Realms Unreel Update

The latest update on the book is up at:
Realms Unreel Illustrated Kickstarter Project

Here's the latest in-progress work of the Zeke avatar shot and the Dom ZBrush model. I'm trying to keep hacking away at this project outside of work now - More to come soon!

Concerned Skinny Rocker (75 min)

Quick ZSketch based on Steven Tyler... ran out of time before I could add any color so he got a quick black & white spin.

Model Night ZSketch: Contemplative Pretty Alien

Playing around a little with Dynamesh in this hour...

Modelnight ZSketch: Confused Anime Churchill

Not quite as Churchill or Anime as I might like, but hey, it's showing up to practice...

Modelnight ZSketch: Confident Overweight Superhero

~90 minutes

Modelnight ZSketch: Angry Confused Lincoln

LINCOLN DOES NOT APPROVE OF YOUR DEBATE PERFORMANCE.  90 minutes.

Model Night ZSketch: "Kick-ass Ninja Turtle"

Ran ~90 minutes on this, pretty happy with the results but would have added posing / asymmetry and the headband slack if we had more time... Then again, the point is to focus on finding the character first!

Model Night ZSketch: Scary Villain

Think this took a little longer, ~105 minutes.  Didn't quite get to finish the design I had in mind but had some fun on this guy...

"Exhausted Italian" quick zsketch

Wasn't so happy with my last result, so when this random topic came up I decided to come back like the Stallion... well, except for his hair, since I couldn't figure that part out yet.  But it was fun!

Frankenstein ZSketch

Did this in about 80 minutes at Model Night, less the rough hair & stitches which I blocked in a few minutes after the buzzer while we were wrapping up.

Catwoman Sketch

Got here in about an hour and a half in tonight's speed session... so while it still needs work, it's at least attempting some new things.

Wile-E-Coyote quick sculpt

This week's Modelnight sculpting challenge was "Looney Tunes".  Was hoping to take it a little farther (asymmetric pose, some cleaner lines and fur) but had this at the buzzer.

ZBrush sketches

A captain and a tribute to Stimpy, one of my old favorites.  Each of these was done in about 1 1/2 hours for a Monday Model Night challenge at work, so they're lacking refinement but made for great fast-paced exercises. 

Beginning ZBrush

Recently I've been helping to organize a "Model Night" at work where modelers are free to let loose on friendly ~1-hour design challenges while learning some of the newer wave of software out there, like ZBrush, a 3D modeling tool that more closely resembles working with clay than polygons.  After getting over the software's quirks I've really come to enjoy using it; here's an early result for a zombie pirate challenge (with maybe a hint of santa claus):