ART WAR 3D | Sci-Fi | The Angel Henosis | ApeironDiesirae

apeirondiesirae 2017-01-13 19:38:50 UTC #1

Hey, I'm starting a good bit late but I tend to enjoy short deadlines more! Keeps the adrenaline rushing. Anyway I'm very new to forms and basically have no idea how to use them so forgive me if I do this wrong.

I want to go for a sort of alien/humanoid creature with an outer shell, kind of something I've never seen before with a classical art feel. To start here is my inspiration board, later today I'll be posting some sketches and hopefully next week the zbrush block-in. I'd like to model in zbrush and render in VRay, but I have alternate methods if that proves too difficult as this is my first time sculpting hardsurface, texturing a zbrush model and posting on a form! So here goes.

Sorry if thats a bit too long, I can see my concept clearly in my mind but sometimes looking a certain images makes it more clear, hence the large amount of images for my board lol.

zyp 2017-01-13 20:18:59 UTC #2

Nice idea i can almost see what you are planning
I welcome the competition not that i have this in the bag but i also like the adrenaline.
I guess i must since i am always behind cause i changed my 1st idea around.
I only bring it up because i also went sci-fi, might want to add that into the title header or a mod might. (Sci-Fi)

Any who looking forward to your results, um since you are using zbrush i can help by saying Mask any areas use, extrude in the tools panel and then go to deformations i think and use the polish features boom that might help you 50% the rest you got to figure out. (youtube vids)

You sound like you got this covered an i am interested.

I am the guy that chats on everyone's entries even 2D. Hope i can help and if i don't you can tell me i am wrong. (i like to learn so if i am, i am happy to learn why.)

Best of luck.

apeirondiesirae 2017-01-13 21:29:38 UTC #3

Ah! Thank you, I've changed the title already and I appreciate the help with the zbrush tips! I've been researching for a long time on zbrush hardsurface and have a pretty good idea but any help is welcome!

apeirondiesirae 2017-01-13 22:54:00 UTC #4

Here are a few initial sketches, so far I like body 2 and head B. I generally like to keep my sketches really loose and open so I don't feel chained down in zbrush, for personal stuff I like to keep the design flexible and not worry to much if it deviates a little. The more happy accidents the better!!

apeirondiesirae 2017-01-18 08:38:12 UTC #5

Rough block in with Zbrush

apeirondiesirae 2017-01-21 08:46:17 UTC #6

More blocking, a bit of refinement and threw it in keyshot to start thinking about color and some lights.

crazymoon 2017-01-21 22:06:25 UTC #7

Nice concept! Curious to see how you execute this in 3D Keep it up!

apeirondiesirae 2017-01-22 20:08:53 UTC #8

Replying to myself to set up a rough scheduel for myself to get this done.
2 Weeks to finish the sculpt/model and 3 weeks for rendering and compositing.

Is this doable while enrolled as a full time student??? Lets find out.

apeirondiesirae 2017-01-23 09:40:17 UTC #9

More blocking in. Almost done, then on to retopologizing, surface details and final touches.

apeirondiesirae 2017-02-08 17:24:50 UTC #10

Decided on a name, my champion is Henosis. I'll be adding some new components to him that make him more of a champion of sci-fi but because I find that when you divide genres you weaken them as a whole and the question between sci-fi and fantasy has bothered me because they (to me) are actually pretty similar. Both of them are ways to show ideas or conflicts or feelings that we have in the real world by taking them out of our normal everyday context and putting them into a perspective we want to see and are willing to listen to while possibly teaching us something, either about ourselves or about the thing they represent (that idea, feeling or conflict). So I'd like my champion to be more of a saint/angel, that comes down to end the feud between sci-fi and fantasy.

The angel of sci fi! Come down to bring harmony to the genres lol!

I'm excited to show some more progress! I've been feeling a little down from not really getting many bites on the forum but decided to just say fuck it and keep going.

crazymoon 2017-02-08 22:35:02 UTC #11

Hey man digging the progress, only thing I'd say is maybe he looks a bit unbalanced, as in he would fall over from that standing position if that makes sense. He reminds me a lot of an admiral of sorts because of the cloth. Keep it coming

apeirondiesirae 2017-02-24 22:19:48 UTC #12

Some keyshot renders to get a feel for the lighting and pose. Should be done soon! Also tried to fix that unbalanced problem! @crazymoon

apeirondiesirae 2017-02-27 18:29:24 UTC #13

Some progress on texturing, just going to have to power through it. Thought that keyshot would be enough for me but in the end I found it was a bit lacking in comparison and want to try to finish the texturing in Vray. Not sure if I should include the alchemy circle

apeirondiesirae 2017-03-01 10:51:05 UTC #14

I finally finished!
This was honestly really tough to finish but I had a lot of fun figuring out the challenges of the
creature itself and scheduling it while going to school! I also really enjoyed making a mock print type render for the detail sheet and figuring out the right textures and color scheme for the sinister vibe I was going for!
Thank you cubebrush for the opportunity to compete with so many crazy 3D artists!

Oh and I wasn't sure if 2048x2048 was the minimum?? But all of my images are at least 2048 on the smallest size, if thats incorrect someone please let me know.

Concept Sheet

Final Image

Detail Sheet

Alexandra Reeves
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