Hello! Hope everyone is keeping cool with all that heat down in Texas! It’s cooking up here as well. Probably not nearly as much, but there’s enough metal up in this joint to bounce off just the right amount of sun to cook a pigeon for breakfast… Or maybe just the eggs will suffice.
Anywho, I’ve REALLY been delving into my art lately. I picked up a book at Barnes and Noble with my employee discount on Character Creation by Scott Spencer. In it is a section on rendering in ZBrush and compositing in Photoshop. Here’s a couple of new renders of an alien I sculpted a couple weeks ago.
On top of that, I’ve been doing some sketching!
(Yeah, I know, I need to get a scanner…)
Now, granted, the very basic design/concept of this “tree-dweller” creature is actually credited to my top idol right now… Neville Page!
You’ve probably heard me mention this guy before, but if not, I’ll tell ya now… The guy is a genius creature designer! Probably the lead concept artist in Hollywood! His works include:
Super 8
Cloverfield (my favorite!)
Avatar
JJ Abrams’s Star Trek
Planet of the Apes
Tron: Legacy
The Green Lantern
Watchmen
I just purchased a three hour tutorial where he demonstrates and illustrates the basics of character design. He starts with stressing the importance of anatomy (from human beings to mammalian creatures), discusses the vitality of form through silhouette and shape, and finishes with a full demo speed sculpt in ZBrush. After three hours, my mind was blown!
More on this topic as it progresses… ;D
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