Archbishop - WIP 10 - Hands Detailing

Today's progress on hands detailing.

 Sculpted in ZBrush

Archbishop - WIP 9 - Big Cape Changes

Made crucial changes to the chasuble's back

Previous advancements were not going somewhere I liked, so instead of trying to tweak it until it worked, I sketched something else in Photoshop and restarted from there.

Sculpted in ZBrush

Sketches in Photoshop

Archbishop - WIP 8 - Altered state

I felt as if the body was a bit too abstract and boring, so I made a quick sketch

 Sculpted changes to the body

 Quick sketches of changes to the face

 Sculpting changes and detailing the wrinkles. All done with ClayBuildup and DamStandard

Sculpted in ZBrush

Archbishop - WIP 7 - It has a body

It now has a full body, if you can call it that. I chopped the model in pieces to make distinct sections. I then detailed the teeth and decided to keep the teeth and gums as one model because I want a lot of transitioning between them 'cause it's grosser that way. Then I went for a detailing pass on the foreskin / eye sockets and added a surgical wound on his throat the shape of the papal cross for symbolism. I haven't used any alphas so far, just hand sculpted stuff; long but meditating. The Chasuble (cloak) is not final though, I want more dripping and maybe something more Beksinski-esque at the top like the legs, which are also pretty rough now and need some changes; so far so good though!

Sculpting in ZBrush

Necronom X - WIP 7 - Rendering fun

Having fun in Keyshot

Sculpted in ZBrush

Rendered in Keyshot

Archbishop - WIP 6 - Lighting test and compromise

Also got this sick MatCap

https://www.artstation.com/ikameka/store/3Yy/moonray-resin-matcap

Sculpted in ZBrush

Rendered in Keyshot

Archbishop - WIP 5 - It has eyes

I... I don't know which one I like better O____O

After making a super complicated realistic eye... and then I just put a black material on it... and it kind of works better... which is a bit sad XD

Rendered in Keyshot

Archbishop - WIP 4 - Eye Test 2

Redone most of the eye model and textures! Now it feels a lot better

Decided to construct the eye model in 3 parts. 1; The Iris (white). Hand-sculpted it so there's a lot more depth to the structure. Also, having its own mesh provides a lot more UV space for that crucial part of the eye, 2; The Inner Sclera (green) for the eyeball color and opacity gradient and 3; The Outer Sclera (blue) to add thickness and refraction. The model has a higher initial polycount than the previous one, but it doesn't need any displacement or smoothing at all, which is a lot lighter in the end. 

Iris sculp and decimation in ZBrush
Iris UVs in RizomUV
Eyeball modeling and UVs in 3ds Max
Baking in Marmoset Toolbag
Textures in Photoshop & Quixel NDO

Hemiptera v2 - WIP 4 - Fusing Parts & New Antennas

Realized I was guilty of something I hate in most exoskeleton concepts, when there's too many plates and/or the creature would be physically unable to move efficiently, so I decided to simplify the design, fused some of the plates, made the inner neck less rigid and rafined the antennas (the different colors are different objects)

Sculpted in ZBrush

Archbishop - WIP 1 - Sketching

Working on Something Creepy.... Had a digusting concept in my head in the metro, so I've been sculpting it at night

Sculpted in ZBrush

Hadopelagic King v2 - WIP 1 - Reshaping the King

Always like my Crab Boï, but I feel like I learned a lot since 3 years ago, and I'm making a second version with more credible articulations, menacing shapes and imposing stance. I'm imagining it coming out of the water. It's going to be a long journey, since I want to UV that monster and texture it in Substance Painter.... yep, It'll take a while but it's getting somewhere!

 Sculpted in ZBrush