3d art

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Michal Suchánek
I started working with 3D when I was about 17 years old.
I liked the whole technique, which was something
completely new for me. Back then 3D art was not so well
known in the Czech Republic. What I know now I got
from books, tutorials, the internet and many, many
hours of hard work.
Modelling the figures
Creating the aliens and girl
Mountain Patrol 3ds Max
2009, ZBrush 3.5,
Photoshop CS2 (2009)
The story behind Mountain
Patrol is: “The two longtime
companions patrol the border
of Windy Mountains. They are
looking out for their enemy, but
nobody has shown up for a very
long time.” The truth is that I
was little bit tired of making
girls. I wanted to do something
different, but I still didn’t want
to make some dull depressive
fantasy picture. I tried to make
it realistic and funny.
Rocket Girl 3ds Max
2009, ZBrush 3.5,
Photoshop CS2 (2009)
After I finished Space Drink
I wanted to make another
picture with a pin-up girl
theme. My inspiration for
this picture was a comic
Rocketeer and the classic
style and humour of pin-up
girls. There is not as much
stylisation as you can see
on the Space Drink waitress,
but I think there is a
humorous retro feeling.
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First of all I started modelling the
girl. I used an old head model for her
face, that I modified according to the needs of
the new image. This old base mesh was
creating with the Box Modelling method. For
making the best expression in the face I used
reference photos from the internet.
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The girl’s body is modelled in
standard “Da Vinci pose”. I prefer to
pose models inside of ZBrush after years of
modelling and rigging in Max. I think this is a
faster way than rigging the whole mesh. I
unwrapped the UVs of models (head and
body) in Max and then I imported them to
ZBrush where they were ready for creating
normal maps.
8
hours
render time
Resolution:
2,786 x 3,744
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Let’s see our
first alien called
Bob. I started preparing a low
polygon head and body. This
alien was the funniest for me,
because I love his expression.
Closer 3ds Max 2009, ZBrush 2, V-Ray, Photoshop 7 (2006)
An older image where I first tested the ZBrush. A lot of people tell
me the main character looks like Angelina Jolie. Well, they are right,
but it was probably more of a coincidence than deliberate.
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07
I modelled only Bob’s hands and
upper body; the rest of the body is not
visible. The posed low poly mesh from ZBrush
was exported back to 3ds Max.
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The other two aliens were
created through the same method as
Bob. Drunken Lou and Pink Greedo also have
only the upper half of the body. I unwrapped
the UVs in Max and then I posed models in
ZBrush. After that I modelled props, such as
cards and cigarettes.