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Steinie · Post by **Steinie** » 12 Aug 2012, 20:51

Cartoon Transportation WIP
Modeled and textured using Sculptris.

Steinie · Post by **Steinie** » 12 Aug 2012, 23:15

Grunt and Sea Slug added to the granite Hydrofoil. (I always wanted to say that...)
Next:
Sea Slug will get a huge tail fin for the propulsion.

Dragneye · Post by **Dragneye** » 12 Aug 2012, 23:24

You're really enjoying Sculptris aren't ya? Would you say Sculptris is a zbrush lite, or does it have something unique to offer?

Steinie · Post by **Steinie** » 12 Aug 2012, 23:49

Sculptris really is what ZBrush should have been. Simple and an easy to use UI with a very basic tool-set.
Using Sculptris for modeling Cartoon characters and then using Sculptris to paint the model in real time is perfect for my needs.
ZBrush is almost overkill for cartooning. The tools in ZBrush are amazing and a Sculptor's dream. It really is for Sculpturing the fine details.
If you look at 3DArtist gallery almost every artist used ZBrush for something in their work. My work doesn't have to be this detailed.
Sculptris is FUN!
ZBrush will probably be one of my future purchases.

Steinie · Post by **Steinie** » 13 Aug 2012, 00:29

Next I'll work on the water.

Note: When I was designing the Hydrofoil I wanted it to look like a prehistoric Volkswagen Bus.

Steinie · Post by **Steinie** » 15 Aug 2012, 03:33

"How is this scene possible?"...I mean what the heck am I looking at?....

Steinie's Synopsis:
I suppose to make the scene feasible you would need an early Cro-Magnon, rather stocky in build and a very, very early ancestor of Pliny the Elder. He could be versatile using rock, paper, scissors however two of the three hadn't been invented yet. Focusing his testosterone toward a large intrusive igneous rock, after many years... (seemed like ages) and at some point in his short life span invented what we today call a "boat".
Worth noting that two other items had not been discovered yet, the wheel and gravity. Cro-Magnon"s boat displayed both to a totally unaware sculpture artist, Grunt.
Down the mountain the boat rolled (another law of physics displayed by the way "it gathered no moss") finally landing on an iceberg.
NOW the picture makes sense...

Steinie · Post by **Steinie** » 15 Aug 2012, 12:08

Next: a volcano

The previous post mentions "you would need an early Cro-Magnon" My research did indeed find a very old Cro-Magnon in a very old directory for a very old program called "trueSpace"
Since Cro-Magnon had been used in previous work the Scene cannot be submitted to the Challenge. The "Grunt Hydrofoil" (without the Grunt

) shall be submitted for the Challenge.

jamesmc · Post by **jamesmc** » 15 Aug 2012, 14:33

I think I see a "lotta teeth" ancestor in there.

Reminds me of the good old days on "Thrill Hill."

Finis · Post by **Finis** » 15 Aug 2012, 14:57

Since the fossilized remains of Grunt's great, great, great grandfather are premade you could make a new character to pilot this vessel.

I think it would be funnier without any reason it floats but the iceberg is a nice touch. The berg looks too much like the water. There is a school where the engineering students have a contest building concrete canoes.

Steinie · Post by **Steinie** » 15 Aug 2012, 23:27

Thanks guys for the comments and suggestions.
I wanted a monochromatic feel through-out the scene and to tie everything together.
That is why I color matched the ice and water. The volcano was created using Vue.

Dragneye · Post by **Dragneye** » 17 Aug 2012, 01:31

Nice work Steinie.
...and Yes... now it makes sense.

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