“Eleanor.” Digital Character. (c) 2014 Michael J. Barnes.
So, this is Eleanor. My latest alien creation, just an average middle-age female. Eleanor will be a feature character in an upcoming illustration.
This character was digitally sculpted in ZBrsh, with the composite produced in Photoshop.
Dawn Render Test (c) 2014 Michael J. Barnes.
I am continuing my work on a human female character. This is a test render from a sculpt I created in ZBrush. For fellow ZBrushers, hair was created with fibermesh, the touched up in Photoshop. I am not “happy” with the hair over her right shoulder. I thought I could fix it in post. However, I realized I hadn’t posted a WIP (work in progress) in a couple of weeks, and I decided to that she was good enough to post. I’ll rework that part of her hair by the next version. Let me know what you think.
Portrait. (c) Michael J. Barnes.
I finally got it. For some reason, the effect I was searching for, to make this character bust look like a photograph of an “actual-looking,” “realistic” male heroic character, eluded me for way too long. But I think I finally got it. This character, which I have created for a sci-fi fantasy I am working up, was created in ZBrush, with final production completed in Photoshop.
I hope you like it. Let me know what you think.
Gaur. (c) 2013 Michael J. Barnes.
Just completed this character concept illustration. He began as a test sculpt after learning some more new techniques. I then wrote up a character brief and “Gaur” here is the final result. The brief described an alien character, possibly of human ancestry. After centuries of cross-breeding with the indigenous species of an alien planet, the human features evolved into a distinct race. Finally, this character’s people embraced cybernetic implants to help improve the species. Think cross between a human, Klingon and Borg.
Painted Grumpy Bust. (c) 2013 Michael J. Barnes.
I completed texturing Grumpy’s bust late last night.
Grumpy Sculpture. (c) 2013 Michael J. Barnes.
Completed the sculpt over this last weekend.