Jack Frost

Rielaiz · Aug 2015

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 · Aug 2015

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

Rielaiz · Aug 2015

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

Attached, are concept sketches of the diorama:

Rielaiz · Aug 2015

Here is my progress on the diorama:

Rielaiz · Aug 2015

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

Rielaiz · Aug 2015

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

Rielaiz · Aug 2015

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.

Rielaiz

KingKellogg · Aug 2015

Keep it up !

Rielaiz · Aug 2015

Jack-Frost-Zbrush-Update...

Rielaiz · Aug 2015

Thank you KingKellogg

KingKellogg · Aug 2015

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

Rielaiz · Aug 2015

Hi KingKellogg,

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

Rielaiz · Aug 2015

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

Rielaiz · Sep 2015

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 · Sep 2015

Hi,

Here is a turntable animation of Jack Frost base mesh:

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

ZenoSculptor

Rielaiz · Sep 2015

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 · Sep 2015

Hi,

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

Rielaiz · Sep 2015

Jack Frost: Base Mesh completed.

Now ready for detailing in Zbrush...

Rielaiz · Sep 2015

Here are some wires for this project.

Rielaiz · Sep 2015

Hi,

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

when considering said detail.

Rielaiz · Sep 2015

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 · Sep 2015

Jack Frost: more progress...

Thinking about over drawing some armour and a cloak

Gail_Blitzy · Sep 2015

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

Rielaiz · Sep 2015

Thank you Gail_Blitzy,

I will see what I can do

cgBrad · Sep 2015

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 · Sep 2015

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 · Sep 2015

Hi cgBrad,

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

Rielaiz · Sep 2015

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

This new version of the head sculpt is 4.5 million polygons

Bolovorix · Sep 2015

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 · Sep 2015

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

Jack Frost

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