Post #449494 by Bowana on Fri, Apr 24, 2009 8:03 PM

Thanks Babalu! I've got something for the kiln already. We'll hang out soon.

I'm experimenting and banging my head against the wall with a 3D program called ZBrush.
Here's a few progression shots of my friend The Gill Man. I like to call him Mr. Fish-Face.

You start with a sphere and push it and prod it to get basic shapes.
Just as you would with actual clay.

Dig them fish lips!

Here I've divided it so the mesh is finer. More details can be added.

Pulling out some wrinkles and details on the gills.

At this stage it's been divided about 4 times.
Popping out some eyes and teeth!

ZBrush is by no means an easy program to learn. I consider myself a rank amateur compared to some of the work I've seen by other artists. You have to be a freakin' rocket scientist for some of the functions to make sense. I was afraid of it at first because I felt it was threatening to traditional sculpting, and that it and all other 3D modeling programs were going to destroy the sculpting world as I knew it. It's not! It's a fantastic tool, but very left brained. A frustration, yet enormously rewarding. A love/hate relationship. ( In other words, I love ZBrush, but it hates me)

I'll post a few more shots of Sir Fish-Face as he gets finished up.
Thanks for looking.

Bowie