MantisFace - Alien Concept

Alien hunter.. What started as a morning warm-up..
Ended up stealing my attention for a few days beyond that.
ZBrush + KeyShot

ZBrush to KeyShot GoZ - Beta Testing 2 [Solar Iris - Breach]

Pushing things a little further tonight.

The Engineer

The start of an Engineer sculpt....

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.

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!

a little Predator TLC

Between last night and today I havent been able to keep my hands off of the Wolf. I spent a good hour smoothing many rough areas by hand with a select few paintbrushes and some turpenoid. Before the smoothing out process I actually took every tooth out of his head except the lower mini 4, and replaced them with new baked sculpey. These are more true to the concept I am following for reference. I also spent a good deal of time thinning his mandibles out all over. They where just plain too thick and this was something that became more apparent after I started taking pictures of him. I also have received some critiquing over at the hunters lair by some guys that really know their preds! http://www.thehunterslair.com/index.php?showtopic=15769 if you wanna see it there.

I cant get away from clay. Every day I'm finding out I'm getting more and more excited to be finished with the wolf. First because for the sense of accomplishment, second because I litterally have ideas that I'm afraid are going to escape me. I take notes in my phone when I'm on the go to remind me or try and key my brain back in on an idea. But I also carry a Moleskine mini sketchbook with me almost everywhere I take my backpack, So I've been building ideas in that as well until I can get to them. I have more Predator plans in the future like a full 12 or 13'' tall maquette with armor and weapons and some of their masks, but I need to take a break from them for a bit. My next sculpt or two will be interesting. Cant wait to get started on them!!!!

Completely addicted to clay...

Sculpting is taking over all my free time! And I love it! I dont know what it is, something about getting messy and creating with my hands...I've always gravitated towards clay. It's just now I'm finally acknowledging it!!

Ok, I'll just come right out and say it.. I'm a major Predator fan. So this sculpt was a must for me and there will be many more I have a feeling!
Here's a work in progress for anyone that may venture past this blog. Using Chavant Oil based.
"The Wolf"




Next is texturing and detailing this bad boy!