s ‘Agent Omicron’.The team consisted of Goro Fujita (Goro), Kory Heinzen, Nico Sanghrajka and Ryosuke Fujita. This campy masterpiece features characters from an imaginary 80s TV show, and has a pulsating jazz soundtrack. Alexandra Ciolac judged it as having a ?lovely graphic style. I believe this piece is the best expression of the classic secret agent concept. Nicely timed animation consistent with the style, full of life characters. Great eyes and facial animations.? Marc Mordelet thought it was ?something between Cobra and Dirty Harry. Great animation and beautiful music. I wish to see this on TV!?

A full list of winners for the Secret Agent CGChallenge and their winning entries can be viewed at The CGSociety website ( http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/secretagent ). Previous CGChallenges can also be viewed at The CGSociety website (http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/).

Prizes were awarded in Video, Animation, Art Direction, Best Character, Compositing and Editing, Concept Art, Digital Painting, Landscape/Matte Painting, Lighting, Modeling, Sculpture, Texturing, VFX and Illustration categories.

The prizes were sponsored by BOXX, Autodesk, Wacom, NVIDIA, Luxology, e-on Software, stash DVD Magazine, Maxon, Corel, Craft Animations, Side Effects Software, The Gnomon Workshop, Zbrush, ImagineFX, 3dvia, Ballistic Publishing, and CGSociety.

The judges came from the film, game and illustration worlds, past Challenge winners, and leading luminaries within the CGSociety community. Judges were David Wright, Jeff Mottle , Hal Milton, Coro, Brom, Coro, Sasha Ciolac, Marcin Jakubowski , Vasile Brovcenco, Thiago Pires, Arthur Mirzoyam, Tomasz Jedruszek, Marc Mordelet, Martin Köhler, Yap Kun Rong, ru | bonsaininja, David Luong, Don Seegmiller, Jon Rush, Todd Widup, Bryan Silva, Boaz Livny, Roger Cusson, Mark Snoswell, Leigh A. van der Byl, and Anton Fletcher.

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King of Pop + Zbrush = Awesome

admin — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 20:00:40 +0000

Thanks for Yukio for sending over a link to some of his most recent work. Nothing like seeing the King of Pop, Rambo and Indiana all Zbrushed up!

http://www.fotolog.com/yukiomiyamoto

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Ugolino and his Sons, Shames Drouich (3D)

admin — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 04:08:16 +0000

Great model on cgtalk I ran across! Checkout the awesome lighting!

http://forums.cgsociety.org/showthread.php?s=&threadid=813101&utm_medium=plugblock&utm_source=cgtalk

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Pixologic Turntable Contest…oh yea!

admin — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 04:05:24 +0000

Who wouldn’t want bragging rights to have their turn table on Pixologic’s site?

Now’s your chance to show your stuff!

http://www.pixologic.com/blog/2009/09/would-you-like-to-be-part-of-the-turntable-gallery/

How would you like to be part of the Turntable Gallery???

That’s right!!! Pixologic will be holding an open invitation to all ZBrush artists.

15 lucky artists will be chosen and featured onto the turntable gallery.

Starting October 12, 2009 till November 13, 2009 we will be welcoming submissions for the gallery.
If you would like to be a part of this, send us your best work to library@pixologic.com. Subject Line Turntable Contest

Rules and Regulations: All applicants must submit JPEG files to be evaluated. Files must be 750 x 562. You may send in color renders using outside render packages, but each color render must be accompanied by a render from ZBrush. Due to the high volume of applicants please be patient and understanding about your piece. Not all pieces will be selected and those that will be will receive further instructions to create your turntable. Pieces will be selected by members of the Pixologic team. No work will be collected before nor after the dates stated above. After the contest please do not continue to submit your turntables to the gallery. Selected artists will be required to sign an Artist Release Form. All applicants must provide the following information to be considered for the gallery.

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Gnoman and Zbrush on Carson Dalys Show

admin — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 20:47:43 +0000

Interesting interview with Alex Alvarez from Gnoman. Worth checking out! Chats a bit about Zbrush too!

www.nbc.com/Last_Call_with_Carson_Daly/video/clips/alex-alvarez/1160275/

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