Himalayan Treasures: Incense Burner - Roux Thomas

Cynwal

Name: Roux Thomas
Country: France
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Cynwal

Hi,
initially I gathered references for several objects that I would like to create.

Then I thought about it and decided to participate not only to win, but also to practice sculpting in Zbrush.
The choice seemed obvious to me, so I chose number 3. It is a real challenge that I am setting for myself.

So I looked for more references related to it.

Now that I have everything I need, I will start using Zbrush to create the block out with the ZModeler.

Cynwal

Hi,
I finally made my block on Maya, I tried the zmodeler to create the low poly but I'm definitely more comfortable with Maya, I prefer the zmodeler to manage polygroups or edges. and now i go create more details with Zbrush, I'm certainly going to start with flowers via masks that I'm going to extrude, my objective is to create all the details that have thickness, I do not intend to fake with a normal map.

Cynwal

Hi, everyone ! I haven't posted in 5 days sorry I am quite busy at the moment, I can only work on the challenge in the afternoon.

Update 1 : In fact, I started with the ornament that goes around the burner, It was relatively simple. I created a mask that I extracted on a part that loops, then I duplicated it all around the burner

Update 2 : I am now doing the same for the flowers on the lower part of the burner, I am trying to accurately follow the shape and placement to avoid having to make too many adjustments later.
The advantage of doing this with a mask is that everything will be well-positioned in the curve, saving me valuable time,
for the time being, I'm going to do everything in 'block-out' mode
I'm working on the whole model to keep an eye on what I'm doing, and avoid getting lost in the details too soon.