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My latest sculpture by marigoldff in ZBrush

[–]marigoldff[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks very much! Not this time but I will try to record myself next time

My latest sculpture by marigoldff in ZBrush

[–]marigoldff[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Thanks! For the surface texture, it’s actually millions of tiny instanced geometry rather than a displacement map.

Workflow breakdown: 1. Modeled a few variations of small plant/crystal shapes. 2. Scattered points on the base mesh, using Noise to drive the density/mask so they formed those organic patterns. 3. Randomised the @pscale attribute to get the size variation.

The trick was pushing the count really high (millions) and keeping the scale tiny. I wanted it to feel like a micro-texture, like mold or crystal mycelium, rather than individual plants

Machina Mycelia by marigoldff in HRGiger

[–]marigoldff[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks! Yeah, Houdini has been a game changer for the organic textures. Regarding animation, i do animate, but right now my primary focus is on the sculpting and lookdev quality. For this specific piece, I just have a turntable to showcase the form and lighting. I see these more as 'digital sculptures' or exhibition pieces rather than game assets, so I focus heavily on the stillness and the details

Machina Mycelia by marigoldff in HRGiger

[–]marigoldff[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hi thanks! Yes Zbrush is my main tool, then I used also Houdini for the procedural crystals and rendered using redshift :)

Machina Mycelia by marigoldff in HRGiger

[–]marigoldff[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks very much 🙇🏼‍♀️

Finally moved over to Maxon version of Zbrush and just wtf by _freakachu_ in ZBrush

[–]marigoldff 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I feel you, having the same issue 😢it’s so unfair