THE Sculpting Challenge 008: 'A Sculpt is Born'

[Lynette-3dt]

Welcome to THE Eighth Sculpting Challenge. Whether you're new to sculpting, to the Threedy forums, or you're a seasoned veteran, come and join in on the Sculpting madness – there's plenty of fun and learning to be had by all!

http://www.3dtotal.com/images/HatchAnEgg_ClassicGamer3DT.jpg

The Rules:
1. The competition will last two weeks, which will be allocated to creating and submitting the entries, followed by several days of judging and voting for the entries – at which point the next competition will start.

2. The moderators will be supplying a base mesh for each competition, from which everyone will start sculpting. This is so we all get an equal start and it keeps us on topic. This week's base mesh was originally provided by Classic Gamer-3DT and adapted by Jesse Sandifer to a simple egg-shaped base mesh which has been shelled into two pieces, with an extra edge-loop next to the opening to give you enough res to work with. Accompanying the base mesh this challenge is a simple egg-interior base mesh, which is quite simply an eye base mesh which has been unified into the right scale and size for the purposes of this challenge. You must work only with the base meshes provided and must not add any additional base meshes or Subtools! We simply want you to crack open your egg and sculpt a creation from your own imagination!

3. There will be a time limit for the sculpting. Spend no longer than the allocated time limit, then post a screen-grab of your model. No cheating – we are relying on your honesty here!

4. Do not add any meshes other than those sanctioned in this competition brief.

5. As the base meshes show, the sculpt this time is a simple egg and its interior – you can create whatever you want from the supplied base meshes, but do not add any additional Subtools or base meshes. We basically want to see what you can do when we ask you to give life to a sculpt of your own creation, starting from a simple egg!

6. No rendering, texturing, lighting or rigging – let's keep it all about the high-res sculpt! What we are looking for is the quality of the sculpt you can produce "under pressure". If your entry is not complete, you can still post as long as it's recognisable and on topic.

7. For your final entry, post a screen-grab from your software with your finished work in it. It's fine to present this stuff nicely, with nice labelling etc., but do not add any post-production to the images themselves. These images must be uploaded to our servers by using the "manage attachments" button on the forum reply page. Do not link to external image files. Larger than the maximum size or posts containing links to external images (other than for reference materials) will be removed and the poster disqualified.

8. You can have multiple entries, but you can have only one final entry for each competition.

9. Do not create your own WIP thread. Simply post all WIP screen-grabs in here and your FINAL entry in the Submissions thread, once it has been set up later on in the Challenge.

These rules apply to everybody taking part – there will be NO exceptions!

We've attached the supplied base meshes at the bottom of this post. Take it and go subdivide!


Prize:
A hard cover copy of Digital Art Masters: Volume 3 (http://shop.3dtotal.com/product_info.php?cPath=22&products_id=226&osCsid=8e74943d5d5b3d1982be7edaf7229b11)!


The Brief:
Time limit: 4 hours
Start Date: 31st August, 17:00 GMT+0 [B]TBC
Deadline: 14th September, 11:59 PM GMT+0 TBC (For information about GMT click here (http://wwp.greenwichmeantime.com/))
Subject: A Sculpt is Born!

This time, we make you a God! That’s right, we have the power to do that, and we want you all to hatch your very own hatchling – be it of known or unknown, earthling or alien, past, present or future origin. We’ll give you an egg and its interior and that’s all – we want to see what you can do when we keep it as simple as this! Let’s see how you guys really think when we give you free reign over the subject of your hatchling and, quite simply, let you play God!

Thanks goes to MonteCristo this time who came up with this great challenge concept! It’s all about simplicity for us and maximum creativity for you! We keep it simple and you guys reap the rewards as we let you conjure up whatever your heart desires. Let your imagination run free and take advantage of the openness of this theme, as we may not have another like this for a while, so get crackin’ (see what I did there?) and hatch yourself something weird and wonderful! … Or grotesque and slimy … Or if you fancy playing it safe then that’s fine, too; you can create anything from a chick (I’m thinking more of the winged variety here, cheeky boys) to an alien, an ostrich to a dragon … it’s entirely up to you! Be creative and see where your mind takes you!

