Thaddeus Mitra Maharaj chindian Location: Barataria, Trinidad Language(s):
English, Portuguese Member Since: January 2005 Last Updated: 2 October 2008 Portfolio Views: 9873 Chosen as Favorite: 17
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Old Elven Archer After Effects, Maya, mental ray, Photoshop, XSI, ZBrush August 2008
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I was inspired a lot by all the great elf characters out there - like in the Blizzard games or LOTR movies... They always had this sense of refinement and majesty almost. I wanted to do a character like that and also to use it as a means to improve my skills as an artist.
Started off just sketching the head in zbrush. Initially I didn't know this project would become something so big - it started as just a quick sculpt. Once I had the head done - I saw the potential - so I did a quick sketch of what I wanted the rest of his body to look like and went from there. It was a very organic process.
Base mesh in XSI - zbrush for sculpt, textures handpainted in Photoshop and rendered in Maya.
The background is some pictures of a nature reserve in Trinidad that I stitched together and composited in...
Here's the WIP thread: http://www.zbrushcentral.com/zbc/showthread.php?t=59571