Video blog!

stoofoo

http://blog.somuchmonsters.com

(re-edit to add it back to the first post) =OOO

bounchfx

whoa ! I dig watching you sculpt man. Thanks for this! /bookmarked

commander_keen

O_o

renderhjs

WHERE IS IT !?!?!

i hate it when people modify their posts for whatever reason - just stay true and ad perhaps a comment like that your host is offline, it has a bug or whatever but dont just remove the original link/post ect. its really annoying

stoofoo

Haha. Sorry. I was going to delete the post, but i coudlnt figure out how.

Whatever.

http://blog.somuchmonsters.com

Didn't mean to annoy you, Render=O

SHEPEIRO

whoooo, thanks for the re-top video

stoofoo

That will probably be the first thing i do a proper walk through on instead of just a timelapse, Shep. Think im about ready to start doing chatty cathy stuff on top of these videos.=)

SHEPEIRO

cool id deffinatly be interested not used that in zbrush yet

Japhir

looks great! yeah chatty chatty would be nice!
what brushes do you use btw? looks like standard brush with smooth brush or something.. amiright?

steady

awesome thanks!
MOAR

stoofoo

Thanks guys!

Japhir: I primarily use standard and smooth. I also really use move and clay tool a ton. Sometimes inflate?

I posted my lunchtime doodlefest on the page again.=O

stoofoo

Yeah, I ended up getting too drunk to figure out how to get the audio recording to sound nice last night, but did another sculpt at lunch. This time some sorta dinosaur. =O

Tonight! Tutorial #1!

nrek

Dude you have some really sweet doodles here, like the catchy tunes as well.:thumbup:

stoofoo

Seems I cant embed my videos from vimeo here. Whatever. If you look at the page now you c an see a edit topology tutorial,

I realize th e audio quality is poor, so if anyone has some tips on setting that up so it doesnt sound terrible, please do tell. I'll give it another render.

sinistergfx

Thanks for sharing!

A tip : set the original tool to a lower subdivision level while building the topology, then crank it back up when you do the projection. Speeds it up a ton.

stoofoo

High five, Will! Normally it runs perfectly smoothly on whatever subdiv I pick, I guess i never thought to turn it down. Camtasia turns out to be a lot heftier of a load than I anticipated.=)

If anyone has suggestions for zbrush how-to videos(or mudbox, for that matter) I'll most likely oblige. I don't wanna be wordy so I wanna try and do breakdowns in 10 minutes or less.

I'll continue posting my daily lunch-work until I can get together some more chatty chats.

Helixx

Great little videos Joe. The retopo stuff is great learnin' and the lunchtime doodles are fun creative exploration. Curious about the material you're using though, I can't seem to find any matcap materials that are that good for allaround sculpting. Mind sharing?

stoofoo

Thanks Helixx. The material is BG_Horror. However, I do not have it handy. I'll try and dig it up later but I am running out the door to get dinner. Google may provide it beforehand, though!

I posted another video, this time of the modeling stage before I take a monster into zbrush. =O

Helixx

Google to the rescue. I was able to find the matcap material, thanks. New character looks fun. Curious about the meshsmoothing though. Are you going to be keeping the model at that level of subdivision or is the smoothing applied to see what will happen when you subdivide in zbrush? Anyway keep us posted on the development.

Cheers

stoofoo

Good work on finding the matcap!

Zbrush and I are not smoothing buddies. I don't like how it smooths. I almost always divide my sculpting meshes before I bring them in at least once. Keep in mind these are by no means going to be used for my low poly model. I will rebuild that at the end. It's better to not lock anything down before you sculpt so you can be a bit more experimental.

Those arms, for instance. I most certainly am not going to be sculpting them in that pose. I'll transpose them when i get in zbrush and work it out from there.

X-Convict

Sexy videos Joe!


Collaboration time.

stoofoo

Minotaur Timelapse video!

d00kie

BOOKMARKED

parasyte7

Some cool stuff Joe. Glad you shared dude.

ArYeS

Checked out some of your videos, really amazing, already RSS-ed your site!

Oh and if you accept requests I would like to see more videos with learning focus of zBrush, really would help us who are just starting to know zBrush a ton!

Thanks and keep up with nice videos!

stoofoo

Thanks guys.

ArYes? I am not sure what you are requesting. Seemed pretty broad!

rasmus

Great stuff, thanks for sharing!

stoofoo

Minotaur Timelapse video DOS

(if you watched this and it cut out at 12 minutes, rewatch it once its converted. I uploaded the wrong video and didn't notice. WOOOPS.)

Ihazard

ugh, I have to wait 30 mins to watch

stoofoo

Ok, it's fixed. =()

Marnik

haven't had the chance to check out any of the videos yet, but they look pretty sweet and I can't wait to check em out! Thanks man

Lee3dee

these videos are awesome! thanks

Joe: what app are you using to capture this?

stoofoo

Thanks guys.
camtasia, lee.

Helixx

Glad you're back at it man, your videos are always a great way to get myself in the mood to sculpt. Awesome work on the minotaur.

stoofoo

Minotaur Timelapse video 3

This is a dry run, not final textures or unwrap, just wanted to make sure capturing photoshop and other business was going to work alright.=)

nrek

Nice vid stoofoo, after watching your run through in topogun it really makes me want to give it a try.

stoofoo

Thanks Nrek. It's a goooood program. Here's a video of the full body. =O


Minotaur Retopology Video

MattQ86

Amazing. These videos have inspired me to sculpt with more confident broad strokes. Solid stuff that will no doubt influence my future workflow.

stoofoo

Hey Matt! Thanks! I'm happy to hear that.=)


Minotaur UVs and reprojecting

This one is sorta whack and not all that interesting. Again, going up for posterity.



Minotaur Rendering and Painting part 1

This is a bit more interesting? And the song is making me dance. ITS ALL OK GUYS ITS ALL OK!

stoofoo

So since these things have gotten faster as the time working on them got longer, was there anything you could not glean from the videos that I could explain here? I feel like it's likely?

Ged

been enjoying the little sculpts, I particularly enjoyed your choice of brushes to create big forms and types of surfaces like on the gremlin head. Also learnt a bit about subtools, I know mudbox better than zbrush to be honest.

stoofoo

Frog man speedsculpt


Another one. This one was less than 30 minutes. Wish I could have spent more time on it. =O

adam

Joe the singer in your video from Sept 1 sounds like you. Just sayin'

MattQ86

Is Mask By Cavity what you're using to get that effect as if you'd drybrushed the sculpt with a mask? Whatever it is it seems like a really smart way to make the horns look more weathered (for lack of a better word) quickly.

conte

awesome vids, Stoo!

killingpeople

just give me all your music

stoofoo

Matt: that's exactly what and why I did it. Good catch.=) If you soften the mask by holding control and clicking you can used clay brush/stander brush over the top bits and pull slightly up giving nice raises and then flip it and give some sharp creases to other bits.=)

Thanks Conte

Cory: Send me a big fucking usb drive and ill copy it=P

SimonT

love the work, style and music of the videos thx for sharing!

Sandro

Lots of cool vids - bookmarked!

Slum

Sweet minotaur. you should do a Skeksi next

stoofoo

Slum: Thought about skeksi, but they are sort of messy detailing. I don't like to do gritty overlays and shit. MAYBE I will, but im lazy.

I'm itching to do some sculpting with new zb. COME ON IT. SEND ME SOME LOVE. THANKS