day 4 zbrush

I once had a teacher who told me that one of the ways you can tell an amateur from a pro is that when an amateur learns something they try to use it for everything where as a pro knows the proper time to and way to use it.  At the time he was referring to Photoshop filters but I think it applies to a lot of digital tools.  Anyway today was texturing the skin and I may have gone a bit overboard, but that is how we learn.

zbrush day 3

so today I was just adding detail to this zbrush character and continuing to follow the tutorials from digital tutors.

zbrush day 2

well today while I was following the tutorials for zbrush I ran into a bit of a snag.  I bought my copy of zbrush a few years ago with the intention of learning the program, but never got around to it.  When I bought my copy I was told that the cool thing about zbrush was that it updated for free and automatically.  Well fast forward to now and I install the program and start using it but I haven't figured out how to update it yet.  So because I am still using an older version it means that I don't have all the tools that the tutorials have.  I am looking into how to update but it may take a while.  I did Ok with what I had though and here is today's adventure.

zbrush

So my family got me a subscription to digital tutors for Christmas because there are some 3D programs I have always wanted to learn but the classes never carried at school.  So I thought that rather that just randomly posting some of the sketches I am working on maybe I would post some of my successes and failures as I figure this stuff out.  So here is day 1 ( I promise they will get better)

fun portraits and zoo sketches

So it has been a crazy few weeks me and I have not had the time to post what little work I have been able to do or get much drawing done. I will save the works in progress for next week and so for this week I thought I would just throw up what I have managed to do in my free time. 

dinosaur museum sketches

So I have decided to try something new this summer with my artwork, every week I pick a day and go out and draw.  I think it has been a real good experience and has allowed me to draw more from life.  There is only so much a photo can convey.  So here are some sketches from my most resent trip.

zombie fun and some other sketches

So I haven't posted in a while hopefully that will change.  here are some sketches i did today that I am hoping to use in some upcoming pieces.  I will definitely be posting more often and hope to get a lot of work up this  summer and get used to using blogger.

This is just a rough sketch I will be uploading updates on it as I work on it.  Here are some more sketches I did today that I liked.

They are not amazing but my goal is to get used to drawing more and more every day and get used to posting and keeping this blog updated.