..dusting off Vlad Doe..

Hope everyone's holidays are going well.
I felt like Vlad was past due for a make-over.
I'm just concentrating on making him as real as possible, and having a blast while I revisit this creeper!
ALL of his forms have been revised quite a bit and I started on some new texturing to get a better feel for this characters direction..
I plan to keep pushing him but here's a quick peek at where he's sittin currently. Thanks for stopping by!

ZBrushCentral Top Row!

http://www.zbrushcentral.com/showthread.php?172713-GRIMM-

My "Grimm Creatures" thread over at ZbrushCentral.com made Top Row last week!
This is a massive honor for me, and it was pretty surreal when a buddy of mine gave me the heads up.
ZbrushCentral more than any other site is responsible for enabling me to be a self taught digital sculptor.
The community there is a few notches above everything else I have ever come across, as far as willingness to share techniques, base meshes, critiques, materials, and resources. I'm very thankful for all the time I've poured into reading those forums, and intensely thankful to them for spotlighting my work in such a huge way!!
Thanks Pixologic you guys absolutely rock!

New Site - www.jerodbogh.com

I've been pretty busy lately, but last night I locked down a new domain to house my Portfolio from now on. www.jerodbogh.com

Here's are a few images to celebrate the new site with!

Venom Part 1

Venom Part 1: DynaMesh - Zbrush 4r4 from Jerod Bogh on Vimeo.
Couldn't resist starting a sculpt of Venom after seeing this amazing concept. Venom Concept
Damn I have waaay too many projects started at this point.

Always been a big Venom fan, but the attempt at adding some realism to this villian really caught my eye. I'd love to have this bust printed in 3D at some point.
More to come....

GRIMM - Creatures

I've had a blast working on Creatures for GRIMM. All in all ~30 for Season 1 but here's a small sample of some of them via promo stills.

Season 1 + Season 2 (Sabertooth)

Devils Flower Mantis - Part1 DynaMesh Z4r4

Devils Flower Mantis - Part1 DynaMesh Z4r4 from Jerod Bogh on Vimeo.

From early morning sculpt session... This is why I get to work early as much as possible. Still sticking to about an hour a day of personal free sculpting time.

The Engineer

The start of an Engineer sculpt....

Vlad-tastic

Forgot to post this the other night. Just another quick pose, trying to figure out how to get some convincing force from the Vamprey. Really over extended the jaw and forced the teeth out further to give more impact. This is far from my final pose. The Vamprey is undergoing a retop and after that's done I'll be able to really get into some Blend Shapes and poses!

Vlad Doe shader Update

Next I attack the parasite's details.
Special thanks goes out to Paul Gaboury. His book is extremely awesome!! I look forward to more from him! You can find it here:
http://www.amazon.com/ZBrush-Professional-Tips-Techniques-Gaboury/dp/1118066804

Hour 3..

1hr A Day...

As of Monday I made a personal goal to sculpt 1hr everyday....for myself.
Sculpting Grimm busts all week leaves me hungry for more and the ideas are piling up in my head.
So here's one of the thumbnails from the other day, pushed an hour further. Dynamesh is such a deadly weapon I can't get over it!

Holy Hot-swappable Heads

First dabble with Mechanical/Hard Surface sculpting in Zbrush.
Very WIP and I really just wanted to get my feet wet....
But now I'm totally addicted after feeling the freedoms that come with Dynamesh.
Zbrush you are sincerely my favorite software hands down!
Done in one sitting....this is the future of thumbnailing in my opinion.

And yes...Prometheus melted my face.... to be honest I was concepting with no reference, yet you can see the impact it left on me.

Female Sculpt - BPR Skin Test

Just a quick look at a Female sculpt I'm working on. Hoping to use her in a few concepts I've got stuck in my head.

Quick Sculpt

Just a quicky I did after seeing Fernando Issamo's sketch:
http://www.cgfeedback.com/cgfeedback/showthread.php?t=2919
Like I said in my ZbrushCentral thread, I may keep pushing this guy. I'm having fun and mouthless things kind of freak me out!

Vlad Part 2 - Details & Secondary Forms

Hey Internet, here's my latest timelapse documenting the progression for the Vlad Doe character. Many revisions to the Parasite forms and scale, as well as the teeth. I've really been having a lot of fun progressing this handsome devil! More to come!

Stark Logo Updated

Stark Logo from a while back, updated with newly licensed music.

Stark Gyms Logo from Jerod Bogh on Vimeo.

Vlad Doe - Part 1 - Base Model

I saw this design for a vampire in the graphic novel the Witch Doctor and was instantly hooked. The twist on the classic vampire tale is the "Vamprey". A lamprey-like parasitoid that eats and replaces the human digestive tract. Reaching up the esophagus to feed. The fang-like appendages on its side are used as a form of hypodermic delivery of the parasite's eggs into the next host. Here's Vlad Doe, based on the early sketches done by Lukas Ketner. This is very early and a WIP. The first of a few videos I'm hoping to do about the sculpt. Thanks for looking!

Vlad Doe Part 1 - Base Model from Jerod Bogh on Vimeo.

Predator Study - The Wolf - Part 2

Found some more time to work on this handsome guy.. Still just dynamesh so far with a bit of zspheres at the end. I <3 ZBrush 4R3

Predator Study - The Wolf

Predator Study - The Wolf from Jerod Bogh on Vimeo.

He's back! Ive had a chavant version of the Wolf taunting me to finish him for a year or two now!
With all my focus on ZBrush I figured he'd be a great study for me personal time.
Im looking forward to how much further I will be able to push him digitally, compared to what I could do traditionally. This is the 1st WIP Timelapse...more to come!

-Sleep Sculpts- Sketch01 Part02

Sleep Sculpts - sketch01 -2/21/2012- Part 02 from Jerod Bogh on Vimeo.

Just messing around with horns late one night...

-Sleep Sculpts- Sketch01

Sleep Sculpts - sketch01 -2/21/2012 from Jerod Bogh on Vimeo.

Back with a vengeance! In my time away from this blog I've been working like a demon at Hive-FX. Character Modeling for "Grimm" has been fast and furious, but I'm loving every second. It has undoubtedly pushed me into new ways of thinking and creating. Nocturnal sculpting sessions a.k.a. "Sleep Sculpts" The first of many with the hopes that a few will lead to finished works.