As always, time is of the essence – speed is the nature of this game, after all! You’ve got another 2 weeks to get yourselves hatching your eggs and creating “something” that will potentially win you first place! The time limit for this speed sculpting challenge is 4 hours – I think that’s plenty of time. You can of course spend some time beforehand on your research – we’re just limiting your sculpting time, not your brain food, so why not get on this one now and stop losing time? And if you don’t like the first sculpt then, do another? We don’t limit the number of sculpts you create for any challenge, but we do say you can only submit one for the final submissions. But hey, if you’re given the opportunity to bring life to anything your mind can create, then why not go for it and create a whole species? That way you can get some great feedback, improve your chances and post your favourite one in the Final Submissions thread! And let’s see… you’ve got 2 weeks to create a sculpt, so at 4 hours per sculpt, what’s that…? 336 hours!? You could create 112 sculpts in that time! Who needs sleep?!

OK, so seriously, let’s get cracking these eggs and hatching some life forms – of whatever genre you like! If you want to go for 1st place then have a look at the previous sculpting challenges in the archives and get yourself a good idea of what people look for in a good sculpt! Then do a little thinking (it’s OK if it hurts – it just means your brain is working), and then do a lot of sculpting!

As it’s a simple one this time, you’ve got your egg and its interior and that’s it! There must be no adding of extra meshes or Subtools, other than what has been supplied, as we’ve made sure you’ve got enough res to work with, so get crackin’!


The Mesh:
Your base meshes are attached to this post - simply click on the attachments at the end of this post, save the files and you're on your way!

The base mesh was originally created by ClassicGamer-3DT, and has been tweaked by Jesse Sandifer into two base meshes: Eggsplit.obj is the egg split into two shelled pieces with an extra edge loop next to the opening to give you ebough res to work with. Egginsides.obj is just an eye mesh, used in other challenges, and has been all unified into the right scale and size for the specific purpose of this challenge. You just need to take both of these .obj files into your ZBrush or Mudbox scene, and get started!

Please also note that you mustn't add any more objects! Use only what has been provided and nothing more!! This is the challenge after all!

Any problems, gimme a shout - lynette@3dtotal.com

Attention!! Your base meshes are here:

[oddity]

So the egg mesh has to remain a general recognisable egg shape then, and only the other one can be sculpted into a creature?
This is pretty tough for me, I don't practice this sort of stuff, i.e. just taking a sphere and sculpting something complex out of it, but it'll be a good skill to learn.

[capitan_popo]

GREAT THEME this challange

[cojoMan]

nice one
so let's go ;)

[skulll_monster]

i love the subject !...i want to be in !

[neolith]

Weird theme :) Let's see how i'll be able to handle this...

[DELTATHUND3R]

should be interesting.I like the idea :):).

[Lynette-3dt]

So the egg mesh has to remain a general recognisable egg shape then, and only the other one can be sculpted into a creature?
This is pretty tough for me, I don't practice this sort of stuff, i.e. just taking a sphere and sculpting something complex out of it, but it'll be a good skill to learn.

Nope, the egg doesn't have to remain recognisable - you can use both the provided base meshes as you wish to create your hatchlings! If you'd like to keep the egg mesh intact, that's fine! If you want to crack it and have your hatchling coming out of the mesh, that's fine too! Or if you want to use the base meshes provided to create a little being that is no longer in the egg, then again, that's totally cool as well! We're really just opening the brief up this time to see what you can all come up with. :D

By the way everyone: any problems with the base meshes, please do let me know at lynette@3dtotal.com so I can sort it out for you! :)

[HighPolyBear]

Create a creature from a single sphere should be pretty tought. Intersting what i can do with this.

