TD3D-3D art by Todd Daniele

alien thing

2012-02-29T14:38:00.000-08:00

I didnt look at reference at all, this was a freeform sculpt that definitely has some obvious influences. Under 2 hours zbrush 4r3

Dogshow inspiration 2

2012-02-17T08:29:00.000-08:00

Inspiration-Westminster

2012-02-16T16:48:00.000-08:00

I watched the Westminster Dog show the other night and was inspired by some of the shapes of the dogs. This sculpt done without any sketch, just free-form with the wire-haired daschund as my inspiration.

the count

2012-02-11T10:03:00.000-08:00

is it Edward from twilight? Is it Batman??? Nope its count Chocula

Zbrush 4r2 speedsculpt In addition to the usual tools I also used smooth stronger, move brush with a curve to control, and a bit more trim dyanmic than usual.

Breezly speedsculpt

2012-01-20T19:14:00.000-08:00

Not perfect, but not bad for an hour I guess.....Breezly Bruin.

Captain Caveman Speedsculpt

2012-01-15T20:00:00.001-08:00

Just for fun and practice, a lesser know Hanna Barberra character

elegant lady

2012-01-11T10:00:00.000-08:00

This was a tough 1, I was working from memory without a sketch.
Zbrush4r2

round face asian speedsculpt

2012-01-06T22:07:00.000-08:00

the skinny guy zbrush sculpt

2012-01-05T16:14:00.001-08:00

more practice based on a quick sketch I drew

Zbrush speedsculpt from 2d sketch

2012-01-05T13:20:00.000-08:00

I drew a quick 2d sketch to come up with a unique profile for a character then sculpted this in 1bout 1.5 hours using claybuildup, dam standard, flatten, slash2, and dynamesh in zbrush 4r2.

Snowmiser speedsculpt

2011-12-27T13:27:00.000-08:00

More zbrush sketching, trying to keep them to an hour or less, this is under 1 hour. Claybuild-up, flatten, dynamesh, claytubes brushes are used for this 1.

Burgertime-Burgermeister speedsculpt

2011-12-26T20:39:00.001-08:00

by request from my wife, under 1 hour to sculpt

30 minute Santa

2011-12-26T18:55:00.000-08:00

Just a quick zbrush speedsculpt using Dynamesh :)

45 minute speedsculpt

2011-12-22T13:02:00.000-08:00

I think I should have stopped about 1/2 way through, feels like I destroyed some good forms.....Luckily it's just a quick sketch :)

Digital-Tutors: Mixed Modeling Techniques in 3ds Max 2012 with Todd Daniele

2011-08-01T08:40:00.000-07:00

I just finished working on my 1st training video for Digital-Tutors, the premier training site for digital artists. In the video I outline various modeling techniques within 3ds Max 2012 while building a detailed model of a steam locomotive.
For those of you that are interested in checking it out here is the link:
http://www.digitaltutors.com/11/training.php?pid=178
Please show your support by checking out the videos.

Thanks!

Todd

Cowgirl sculpt is back ;)

2011-07-12T14:29:00.001-07:00

I had a little time to work on this again, updated her anatomy/face, and hair. Hopefully I can take this to another level with more work.

Planes of the Head-Zbrush sculpt test

2011-07-07T21:28:00.000-07:00

Tonight I had some free time, so I watched some amazing traditional sculpting videos on youtube. The techniques I could most relate to were being shown by Philippe Faraut...truly amazing. So in the interest of applying traditional techniques to a CG sculpt, I sketched this out following 1 of Phillipe's videos and did a little experiment with planar analysis based on a casting he sells on his website.

Einstein.....ish speed sculpt

2011-05-25T10:44:00.000-07:00

Did this 1 last night, zsphere/zsphere2 base. I think it still needs a little more work.

Session 2 Snape

2011-05-20T10:30:00.001-07:00

Refined the features with the help of my wife :)

Snape speed sculpt

2011-05-19T21:33:00.000-07:00

Around 1:45 to attempt to get a likeness of Snape from HP. Still need to get quicker......

Gobber-another short session

2011-05-09T13:55:00.001-07:00

worked on him for about 40 minutes today :)

2nd session with Gobber

2011-05-08T10:32:00.000-07:00

had some time to continue with the Gobber sculpt, roughly2.5 to 3 hours so far.

Gobber-quick speedsculpt

2011-05-06T23:07:00.000-07:00

Watched "How to Train your Dragon" tonight......here is a very quick speedsculpt of Gobber. 1 hour 20 minutes, not sure if I am going to refine him more or move on.

Character Speed sculpt

2011-03-05T19:17:00.000-08:00

This was fun, based this on a sketch by a colleague of mine, Eugen Sasu. Started with zspheres, then right to sculpting. His hands, feet and clothes still need quite a bit more work, but I really like the style of this guy!

New Speed Sculpt.....it's been too long!

