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**EDIT**I made this for a tutorial book called Zen of Zbrush. The book has been released I am happy to say!
The digital version is here ([link] ) <--I recommend this one
And the physical version is here: ([link] )
The book has 140 pages and completely goes over creating characters in Zbrush. It also has 3 hours of video tutorials illustrating the techniques better.
**/EDIT**
Hey guys,
So I had to pause work on the low poly of my elite, because I was lucky enough to be a part of a ZBrush book with Vitaly Bulgarov and Vik Sorensangbam. It's a tutorial book that will be called Zen of ZBrush. Each of us will walk you through our technique and work-flow for creating characters in ZBrush.
I will be walking you through how I created this character. It's a scouting drone I just named Drone-04. Some of you may have previewed this model before this, as I posted images in my sketchbook. I wanted to create a mech that had visual characteristics similar to the Eva Mechs of Evangelion.
The reason I submit stuff to my scrapbook before it's done is because I don't want to spam people's deviantWatch with half done work. I get that a lot from my subscriptions and it's tedious to weed out all the half done stuff.
I will low poly this for my portfolio but that will not be covered in the book. The book only covers the model in ZBrush. Speaking of which this model was fully made in zbrush. I started using ZSketch then went on from there.
I think I covered everything. Take care and I hope you enjoy
Also, cause I know this will get asked, the total mesh is 52.7 million polygons. This may sound like overkill but the mesh can stand to be printed at wall poster size and still hold up.
Edit: DAILY DEVIATION! Wow thank you so much to Butch007 (james bond
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Comments: 419
Fergusexual In reply to ??? [2010-02-23 04:19:48 +0000 UTC]
Oh my gosh, this is incredible... I want this as an action figure. ;~; I love the detail and the smoothness I want to hug it and squeeze it and everything but I'm pretty sure it would kill me.
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MikeJensen In reply to Fergusexual [2010-02-23 23:11:35 +0000 UTC]
hahahah thank you!! But yes it would be very dangerous. It'd wake up when you are asleep toy story style and get up to no good
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Fergusexual In reply to MikeJensen [2010-02-24 00:34:25 +0000 UTC]
Ahh, I don't sleep much. We can get up to no good together! Time to raid the snacks cabinet!
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NaurCalad In reply to ??? [2010-02-23 03:59:15 +0000 UTC]
This is a breathtaking design, you did an amazing job! Keep it up!
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sleepcircle [2010-02-23 03:31:56 +0000 UTC]
hahahahahaha, wow. I was about to ask for a wireframe when I saw it was made in z-brush. Excellent work, dude, and it's a pity it's not a wireframe model, because I would've loved to see that.
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MikeJensen In reply to sleepcircle [2010-02-23 23:12:31 +0000 UTC]
haha thanks! I would have made it via subd but ZBrush was just so much quicker!
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MyFantasiMind In reply to ??? [2010-02-23 03:09:40 +0000 UTC]
Man, if I can learn how to use the Z brush, then I'd probably make stuff like this. But other than that, I don't even have the money to get the 3D animation software.
Anyway, great job on this! I just love how you concentrated on every detail here!
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MikeJensen In reply to MyFantasiMind [2010-02-23 23:17:34 +0000 UTC]
Thank you very much! You should definitely try out zbrush. You can get a free trial at pixologic.com! It's totally worth it
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MyFantasiMind In reply to MikeJensen [2010-02-24 00:41:37 +0000 UTC]
No prob.
Sweet, thanks for the site, appreciate it. Keep up the great work.
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noxfoxArts In reply to ??? [2010-02-23 02:57:50 +0000 UTC]
wow, the design really rocks, it's a very cool model!
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Kirin-dark In reply to ??? [2010-02-23 02:53:34 +0000 UTC]
My friend, You have just officially put zBrush on my to-do list, this puts Blender to shame.
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MikeJensen In reply to Kirin-dark [2010-02-23 23:21:53 +0000 UTC]
haha thanks! ZBrush is definitely a must for quickly achieving good shapes and silhouettes.
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Kirin-dark In reply to Kirin-dark [2010-02-23 17:13:25 +0000 UTC]
Dammit Mike!
Now I have Zbrush and can't tell my ass from a hole in the ground!
Send me a message when the book is released, or maybe i can find instructions for dummies online...
Anyway Lets see what this thing can do!
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Bosh1501 In reply to ??? [2010-02-23 01:54:17 +0000 UTC]
THIS IS SO AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
it looks like it should be in a movie or something!!
xDDDDD
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MikeJensen In reply to Onikaizer [2010-02-23 23:23:38 +0000 UTC]
Thanks man! I started off with zsketch then made a concept sculpt. after that I retopologised and used the hPolish brush to clean every thing up
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Onikaizer In reply to MikeJensen [2010-02-24 00:25:44 +0000 UTC]
you make it sound so easy, hahaha, excellent. Thanks for the tip!, will be on the lookout for the complete walktrough
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JackimoTheCool In reply to ??? [2010-02-23 01:05:56 +0000 UTC]
amazing, so inspiring
do you use Zbrush 3.5?
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MikeJensen In reply to JackimoTheCool [2010-02-23 23:25:01 +0000 UTC]
Thanks! Yeah I used 3.5r3
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crump3t In reply to ??? [2010-02-22 23:52:51 +0000 UTC]
amazing work . very solid design and beautiful tech .looove
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neonribbon In reply to ??? [2010-02-22 23:42:35 +0000 UTC]
Really love the build/anatomy of the character. Looks very swift- reads well!
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MikeJensen In reply to neonribbon [2010-02-23 23:25:37 +0000 UTC]
Thank you very much! I appreciate it <3
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Slayer-1412 In reply to ??? [2010-02-22 23:27:26 +0000 UTC]
I find this very amazing, the amount of deatil and form...it's hard to describe
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paulsrage In reply to ??? [2010-02-22 23:09:59 +0000 UTC]
I really like it. Nice design, little bit of Evangelion and also reminds me of geckos from MGS4.
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MikeJensen In reply to paulsrage [2010-02-23 23:27:14 +0000 UTC]
Thank you very much! I had to look up the geckos they look awesome!
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paulsrage In reply to MikeJensen [2010-02-24 10:21:56 +0000 UTC]
Keep up the good work BTW my mistake, they're called "GEKKOs"...
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AMnezcorpEAST In reply to ??? [2010-02-22 23:06:18 +0000 UTC]
That is something you would see out of a videogame. Nice!
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A-Real-Shame In reply to ??? [2010-02-22 23:01:52 +0000 UTC]
dude, this is some serious epic right here....
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ReenaLegend In reply to ??? [2010-02-22 22:48:29 +0000 UTC]
Holy crap! This is amazing how did you do it?!
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