[oddity]

Nothing else to do this morning, so...
It's nowhere near finished obviously, but 4 hours from a sphere is pretty tough going.

http://www.pixelwerks.be/images/imp2.jpg

http://www.pixelwerks.be/images/imp1.jpg

http://www.pixelwerks.be/images/implevels.jpg

[bgen]

oddity - nice starter !!! - in the face it reminds me of Yoda a little bit :crazy:

[oddity]

Maybe Data's not the only one with an evil brother...
I should point out the logic behind the concept, which is that imps (this is a species of imp) just like reptiles, hatch from eggs looking like miniature replicas of their parents.

[Lynette-3dt]

oh this is really cool!! great work! i'm so pleased everyone is getting the hang of it - I was worried we may have gone for a bit of an odd topic, but glad you're getting into it.:) looking forward to seeing more from everyone soon! hope you enjoy it! the next challenge is going to be pretty different, so stay tuned! :D

[iatriki]

nice one , oddity!

[N's R]

Oddity, that looks great.
Agree about timelimit. it's hard to finish a piece in such time from those meshes.

Here is the model that i've started. Not so creative =) Copying the banner image of challenge.
50min for each part so 1h40m at the moment. I've used 2 parts of the egg to make each. Probably i'll use the other sphere for the tail of facehugger.

[Lynette-3dt]

Copying the banner image of challenge.

Hehehe, this statement is funny! I was saying to the guys before we started the challenge that we shouldn't illustrate too much with our banner images for the challenges so as not to lead the artists in any particular way (you see, I think that simple photos that just illustrate an egg, or a pirate in the case of the last one, are best so we let you use your own imaginations!)... seems like I was right! hehehe

great work though! are you going to try something unique, too, or give it a twist...? :)

[N's R]

=)
actually yes i'm planning to do an original piece after working on this one some more.

[Lynette-3dt]

=)
actually yes i'm planning to do an original piece after working on this one some more.
Cool, looking forward to seeing more from you soon. keep up the great work guys! More sculpts please :D

[DELTATHUND3R]

Good start :):).This is a good idea alot u can do.Good luck too all.
N'sR=funny stuff I thought someone would do the alien egg.

[true_soul]

we are suposed to use only oneof te base mesh or booth?

[bryzol]

both.

[true_soul]

then i was doing it ok
ater one hour of work i got this

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123625

i was triyin to do something fun, an the result is this weird thing, the satan's son

[DELTATHUND3R]

Looking good :):).
I managed too spend 2 hours on mine today.4 hours is alot of time for this challenge,which is great for I can spend alot of time posing this one.I will add screenies soon.
Im looking forward too see what some of you come up with :):)..

[Freespace-3DT]

Hahah, what an interesting concept you came up with, Lynette! I'm really curious to see what our happy band of sculpters comes up with.

[DELTATHUND3R]

Ok here my little fella at 2hours..Plenty of time too detail him and so on..
I was not going to show a wip this stage around but I might aswell.ya never know some1 might actually like this one .
baby green sea turtle..I used squirt from nemo as refrence pik, I just lub that character.. hes turned out pretty good.
This was made from that shere.I still have the egg 2pieces to go :)..
Adding details and posing him today on final one.
I wish all of u luck who enter this one.

[Lynette-3dt]

Hahah, what an interesting concept you came up with, Lynette!

Hehe, thanks Freespace! But actually I can't take the credit as it was the genius of MonteCristo :)

Love the turtle DELTATHUND3R - sooo cute! :D

[kaktuzoid]

Hi all!
Here is my creo :roll:
My first post and my first work here:dance:
3 and half hour of work.

Good luck for all!

[Freespace-3DT]

Hi all!
Here is my creo :roll:
My first post and my first work here:dance:
3 and half hour of work.

Good luck for all!

Ah heck! It's an egg from the seventh future!

