[Absorbantghost]

Hey cool footage man,im gathering reference,remember we have to redesign based on actul reference.

Originally Posted by johnchen

Cool! Love slimey, scaly, creatures Just converted to Zbrush from mudbox, so keen to give this challenge a go!

BTW, a great TV show to check out for reference is: River Monsters some truly weird looking creatures in nature.


Vastarien - I thought your entry had a great concept, but it just looks like you ran out of time ( like my last entry to the starwars comp lol ) keep it up dude, hope you enter this one.

[inkyspot]

Originally Posted by arttorney

Don't let it get you down. It took quite a bit of expertise to make that wooden golem. If I had followed through on the "bubble wrap and duct tape golem" I thought about making, you would have looked awesome by comparison.

Also Sculptris, that is a free sculpting app as well now associated with Pixologic, you can retop the final in your app of choice, Mine is topogun. You can even desimate the mesh to make it less taxing on your pc when your done. You can also paint in that app as well, although I never used it.

[schwungsau]

another creatures from the deep








more pictures:
http://www.biology.duke.edu/johnsenl...y/gallery.html

[aginis]

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can like this? becouse im new coming

[SsSandu_C]

Hey! Spent a few minutes on this. I am still playing with some other designs.

[johnchen]

starting some concept sculpts tonight, hope I can do it!

[johnchen]

Heres my concept for this challenge - Aim was to explain the myth of the Mermaid as a creature which had gained the ability to mimic a beautiful women on the top side, while on the bottom it was a gruesome monster, in order to lure seamen close or into the water. It was pretty hard trying to combine the two elements together into something readable. Anyway this is just a concept for now, I think its looking a bit to stiff and inorganic...

[kryssmen]

Originally Posted by aginis

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can like this? becouse im new coming

looks like it could be interesting but I can't make out any detail. could you post some large close ups in grey scale so we can see the work in progress?

thanks

[mayanew]

I am brand new here. Not even sure i'm posting this right.Here is a pic for my entry.

[kryssmen]

mayanew ~ can you add a side view in grey scale as well. just so we can get a better look at your piece.

thanks

[johnchen]

Concept 2 - Not as brave as concept one, but definately reads better and makes more sense. I'd like to have 3 of these mermaids somehow in the composition luring 2 seamen in the water, one is reaching for the main mermaid, the other one perhaps trying to fight the other mermaids off with the ore.
Pretty complicated piece, but I will focus on the scene as a whole rather then the individual creatures I think.

[mayanew]

Thanks for responding Kryssmen.
Here are some other views.

[kryssmen]

mayanew~yours is a bit further along. what will you do next on this? I can see a few areas for where you can push the detail, but its pretty close to starting your polishing pass. Try texturing it as well.

dr3w~ you need to start defining areas of your fish to help it stand out more. at this point its in a very blocked in stage.

[Breckm4n]

Hello Everyone,

I have a question. It's my first contest and i want know Where or Can We post our creations? In our gallery? We must give-a link?

Thank you for your help

[KotLeopold]

Originally Posted by Breckm4n

Hello Everyone,

I have a question. It's my first contest and i want know Where or Can We post our creations? In our gallery? We must give-a link?

Thank you for your help

I am also sort of new to this forum but from what I saw in previous challenges you post all of your work in progress (WIP) shots in this thread (mandatory), after that there is going to be a "Finals" thread created by the moderator kryssman where you will post your final image on a given due date. Pretty simple if you ask me. Hope that helps!