After sleeping off my Thanksgiving food coma last weekend I got down to brass tacks, and by brass tacks I mean modeling a shotgun and a knife. I departed from ZBrush as I thought these props would …
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Salvation Army Lass Part 3: The Quickening! The more I looked at my prior composition the less I liked it, my main problem was the position of the legs and the strange void created by the stretching …
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When last we left the tale of the Salvation Army Lass she was essentially a creepy nude mannequin that looked something like this:You'll be glad to know that lo these many weeks have produced an …
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Time for another multipart ZBrush series! This time it is a sculpt inspired by the Salvation Army girls who helped with the the war effort during World War I. Here are some random Salvation Army …
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Ever wonder what your skull looks like? Don't worry, I have. Too weird? Deal with it. And in that vein, here are some skull studies. Lest the viewer think I've shot my bolt:1) It is almost …
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It's been quiet on this blog for a while but now I'm back. Yes, back from an exclusive sabbatical touring Europe, Scandinavia, and the sub continent. Or perhaps back from a near death encounter …
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My CG Society ZBrush course wrapped last week, and while I've been pretty diligent about watching the instructors videos I've seriously slacked off on the course homework. But lest the reader think …
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A new week and a new cryptid; the second part of the CG Society ZBrush course focuses on the chupacabra! For those who don't know of the chupacabra, allow Wikipedia to enlighten you:The chupacabra …
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Running behind on my CG Society ZBrush course wrap-ups, but don't worry, I'll catch up over the next few weeks. For now, sit back, relax, and make ready for the skunk ape's final frenzy!Week four …
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Week three of my CG Society ZBrush course just wrapped, this one flew by and I really had to push to get the sculpt done in time. In fact I was a day late, but I won't tell if you don't? This week …
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Week two of my CG Society ZBrush course just wrapped and you know what that means...uh, recap time. This week was all Photoshop and no ZBrush, though I did sneak in a few extra speed sculpts just …
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The first week in an eight week CG Society ZBrush course came to an end yesterday and a recap of what I created is in order. First a little background, the class is broken into two chunks - the …
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Apparently not so secret, but anyway I'm doing a quick write-up on the upcoming modifications to the Soule Deigns "My Work" pages. These pages are basically my online portfolio of work though I …
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Very quick update on the Dr. Orpheus sculpt, got in a bit of time this past weekend sculpting flowing cloth and other such necromancy, below is a render from ZBrush:This was rendered using a ZBrush …
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The good doctor has had a bit of a facelift after my wife politely told me that the prior version looked too tight and was more or less a turd. Less cheek wrinkled, a bit more anatomically friendly, …
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I recently starting thinking of The Venture Bros., likely spurred on by some subliminal advertising in my Gmail because season 5 just started, but let's pretend that I have yet to be completely bent …
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After the WWDC 2013 reveal of the upcoming Mac Pro on Monday I've been mulling over where I've seen such a design before. Initially it reminded me of the K-Mart bass tube I had behind the seat in …
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Finally! The much anticipated turntable of my ZBrush model "Guard Duty" featuring everyone's favorite heavy drinking reenactor, Toby, is complete! Bask in it's warm glow and witness the …
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Yes, the day of the hops is at hand! Well, not really, in fact "Dia de los Hops" is just a faux beer label created for the color version of "Guard Duty" below:Toby spilled a beer! Party foul!The " …
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My slacking on my Licorice Merlin rigging continues! This time I side-tracked myself with another great course from Digital Tutors, Skill Builder: Sculpting in ZBrush and Maya. This was right up …
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We recently inherited a number of art books from my wife's grandfather, John Silvasi. A few of these are even signed by the artist themselves, such as an Andrew Wyeth book signed "To my artist …
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Quick update on the devil bust I posted about a few days ago. As you may have surmised from this entry's title, his name has been changed from Barkevious Mingo to something with a similar ring but …
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Like most things in life, when rigging a character for animation the devil is in the details. For my rigging work on Licorice Merlin I'm brushing up on some more advanced techniques via this course …
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Another quick update, I haven't made much progress this week on rigging because I had a hell of a time getting all of Merlin's accouterments rendering correctly in Maya with Mental Ray. I kept …
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Finally, an update on the tale of Licorice Merlin! Most of the modeling was complete on Merlin last weekend but I was delayed in posting this due to some concerns about his robe. More on that later …
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This weekend I worked a bit on the modeling of Licorice Merlin, for the short by the same name, which got me thinking back to old Maya projects. I figured why not dig up some old animation and …
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The time of the moondog's finale is at hand! To mentally prepare yourself, forget your preconceived notions of how cold it is in space, how smoke may or may not behave in a zero gravity environment, …
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A few months ago I found some old comic strips in the attic... but they weren't alone. There were a number of random pieces of artwork that may or may not make their way onto the Soule Designs blog, …
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Took a detour from my 3D work and setup a landing page for a friend's book entitled "Dogface Sailors". It's strange that sometimes the most interesting stories aren't fiction, as is the case with …
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Quick update on my previous post JQuery ❤s ZBrush?, I decided to go ahead and convert the code I used to display the turntable into a JQuery plugin and an example of the output can be seen below ( …
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The Moondog Rises! Over the past couple weeks I managed to sneak in some ZBrush time and added a bit more detail/texture to the Martian bombshell, Darbor, along with getting the primary sculpting …
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It could very well be true, or it could just be I ❤ both JQuery and ZBrush. Either way, I discovered a way to combine them and display ZBrush turntables on the web. Before I get into the technical …
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That faint baying in the distance isn't the Bumpus' hounds, it's the call of the Moondog signaling my first update! I finished most of the body sculpting on the female character, Darbor, over the …
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Listening to internet radio yesterday I came across a song I hadn't heard in a long time, Kokomo by the Beach Boys. This is a classic late 80's tune, and even though the video is polluted by clips …
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Fearing what life would be like without an ongoing ZBrush project, I decided to fire up another multi-part ZBrush series! Luckily I didn't have to look too far for inspiration, in fact I found it …
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All ridiculously protracted ZBrush projects must come to and end and for my Cthulhu sculpture that time is now. Last weekend I finished the adventure by posing the beast in ZBrush and compositing …
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Rather than spending my Holiday vacation doing productive 3D, VFX, or programming projects I lazed around and watched movies. I'd like to think this in some way qualifies as research for making …
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