[kaktuzoid]

sorry, Freespace-3DT, don't understand what you mean ..

this idea was allready used in earlier challenges? if so - shame on me :(
heh, nice debut ...

[Lynette-3dt]

sorry, Freespace-3DT, don't understand what you mean ..

this idea was allready used in earlier challenges? if so - shame on me :(
heh, nice debut ...

No no, I don't think he is saying the concept has been used before! Don't worry ;)

[kaktuzoid]

:) hope so
Lynette-3dt, it looks like that i'm read your post about copying challenge banner too late. It seems that i went the same way :)

DELTATHUND3R nice start! you break banner stereotype :)

[Lynette-3dt]

:) hope so
Lynette-3dt, it looks like that i'm read your post about copying challenge banner too late. It seems that i went the same way :)

Don't worry - you can interpret the brief however you like! :D

[aby arty]

i dont know how to wrk with 2 obj at once in zbrush. can any eplain please

[oddity]

load one as a subtool

[kaktuzoid]

import both of them in zbrush.
then choose one of them. go to subtool section. push append and choose the second one from list of meshes. now you got first mesh as main tool and second mesh as sub-tool.

[mre]

Hi guys
I used sphere to design a new baby head and as you can see I want to use a egg shape as a blanket.
Till now this works cost 1 hours for me.
http://i35.tinypic.com/2z57xis.jpg
http://i34.tinypic.com/ne7sx2.jpg

[Freespace-3DT]

sorry, Freespace-3DT, don't understand what you mean ..

this idea was allready used in earlier challenges? if so - shame on me :(
heh, nice debut ...

Sorry, it was a joke from some movie. Don't remember which one. :) Keep sculpting, you're doing great, Kaktuzoid!

[DELTATHUND3R]

Lynette-3dt-thanks :).
Kaktuzoid-thanks:)
Heres my little turtle...Hes now ready for posing and some little tweaking.
I know im gunna have fun posing this one I sketched out a bunch of poses for him.Now the fun begins.

[frebel]

i started my entry for the challenge it's a Baby Sinclair, of tv serie Dinossaurs
i made the baby using the sphere obj
*until here i spent 35 min
http://i36.servimg.com/u/f36/12/06/06/02/wip_ba10.jpg (http://www.servimg.com/image_preview.php?i=670&u=12060602)

[true_soul]

frebel is going to win, i loved that character when i was a kid

and i'm going to do a seriors proyect for the contest

[zemm]

Here is mine entry...just Zbrush about an hour.

http://img55.imageshack.us/img55/7991/11qr0.th.jpg (http://img55.imageshack.us/my.php?image=11qr0.jpg)

http://img179.imageshack.us/img179/4478/112lc2.th.jpg (http://img179.imageshack.us/my.php?image=112lc2.jpg)

a lil dragon snake in there ))

[HighPolyBear]

Zemm sry, but i don't see anything :)

[fatihakin]

Very sweet model DELTATHUND3R :lurve: congratulations

[bryzol]

Hi,
here is my 2:30 h so I have a bit of time to make some more detail.
Hope you like it.

[geostik]

hi guys,
this is actually my very first post here on threedy forums. i'm not new to zbrush though, but i am very new to working with it on a more serious level because i've just recently got my graphic tablet. the challenge is really cool and i think that i'll be taking on the next one since it's been a really good learning experience.
lots of moving and some pinching to get the base mesh to a respectable topology.
the concept was insipired by a very quick sketch i've done and the actual topology that resulted from the initial 3d sketching. this is the final thing, since i won't have access to my pc for a week or so.
i love what you, bryzol did. what's the subdiv level on that ?
cheers.

[Lynette-3dt]

welcome to the forums and the Speed Sculpting Challenge geostik! :D look forward to seeing more from you in the next challenge, too!

great concept, Bryzol, keep up the great work! :)

[DELTATHUND3R]

Fatihakin-Thanks :):)
bryzol thats one nice looking sculpt really nice idea.Love the hair the clam shells pretty dam good :).
Ive managed too finish mine.Im really happy with it such a cutie..I will post up piks very soon.
Some nice works appearing cant wait too see more :).

