Blue Nose - Zbrush WIP #1

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Here's a zbrush screenshot of a little fella I'm working on named 'BLUE NOSE'.
As you can see he's a creepy little dude!

Fr Bonkers - Zbrush Complete

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Fr. Bonkers - Zbrush

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Fr Bonkers, a typical mid-to-late 20th century Irish priest: angry, embittered, miserable little man who enjoys dominating others every opportunity he gets (when he's not abusing kids and drinking of course). 

I had a lot of fun making this chap. As you can see compared to the previous update I decided to get rid of his hair - it just didn't work for the character.

A Zbrush turnaround of the model.
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In Ireland the priest was the top dog in the community. They were the most powerful of the 4 dominant social classes (publicans, police and politicians being the other three). 

The Catholic church would talk about priests being 'chosen' by God........but the simple truth was that you became one  because  you had zero prospects of being successful in any other area. It was often remarked that in an agriculture-based society the eldest son would take charge of the family farm, while the other son would become a priest (what happened to other family members is a mystery to me!).

I'm thankful that I grew up in the time when Ireland was not controlled by the Catholic church. My parents generation felt the full brunt of people like Fr Bonkers. 

Schools, hospitals, sporting events, births, deaths, marriages, you name it......... they were all under the stewardship of the church. Mass was compulsory. The priests word was god's word...even if corrupt, hateful or just plain stupid.

Modeled and rendered with Zbrush, composited with Gimp.

Art by Shapula

Fr Bonkers - WIP #3

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Another update on "Fr Bonkers".

As you'll notice compared to the previous update I've added more details and elongated his face a bit. I've also added fiber-mesh hair, added a hat and improved his teeth and posed his hands.

He's a sleazy Irish Catholic priest....so hes just a typical Irish priest then!

The next step is figuring out a lighting plan. 

I have an idea in mind but I'll need to work out how to put it together so it doesn't end up looking like a pile of crap!

Fr Bonkers - WIP #2

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An update on this creepy catholic priest clown character, Fr. Bonkers.

Next step is detailing and refinement.

Diet of Worms - Zbrush sculpt

Diet of Worms - sculpted in zbrush

Here is the complete 'Diet of Worms' sculpt I did.
Remember years ago when you were a kid and your mother had to give you a worm-dose? Tasted like puke,but if you didn't take it you'd have intestinal worms wriggling about inside you...and for a kid growing up playing in muck and hearing that scenario you'd gulp down that vile liquid as quick as you could!

The intestinal worms thing inspired this pic... as well as stories (true or not?) of weird diet supplements that contained 'worm eggs' that would hatch and grow in your stomach, consuming excess food and keeping dieters nice and trim. The trouble, as I see it, would be what happened when the worms kept growing and getting larger and larger? Pretty soon you'd end up like the odd woman above!

Sculpting with Zbrush, rendere with Zbrush BPR, renders composited in Gimp.