Himalayan Treasures: Prayer Pipe - Sebastian Kmec

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Name: Sebastian Kmec
Country: Czechia
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After some research, I chose to combine a pipe and a praying wheel so you can smoke and pray at the same time. I really like the contrast of wood and metal and would like to incorporate in the dragon and fiery elements. As it's the first time doing some concepting, I hope the idea is not too disrespectful and more silly-looking.

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I started with rough blockout in Maya

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WIP Zbrush 1
After importing the model, I began sculpting the dragon head. Unfortunately, I'm not pleased with the "fire scales" and intend to make them simpler.

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started sculpting the second dragon head

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some progress on the block out

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quick update

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wrapping up the high poly

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final high poly

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today I worked on lp and created quick uvs in rizomUV

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today i started texturing after some consideration i wanted to try texturing in marmoset big benefit for me is i can see the final result right there

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some progress on the textures, When it comes to textures, my workflow is pretty basic. I pick a base material or color, then add darker tones to the crevices and lighter tones to the edges. then i add light color variation

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Final submission : Prayer Pipe

I combined the pipe and prayer wheel to create this quite dump design. I enjoyed sculpting the dragon heads, although I could have done a better job with the fire design.

To sum it up, I started with a blockout in Maya, then moved on to ZBrush for sculpting and retopology in TopoGun. Baking, texturing, and rendering were done in Marmoset. Texturing in Marmoset was new to me, but I enjoyed some parts of it

tibobo

I love the renders ! Really neat

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tibobo Thank you Tibobo

tonybonet

Good work, love the presentation.

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tonybonet Thank you Tony