Zbrush Cannon 2

Drew Struzan Composition Hw

 For this assignment, I chose to recreate the Phantom Menace's poster by Drew Struzan. 

Below we can see that the composition he used for this illustration is an iconic structure.

Here is the original poster.

This took too long ahhh.

Cannon Zbrush Modeling

For this Zbrush modeling assignment, I decided to model the cannon as if it was found at the bottom of the ocean amid a shipwreck, covered in barnacles and rust, and placed in a museum with brand new wood.

Value Frank Frazetta HW

For this assignment I shaded in values for a black and white Frank Frazetta drawing.

Original

Values

Up-Resed Cannon + UVs

Here is my up-resed cannon in Maya.

Here is that same cannon in Zbrush, now in red. 

Here is the UV map I made for the cannon in Maya

Silhouettes

I created 9 character silhouettes based off this original image.

Maya Cannon Proxy

I made a cannon on Maya and then imported it to unreal.

Syd Mead Study

For this first assignment, we had to study a painting by Syd Mead and break it down into simple shapes and shade it. This is the painting I decided to go with. 

First, I started with a very very rough sketch to figure out basic shapes and sizes. 

Afterwards, I cleaned the sketch and identified the basic shapes that make up the futuristic vehicle. 

I then drew the final sketch that includes more details. 

Finally, I shaded the image with a medium and dark grey, white highlights, and added the yellow light plus its reflections.