Jack Frost

Rielaiz

Here is a personal project, based on a project which I worked on many years ago.

Attached, are my new concept sketches for this project.

Rielaiz

Modeled in Zbrush with Zmodeler, then rendered with Lightwave 3D.

Rielaiz

I decided to sculpt a diorama for the Jack Frost character to live in.

Attached, are concept sketches of the diorama:

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Here is my progress on the diorama:

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Here is an update of the diorama, rendered in Lightwave 3D:

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Here, I have prepared the base mesh for rigging in Lightwave. This will help me with my layout of the scene:

Rielaiz

Hi,

Here is my progress on the Jack Frost character in Zbrush.

Currently modelling polygons. The Zmodeler tool is making life so much easier now.

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KingKellogg

Keep it up !

Rielaiz

Jack-Frost-Zbrush-Update...

Rielaiz

Thank you KingKellogg

KingKellogg

You should do a more detailed sketch, see where you want to take it. Or get some other images for ideas.

Rielaiz

Hi KingKellogg,

Thank you, I probably should, but letting my imagination travel with this one

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Jack Frost work in Lightwave: The head, stepping up the detail, nearly ready for Zbrush final detailing.

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Jack Frost: Base Mesh, rendered in Lightwave 3D and edited in Photoshop CC 2015.

I played around with a skin shader in the node tree.

Rielaiz

Hi,

Here is a turntable animation of Jack Frost base mesh:

https://youtu.be/YbYIogsV_PQ?list=PL...IOQXI24nPOCjUr

ZenoSculptor

Rielaiz

Hi,

Here is a video showing my progress, modelling old school style on this Jack Frost character in Lightwave 3D:

https://youtu.be/TM_XTEraClM?list=PLfYEfNX2QK4xfCkhhOvIOQXI24nPOCjUr

The original mesh was built in Zbrush with Zmodeler.

Rielaiz

Hi,

I have changed the proportions, more to match my artwork.

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Jack Frost: Base Mesh completed.

Now ready for detailing in Zbrush...

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Here are some wires for this project.

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Hi,

Before going into Zbrush for the detail, I thought that building a node shader would be helpful,

when considering said detail.

Rielaiz

Hi,

Here is my progress, detailing in Zbrush.

This head model is at around 20 million polygons.

I had to break the model up to Subtools, as 44 million
Polygons was too much for a 12 gig machine.

Rielaiz

Jack Frost: more progress...

Thinking about over drawing some armour and a cloak

Gail_Blitzy

The extra detail looks pretty good, really starting to give him more life - would be nice to see him in a dynamic pose

Rielaiz

Thank you Gail_Blitzy,

I will see what I can do

cgBrad

Can I ask why the head is 20 million polys? The head seems pretty simplistic, if you are subdividing just to subdivide, you should rethink your approach.

Rielaiz

Hi cgBrad,

Thank you, maybe I should I ramped up the polycount to achieve sharp detail.

Maybe once I have achieved the sharp detail, I can use Zremesher with Adaptive switched on, to more localise
detail and reduce polycount.

The more optimised workflows in Zbrush are still mostly a mystery to me, but I am learning.

Rielaiz

Hi cgBrad,

I thought that my reply didn't post, but it did

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Jack Frost - Update: I re-sculpted the head.

This new version of the head sculpt is 4.5 million polygons

Bolovorix

Hey Rielaiz, looking good so far. Not sure if you're familiar with Zbrushes dynamesh workflow but that is a really fun way to work. There's a great video by Josh Singh on youtube where he explains how he uses dynamesh.
Anyways, keep it up!

Rielaiz

Hi Blovorix, thank you . Dynamesh is great. I have used dynamesh for this sculpt. I will check out the Josh Singh video. He more than likely has a better workflow than I do at this point