Sketchbook: Screamheart

Screamheart

Thanks for looking at my sketchbook! I've been doing artwork all my life, but I've never taken the step to become truly good at it. This sketchbook is the start.

My first Z-Brush project! Go easy on me. xD ANY tips will help at this point, I've only been messing around on Z-Brush for a couple days. Thanks!

Screamheart

Off to bed. Hope someone replies by the time I'm home from work tomorrow. I'm kinda stuck at the moment.

OXGears

well, it's good you know to identify issues, so i'll direct you to where you can look for info..

http://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9PuRZJTTclRD3ez1Cswsng

http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCxtf-DIf5QoyrMZF0z8WuZg

http://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-1AILnDBKsenN-2awbwBzw

http://www.youtube.com/user/moondonghwa

http://www.youtube.com/user/Zbrush3Dinfo

Screamheart

Thanks! I'll check these out. Though direct answers help the most. I've been watching tutorials a lot, and they usually have a small part of the info I'm looking for, and I have to search the whole video for it.

OXGears

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rzBs3PM2W_4"]Sculpting Demo,by Philippe Faraut - YouTube[/ame]

it's traditional, but the concept applies, make a base, get the major forms and work from there. for 3d, start from a low res and get as much of the details you can, then bump up another level in res.

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i don't know about those arms, id think the anatomy needs more research

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the pinching you should see if it's an issue with the mesh topology or the simple fact that it needs to be smoothed out.

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make one horn as a subtool, duplicate and mirror. most likely you had topology issue why it came out weird.

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hope that helps, later!

Screamheart

OXGears wrote: »

the pinching you should see if it's an issue with the mesh topology or the simple fact that it needs to be smoothed out.

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make one horn as a subtool, duplicate and mirror. most likely you had topology issue why it came out weird.

Smoothing doesn't work, and I'm not sure what mesh topology is. How do I go about making a horn a subtool? I do know how to duplicate and mirror though. xD

OXGears

horns

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W4rPzWQJEXA"]Zbrush - twisted horn tutorial - YouTube[/ame]

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topology info

http://wiki.polycount.com/CategoryTopology

image reference
https://plus.google.com/photos/114074008528400978659/albums/5283421451604722753?banner=pwa

old way to retop

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xXx12G0-9Lw"]Creating Clothing in Zbrush Pt 1 - Mesh Extraction - YouTube[/ame]
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RTNNUNoJGhs"]Creating Clothing in Zbrush Pt 2 - Retopology - YouTube[/ame]

somewhat new

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j-zMGK4qj9s"]Basic Retopology in Zbrush - YouTube[/ame]

- new

http://pixologic.com/zbrush/features/QRemesher-retopology/

Screamheart

After messing around with Slice Curves, since I have had no luck fixing the pinches on my model, I found where the pinching is coming from. The pinches are located and joining points of the sliced sections. It must automatically slice it when you go from Z-Sphere to a 3d Polymesh. Anyone know how to fix this?

I am also wondering how I can get the sliced areas of this model to stay as they are, so that I can work on the space of each piece without effecting the rest. I want to make some flat/hard edges.

Screamheart

Well, I managed to get the pinches out. I lost the tail in the process, but I wasn't sure I wanted it anyways.

Here, I had some fun messing with it since the pinches are finally out.

And here's without the crazy black/green to see muscle.


Also.. How do I make perfectly flat surfaces, edges, and corners?

Screamheart

So I've learned a lot just from messing around. This is what I have so far. Feel free to let me know what you think. A lot of things are placeholders FYI. I am very interested in learning how to smooth my model's armor without losing the sharp edges. One more thing, how do I curve the clip? I tried many methods and none wanted to work.

Screamheart

I started on this gun yesterday. I have had my share of issues, but a couple of main things I am wondering about. I am wondering how I can get crisp hard edges on lower poly models. My masks would have a lighter area where Offset would still pull on it a bit and mess up the effect I wanted. Also, sometimes Flatten under Deformation doesn't work in both directions and I don't know why. Also why does Clip Curve not work half of the time, and is there a better option?

Screamheart

So I am mostly happy with the gun now. I think I will completely redo the circled section, but the rest feels good to me.