[Siah]

About an hour in. More to come soon.

http://i343.photobucket.com/albums/o449/josiahnathan/EggHead.jpg

[ianchaos]

some amazing sculpts out there as always.
DELTATHUND3R: well done...I don't think he could look any better...or cuter.
frebel: I loved that show...haven't thought of it in years, great start...can't wait to see him finished.
bryzol: simply amazing...and you still have time to make it more so. great idea, great presentation, great sculpt.
Siah: in only an hour you have a beautiful piece, love the expression...can't wait to see where you go with it.

Well I'm just a few minutes shy of the four hour mark, so this is pretty much it for this sculpt.
The insect is made from the egginsides.OBJ, the stick is from the top half of the eggsplit.OBJ and the egg sack is from the other half.

I'm calling it "Mother on Driftwood".
http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p55/ianchaos/1-1.jpg
http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p55/ianchaos/4-1.jpg
http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p55/ianchaos/2.jpg
http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p55/ianchaos/3-1.jpg

[Thrillhouse900]

New to Zbrush, as well as the sculpting challenge.
I wasnt possitive how to use more then one .obj at a time with zBrush, so I didnt:hurt: If anyone knows where this information can be found that would rock.

Anyways, here comes your typical blob of something with a face on it from a newb.

[bryzol]

Thanks for all good words.
Good job with your scoulpts gays. I like your turtle DELTATHUND3R.

Here is an update of my "Venus" :). Maybe I will finsh it later outside the comp. It was very similar to sculpting from a cube for me so there was a lot of fun with it. Unfortunately in fev places there was not enought of polygons to make it better and the time was up too :(

I find this comp very difficult. It is much different from previus ones. Our moderators suprised us one more time...
"A birth of scoulpt" can mean everything and nothing at the same time, and there is no visible direction in wich we could go with our scoulpts as was in 1st-7th challenges. This time they realy gave us absolute freedom, there is absolutely no limitation, no pirates, no supersoldiers, no cementary, only the Scoulpt, the scoulpt that can be everything in the world that we can imagine!... If only our imagination wiil be able to forget about this EGG they gave us :)

Waht I was going to say:... NICE ONE, 3DT-team. Keep it that way!

[bryzol]

And the images...

[Lynette-3dt]

I find this comp very difficult. It is much different from previus ones. Our moderators suprised us one more time...
"A birth of scoulpt" can mean everything and nothing at the same time, and there is no visible direction in wich we could go with our scoulpts as was in 1st-7th challenges. This time they realy gave us absolute freedom, there is absolutely no limitation, no pirates, no supersoldiers, no cementary, only the Scoulpt, the scoulpt that can be everything in the world that we can imagine!... If only our imagination wiil be able to forget about this EGG they gave us

Waht I was going to say:... NICE ONE, 3DT-team. Keep it that way!

Thanks Bryzol! Great work!! :) The next challenge, 009, we hope to be another 3D Printed prize opportunity, and it will be different yet again!! So everyone please do stay tuned and keep your eye on these challenges, as there's plenty more fun yet to be had! :D

[AutopsySoldier]

lol bryzol called you guys gays!

Anyways, I'm stuck between bryzol and ianchaos bug thing...I'm digging both these sculpts.

If I grow some balls I'lll probaly join.

[bryzol]

sorry guys!, I didn't meant to call you gays... ups.

