Patience Final Piece

I am very pleased with how the sculpture turned out because I only just started learning how to use zbrush a few weeks ago.

Patience: Sculpting Progress

I found the sculpting difficult because Zbrush is new to me, however I got the hang of it in the end and was quite pleased with my progress.

Patience: Zbrush Progress

This is the start of the design using the Zspheres tool in Zbrush. 

Patience Idea Development

Using this silhouette as a reference I drew out ideas for the character.

This is the initial design I came up with I used the steampunk dresses as a reference for the skirt at the bottom and used the idea of her being a marine creature as inspiration for the fins and gills.

Reference Photos: Steampunk Dresses

Because my character is going to have a feminine body with the jellyfish part if her body will look like a skirt so I thought it would be a good idea to research into steam punk dresses because they tend to have huge skirts and small waists.

 

Reference:

Brown Dress: http://pccadvantage.wordpress.com/2011/11/28/what-the-steampunk-is-that/

Red Dress: http://www.lovechildboudoir.com/products-page/bustle-skirts-long/lonesome-dove-saloon-long-bustle-skirt-burlesque-costume-outfit-gothic-steampunk-moulin-rouge-party/

Two Dresses: http://indulgy.com/post/G8HJKop2F1/look-at-the-ruffles-on-these-steampunk-dresses-ugh

Second Silhouettes: Alchemy

Using I created ten more silhouettes for this project. I liked using alchemy because it gives me a lot more options than weave silk and you can export the files to photoshop to use as a base for other work.

Reference Photos: Bio-luminescent Fish

Because of my silhouettes through weavesilk I was reminded of bioluminescent fish in the deep sea, this also relates to patience because I associate peace and tranquillity with the depths of the ocean. So I have been looking up deep sea fish like squids and jellyfish to gain ideas.

Reference:

http://en.tankiforum.com/index.php?showtopic=156103

http://ffden-2.phys.uaf.edu/212_spring2005.web.dir/L_Mueller_J_Turner_J_Fortner/Bioluminescence.htm

http://hilobrow.com/2011/07/15/eye-candy-3/

http://blazingatrail.es/?p=43

First Silhouettes: Weave Silk

These are the first selection of silhouettes for patience. I used a website to create the images it was very fun to create these and I can see me getting a lot of inspiration from these images.

Seven Virtues

For the project I have to create a creature or person that personifies or represents one of the seven heavenly virtues:

Chastity: Purity, knowledge, honesty, wisdom

Temperance: Self control, justice, honour, abstention

Charity: Will, benevolence, generosity, sacrifice

Diligence: Persistence, effort, ethics, rectitude

Patience: Peace, mercy, ahimsa, sufferance

Kindness: Satisfaction, loyalty, compassion, integrity

Humility: Bravery, modesty, reverence, altruism

Reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seven_virtues

BA2 & BA5 Digital Sculpture

For the new project I will be using Zbrush to create digital sculptures of my designs. The new project we have been given is on the seven virtues with the task of creating a character that embodies one of these. The character can be anything and from any where; time or place. Before I start to create the design I’m going to use software to create silhouettes of different forms to see if I can gather any ideas from them.