“The General.” (c) 2013 Michael J. Barnes. (click to view larger image)
UPDATE: The General is now available as a 20″ x 28″ full color poster. This image, along with selected others, are available for purchase on the Store Page of this website. Come on buy and check them out.
Meet The General. This is my latest self-promotion illustration. I wanted to draw up an evil, vicious, armor-clad science-fiction, space fantasy villain. The General is a humanoid/cyborg creature – actually, this is the full-body illustration of a character I completed earlier this year that I entitled Gaur.
The character was modeled entirely in ZBrush, as well as rendered. Composite was then completed in Photoshop. The background image was modeled using Google Sketch-up. The model was then brought into Bryce for texturing and rendering, then brought into Photoshop for more photomanipulation and texturing.
I’m sure you’ve heard the saying, “You learn something new everyday.” In the case of creating this piece, I learned a lot of new things. I employed many new techniques in ZBrush. I am so grateful that the ZBrush community is so generous with tutorials, forums, and such that they made learning how to use the program so easy. Thank you ZBrushers and Pixologic. I’ve have used many graphic programs, but I have never seen the support for any of those apps compared to the support offered by ZBrush.
So, anyrate, this is my latest piece. I hope you like it.
Mike
