SnowSultan

Just wanted to confirm that I'm still around and still trying to improve my art. I'm learning Zbrush at the moment, and while it's confusing at times (and the guy who made the tutorials I watch is an easily distracted and extremely fast talker), what can be done with it is amazing. Most of my existing art would look like scribbles if I can learn to use this well. Someone or something has been sending more visitors my way recently, so thanks to whoever's behind that and to everyone who has liked my images. I hope to have even better creations to show all of you in the future. Take care!

Apologies for not having much to show lately, I've been struggling with art again - not so much because of a lack of interest, but with simply too much to try and learn at once. I started learning Zbrush, then had some tablet issues and had to go back to my small older Wacom, then started messing with Photoshop Mixer brushes, and then yesterday, I was experimenting with the newest Castle Creator from DAZ but decided to go back and try the ones I had for Unreal because I actually like those more. Alright, now it's time for something more practical. I eventually do want to take my characters to Zbrush in order to make unique clothing and accessories for them, but the only characters that I have ready and 'finished' so to speak are Sahmika and Kisae. I started on a 'lineup' with four characters and started trying to get their basic shapes, height, and hair right - not the clothing or wings though, as those are some of the things I would like to customize for each one. I'll post it as

Sorry I haven't had much to show lately, it's mostly because I've been watching a lot of Zbrush tutorials (many by Michael Pavlovich, the man for which YouTube's .75 playback speed was probably invented). I'm still using the trial, but will probably buy it late next month. You might recommend that I enter DAZ's new contest that seems tailor-made for me (fantasy theme, winners get Zbrush), but I think I've had enough of being screwed in their contests now. I'm thinking a bit of moving towards a different style, perhaps one a little less realistic. Zbrush should make that easier once I know what I'm doing, but it has more to do with how difficult it is to get anything other than the typical result in DAZ Studio. I experimented with the test scene of Jakkae below for three days and couldn't really get anything more interesting than this (horns not textured). The focus here was to give her a unique face shape (which I'm satisfied with), but I'm finding it impossible to get more realistic