THRONE ROOM - Holy throne - TheOnlyDoubleF

TheOnlyDoubleF

Hey everyone,

My first time entering a contest here, and posting in general.
I'm a student level designer and it's the first time i'm gonna create a full scene with my own assets.

I'll be creating a throne inspired by Chistian religion, with a key reference to Mary.






I have this throne right now. I'll may not put the sword I've drawn but add hands instead, like on the references pictures.



The scene takes place in a church and the throne is surrounded by darkness and demon tentacles.

I'll be using:
- Photoshop
- Zbrush
- 3Ds Max
- Substance Designer and may be Painter
- And of course my lover, the Unreal Engine 4

TheOnlyDoubleF

I've made some changes to my sketch

I don't really know witch one is better. Any advice?

TheOnlyDoubleF

I've started the sculpting with ZBrush and added a dirty trhone as an other object in the subtool to have a reference and work on it independently from the statue.

TheOnlyDoubleF

I've modeled a high poly hand for the statue. Quite good for me. At least good enough to have a reference on the statue to sculpt the sleeves.

TheOnlyDoubleF

I've put my right head on the statue and used the mirror function to create the left hand.

I'm quite confident with the statue posing. I'm clearer than my sketches ^^

EpicBeardMan

Concept for the thorne looks cool. Kinda reminds me of Dark Souls. Waiting for further progress. Good luck.
Cheers!

Geno527

For me the second version of your sketch is better. And I can't wait to see the tentacles

TheOnlyDoubleF

I've tried to make some folds using the displacement curve brush. It's quite nice.

I've tried to do the rest with the inflat and the standard brush, but it looks more like roots.

Geno527

You should try an other material in Zbrush, MatCap grey is great, and it's more easy (for me) to see what I'm doing.

TheOnlyDoubleF

Hey there,

Indeed Geno527, it's way better with the grey material ^^

Some updates:







I'll do the head on the next session.

cataev serj

Steady progress!

Pumkin

It looks better and better !
Maybe you should change the base of the statue in this way :

TheOnlyDoubleF

Yeah Pumkim, I'll try to smooth it a bit like that.

TheOnlyDoubleF

I've worked a bit on the head and on the veil

TheOnlyDoubleF

I don't really know what to do with the sit.



I thought about taking some inspiration form the pope's throne:


I don't know if I should go for something sober or for some motifs/patterns on it.

Yadoob

It depends on what art style you refer : romanesque, gothic, barock ?
Right now it looks like a mix between romanesque (symetrical pose, lack of movement) and gothic (lot of work on the folds) so that reference for the chair is discordant. But maybe it's wat you want?
Also, your folds looks more like veins, you should use the brush Trim Dynamic to get better shapes
Keep it up !

TheOnlyDoubleF

@Yadoob: my references were more romanesque indeed. But I don't know what it would mean for this throne, 'cause typical romanesque sit wouldn't fit well in this one.

I know for the veins, I'm trying to smooth all of this. Thx for the advice, i'll try this brush!

TheOnlyDoubleF

So! I've made few changes here with some great advices from Skyzocat for the sit:

3DS Max


ZBrush



Of course, i'll change the statue a little bit to fit the sit and correct some mistakes i've made.

TheOnlyDoubleF

Some updates:

TheOnlyDoubleF

Woot! I've made some rotopoly here using Topogun: