Grayskull Islands

[stayinwonderland]

Been learning zbrush. Wasn't happy with the results straight from 3ds max/vray so I matte painted the final image:



Here's the zbrush sculpt:



And here's an early render/photo-manip test before I went on to do the final painting:



I then wanted to test out the composition and see how it would work in a scene:



Comments welcome!

More here (tutorial/making of coming soon!).

[Raskolnikov]

I love that piece. Love the set and all the possibilities it spawns. Also mood and rendering are top notch. Do you have more? I'd really like to see more

[stayinwonderland]

Thanks

Well I have a couple of WIPs. Here's (more or less) the raw render:



All I did was put an image of water over the front, a duplicated photo that I cut out of a palm tree, some fog to separate and a basic backdrop. So the only thing that is CG here is the skull and rocks.

Here is the next step along with some rock photoshopping. I thought the eyes were a little empty so I put lights in them and re-rendered that portion:



A little further along...



Just more of the same really, lots of photoshop matte painting. And here's a close-up...

[titan3]

well, I like it , IMHO I think a dark blue fog mood would suit the image better to add a bit of mystery to it, other then that good work! oh and also a bit more contrast

[stayinwonderland]

Thanks Titan. So are you saying darken fog overall?

[titan3]

Yes, if this is a late evening shot , In my mind's eye a night shot with some dark blue and a little rim light on the skull would of also been quite interesting

[pressenter]

Uh, i love such matte stuff. Absolutely superb work!

Sz.

[3DSerge]

Awesome work! This reminded of the movie The Time Machine!

[koolnits]

Mysterious island...love it.
I agree about the dark blue ambiance.
Good work.

[danielvfx]

AMAZING!!!!!!!! i feel something weird in the left skull edge, maybe lack of detail,, but anyway looks amazing!

[stayinwonderland]

yes you're right! It doesn't turn. Thanks for that.

The image is likely to appear in a popular 3d magazine in the coming months. I'll update when it does.

[amile duan]

Amazing design! I personally think it's a sunrise scene.

[kkilicer]

Hello,

I want to pm or email you, can you help please?

[stayinwonderland]

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