2011-02-25T18:53:00.000-08:00

I had a little free time tonight, so after seeing a few videos of people using zsphere2 to build base meshes I gave it a go. For the uninitiated, TRY IT! Unbelievably fast to work with. Start with a regular z-sphere armature, then use the z-sphere 2 brushes to build some mass on the base. Once converted you will have a great starting point in minutes. He is built in several sections right now, but eventually will be 1 mesh. Clothing base meshes created in 3ds max with Wrapit(awesome set of tools!) I GoZ'd the torso and legs to 3ds then created the new meshes right over the imported parts.

My caricatures are always inspired by real world characters, this guy is no different. Based on some people I know and the idea of what the Jersey Shore guys might look like in 20 years. :) I am hoping I can develop this much more.

Thanks for viewing!

Todd

Vray sss2 skin testing

2010-11-17T14:11:00.000-08:00

Updated, adjustments to the specular map, and tweaked model for more surface detail

I've been doing some research on the Vray sss2 shader in an attempt to conquer something that is pretty tough to create in CG-realistic human skin.With some great info I found on various forums, and in a couple of books I purchased over the past couple of years I came up with this example as my first attempt. Not bad, but in need of some serious tweaking. Vray 2.0 beta, pretty good render-times as well.
Skin using Vray SSS2/Blend test. Vray 2.0 beta
Once I am completely happy with the results, the cowgirl WIP will be back on track :)
Technical info:

Vray sss2 with a blend to a standard vray material for reflection control. Lit with a 3 point lighting set-up, I decided to use target spots for this example.
Click for a larger image:

Zbrush Cowgirl sculpt WIP

2010-11-11T12:44:00.000-08:00

Update: Refined her face and anatomy, detailed hat and vest, jeans. Also added spurs :) The pigtails are gone, trying to replicate that style with 3ds max's hair and fur proved to be futile. I was close.......may be time to consider Hair Farm......not sure I am ready to plunk down that kind of cash for a personal project.

updated cowgirl WIP

2010-11-04T12:21:00.000-07:00

Made a little progress, she is almost ready to UVunwrap and bring into 3DS and Vray :)

Cowgirl WIP

2010-11-02T16:55:00.000-07:00

Finally something new from my Z-Brush practice sessions. I created a new female base mesh in 3ds Max, and started sculpting as time permits. She still needs plenty of work, hands need to be refined, props added, and obviously hair :)
It's starting to get a little easier to get the results I desire using Z-brush, the tools are becoming more predictable as time goes on.

New Mexico Flickr Stream

2010-10-10T21:00:00.000-07:00

Just returned from vacation and wanted to share the first bunch of photos I have posted online. If you'd like to see the photos, please visit my Flickr stream here:todd's flickr stream

Hope you like them, more are on the way.

todd

Iphone Brushes doodle

2010-09-21T18:27:00.000-07:00

I haven't done 1 of these in a while, sometimes on my subway ride home I do a "speed-paint" using my i-phone and the "brushes" app. For those of you that haven't heard of brushes, it is a simple painting program, kind of like digital finger-painting. Not 3d, but I thought it might be of interest to someone.

Thanks!

t.

another sculpt from the vacation sketches

2010-09-09T20:42:00.000-07:00

Another sketch to model, this time around I added some post work in PS. This guy passed me on the beach as I was sketching last week. By request from my wife he is smiling, most of my sculpts have been neutral expressions, she thinks they look a bit sad or mad. I hope you enjoy, and thanks for visiting!

Back from vacation....

2010-09-07T19:06:00.000-07:00

The end of August brings an annual migration to the beach with family--Vacation! Admittedly I find it hard to disconnect from technology, my i-phone and camera are the only gadgets I bring on the trip. That doesn't stop my creative urges though, so for the past 2 years I have been bringing along a sketchbook(yes the paper kind) and technical pencil to draw as I spend time on the beach.Usually I draw waves and birds, occasionally someone walks by and I draw a caricature. I did a few this year that I felt were pretty decent, so I wondered how they would translate into 3D. Now that we have returned from our trip, I am giving it a go, taking these quick simple sketches and sculpting them in Zbrush.
Here is the first sketch and 3D WIP, I simply snapped a shot of the sketch with my phone, and mailed it to myself to use as a reference in Lightbox. The resulting sculpt has the overall feel of the person as I saw them that day on the beach. The sculpt took a few hours total, I am still planning to continue working on him, adding glasses and more detail along the way.

Thanks for tuning in!

Todd

Zbrush 4-not so speedy speedsculpts

2010-08-25T21:53:00.000-07:00

Hello!
I felt it was time to get in some practice with the latest release of Zbrush, zbrush 4. Some of these speedsculpts(a quick 3d doodle) are gonna be a bit sucky, and some not soo much...... hopefully you will see a progression in the work as time goes by. I am eventually going to try to add some video tutorials, turntables and other helpful bits hopefully my blogging skills will improve along the way. Eh, I guess that's all I have to say for now, enjoy the blog, and if you would like to see more please visit my website at: www.todddaniele.com