Troll- Illusion Project - FINAL SHOTS

[Rick Fernandes]

Hi There,


This is an sculpture made by myself, the master Alex Oliver and my friend Fernando Gomes.

We received the assignment of creating a character and modelling it in plastiline and ZBrush for animation. It was pretty nice working with the guys that taught me so much and still teach a lot of things.

The first step was creating the concept. We opted for a troll in a lord of the rings style, but with some of our own style too. So Alex did the drawing and we started constructing the structure for the plastiline.


I made the base with an welded aluminium tube of 3/8 with epox in the joints to keep it firm, then we added polystyrene and

polyurethane to fill the structure and covered it with plastiline. After that, we made the drawings of the muscles and defined the volumes.


I'm sorry I didn't post the pics of the structure. We had some problems with the camera and lost the first photos.


I took over the texturing part. I confess I even thought about kicking the sculpture´s head, because I couldn´t stare at so many little

lines.





















In the picture, you have myself and Fernando. Alex is shy, but I'll post one of his pictures soon.

Now, Alex montruous ability has modeled the piece that is going to be animated in ZBrush. What to say about that?

Look and Slobber













Well, for now that is it, the fainal images will be psoted soon.

Alex Oliver Z-brush works
http://www.zbrushcentral.com/zbc/showthread.php?t=62748

Fernando Gomes works
http://fer3d.blogspot.com/

Rick Fernandes works
http://rickwerewolf.blogspot.com/

[dreamsorcerer]

Hey mate, that is one gorgeous sculpt, the concept, the anatomy and just generally everything is perfect. I can't see one fault. The face is definately my favourite, he really has so much character. I can even imagine him trying to talk and smile. Looks like someone stole his rock collection or something from looking at the last picture there. Wow. Well done! Can't wait to see more from you.

Best wishes!

[One Eyed Terror]

Looks great.

Big, thick, powerful anatomy with a great stance. Love the fact that he's armed with a heavy duty club (a club is a must for any troll to be taken seriously)

I also like the look to the face, which is somewhat like the Star Wars Rancor, but a bit more human.

Nice design and great sculpting. I really love this kind of subject matter. Nice work.

[solondageb]

Great sculpt and a tons of details for this huge size, five stars for me!!!

The 3D version is great too, Alex is just monster in zbrush

Waiting for your next project, dragons our orcs maybe ;-)

[uno]

Love the sculpt. I actually think the anatomy, texture, gesture, volume/shapes are better captured in the sculpt.

[yu13]

Very nice sculpt .Love it!

[Mariahc]

Incredible work!! I love this troll, he is brutal, the details of the skin are impressive, the skulls are a very good idea for characterization of the criature, in general it's wonderful! The 3D work I like it so much, I saw several 3D works but after view this I think that I will begin to work with z-brush

[KingUnicorn]

We're seeing lots of trolls and dragons around here. Even though this has some clear influences, the face really does set it apart. This looks like the sort of dim-witted, heavy-handed beastie that would grind bones and snatch travelers off of bridges and - nothing against P. Jackson and the WETA krewe - I quite prefer your vision to the one shown in the film. I always felt it was just a bit underdeveloped in the face.

The execution here is just tight. Great use of detailing and texturing. I'll have to scratch any trolls of the production list for a few months. This nailed it for the rest of the year for me.

~KU

[kent kidwell]

wow , a fantastic troll, and huge . I'm jealouse it looks like you have a very creative group to work with. The background in your pics show even more amazing works. I'm in Arizona , but I would make a special trip to check out your studio and all the great stuff, you could get a cover charge I would pay it!

[longhi]

This is really amazing rick
I'm very proud of you guys, and very happy that I can see your stuff every saturdays
keep it up man, this is like a nice inspiration for us.
abracos

[troyboy]

Wow. I love everything about this guy. The anatomy, texture,
pose, proportions,....just everything. Amazing work you guys.
I'm definitely looking forward to seeing more!

[riteguytu]

This looks very,very nice.Love the mood he conveys...

[Hybrid_75]

Looks awesome!

[ROOSTERCAT]

I love trolls (I hope I could make one soon)


congratulations !! Brilliant !

[Rick Fernandes]

Hi all

Sorry i didnt answer this post before, i was to busy with some tasks here at the school where i work.

Dreamsorcerer

Your work is magnificent, i am honored taht a great artist like yourself enjoyed my work.

Thanks

One Eyed

A good mace made of a tree trunk, always make the difference.

Thank you Solon.
besides being a great student you are a great friend.

Hey Uno,
Thank you for your comments.

Yu 13
thanks man

Oh, Mariach.
Your work is magical, i adore it.
It is a great honor to receive the visit of great artist in my post. Z-brush is a valuable tool for the complement of my work.

hello King
Thank you for the generous words. I just hope Peter Jackson didnt read this... or hope he did!!
I love Weta works.

Hi Kent, thank you for the complements, my partners are real master in there work to.
The pieces you see in the background of the images are mostly from students of our class, class that i ministrate with my friend Alex Oliver. And the studio is the class room, small but with great ideas.

Thank you very much Longhi, you are always welcome

Hey Troy, having our work evaluated by you is a gigantic honor. You are an artist that i admire for the fantastic modeling precision and sensitivity for details. thank you for visiting us.

Riteguyutu
Thank you for your comment keep watching the post.

Hibryd
Thank you for the visit.

Hey Roostercat. I am honored by your comments i am a big fan of your work. I expect you to make a Troll to i know it would look awesome.

[Jorge Gecov]

Hey buddy!

It's great to see you post the Troll here, it's one of your best work dude.
Can't wait to see the werewolf finished!
Hey Rick, please post the new pics of this troll with all great lightning.

5 BIG STARS from me.

See you tomorrow!

Cheers,

[Artastic]

Wow. Amazing!! Simply amazing. I hope one day to achieve this level of quality. I have a LONG way to go. I want to see more of your work for sure. Inspiring, as are so many other peoples' works on here.

[Rick Fernandes]

Hey Jorge and Artastic, thanks for the comments.
And now, pictures of the final work

Regards













pics by my big friend Rafael Lucien

[TeaMonster]

Great pics, great work, great scott!
Is it wrong that my fave detail is the loin cloth?

[VulgarDragon]

Beautiful. Just beautiful.

[Rick Fernandes]

Tea Monster and Mad Cross

Hey guys, thank you for comment.
I promise more work in post soon, and chart in more detail.

Regards

[Jorge Gecov]

The new pics are great, love the lightning, now we can see all awesome details of this piece!

Congrats again!

[dreamsorcerer]

Beautifully done!! Wow!! Inspiring!!

[Pescao]

Wow! Outstandig work! Love it. Thats exactly what we all want to be able to do some day! ^_^

[The Goblin]

Love the detail. Love his face Great Job!

[El Jeremie]

Impressive, job.
When i look a your job, it looks almost easy to do.
Bravo

[Rick Fernandes]

Hey my friends

Dreamsorcerer
Pescao
The Goblin
Spookybabydoll

Thank you for your kind words

see you soon

[Abdullah-jabbar]

Sculpture wonderful beautiful and wonderful details

You are really creative..!

Thnx

[drclare]

I'm sitting here completely stunned!! Really awesome work. The pose is perfect, and the facial expression is awesome! He looks like he is about to go smash someone. The textures astonish me, you've put so much amazing detail into this work. Keep up the amazing work!

[Rick Fernandes]

Abdullah-jabbar,

drclare

Thank you for the comments, and sorry for the delay responding.
Many work in production

thanks guys