[Lynette-3dt]

*teeheehee* - don't worry, Bryzol, gave us a good chuckle :D

[DELTATHUND3R]

Hi all.
Bryzol-thats looks awsome..Love ya hair it turned out great the whole look of your sculpt her legs her face.she seems so at peace really well done.
ianchaos-I like it...very nice.The eggs look great,not an easy insect to do and youve done well:).
Siah- Great expression.I have no idea what its gunna be.Looking good:).
Once I finished my main sculpt,it was time for posing.I sketch alot of various poses.I decided to do them all, well 5 of them for I kinda like too get it right this time round.Every one took well under 4 hours to pose, some still need a little alpha lovin and smoothin on eggy,but squirt turtle is done.....Im leaning towards the turle in the sand...
...Sweet dude..

[artist_cg]

hi guys some amazing sculpts going on here , i tried to go with a different thing than the egg and still keep the idea of "born" , anyway about 2 hours of work , and i 'll spend the rest trying to fix it , it was hard to get a hand from a sphere , anyways , C&C are more than welcomed , good luck everybody ;)

http://i240.photobucket.com/albums/ff290/ahmedadel_artist/Scull_Is_Born.jpg

[bryzol]

hey! DELTATHUND3R show us more screangrabs!

[DELTATHUND3R]

ok heres some shots of 3 poses,all under 4 hours.
Im hoping one of these poses will be ok for final submission.

[artist_cg]

here is another pic , i don't think it would stand a chance the time now is nearly 3 hours , and really nice sculpt DELTATHUND3R , impressive , good luck everybody ;) , i think i am going to give up :)

http://i240.photobucket.com/albums/ff290/ahmedadel_artist/Scull_Is_Born_01.jpg

[neolith]

i think i am going to give up :)

Dont give it up,the whole purpose of this is not to win(since there's only one 1st place),but to have fun.Just submit it whenever you think you're done with it,even if you dont win ;)

[artist_cg]

thanks for the push man ;)

[ianchaos]

I must agree with neolith, don't give up. You still have an hour to work on that sculpt just see what you can do...and even better than that you still have time to do a totally different sculpt if you want.

Doing the skeleton from a sphere was a very ambitious choice, and you've done a good job with it.

[artist_cg]

thanks ianchaos for the nice words , i 'll keep working ;) , good luck all

[capitan_popo]

DELTATHUND3R: I like the second one

[Lynette-3dt]

i think i am going to give up

totally agree with the others, don't give up - there's still time! PLUS, there is always the option of doing a new one after you finish - you can then choose your best one to submit as a final submission later on! we don't limit the number of creations, we just ask that everyone submits one final submission only. so if you're not happy with what you've got right now, you can always take what you've learned and then create something new! just an idea :)

[DELTATHUND3R]

Artist_cg-Thanks and dnt give up I really like ya sculpt its unique.Looks really good the hands great.
Capitan_popo-Thanks:):) I will keep that 1 in mind when get ready to submitt.
Thanks for comments :).
Since ive fin with sweet turtle dude:).
I will try and do another within the next few days.Hopefully of the waterhorse wee waterhorse:).now hes a cutie as a puppy.

[Pedro Toledo]

That's a very nice work Bryzol... Really beautiful!

[HighPolyBear]

Question, i see already very complex models, can i retopo base mesh in zbrush?

[neolith]

Question, i see already very complex models, can i retopo base mesh in zbrush?

I'm not running these comps,so this is not the official answer,but i really think you're not allowed to retopo the mesh or modify it by mesh extraction,topology tools,adding subtools etc.Just use the sculpting tools,after all this is the challenge,sculpt something with what you're given,even if it's just a sphere or a cube.

[ianchaos]

I believe that neolith is correct you are only allowed to subdivide your object and use the sculpting tools. You are not allowed to do any mesh extraction or bring it into another program to add any more edge loops, just sculpt it.

My insect, made from the egginsides.OBJ, was subdivided 9 times for a count of 13,631,488 polys. The stick and the eggsack, made from the top and bottom halves of the eggsplit.OBJ, were both subdivided 7 times so each had a count of 2,097,152 polys. All together I was working with 17,825,792 polys, which was making my poor old computer cry. Luckily I save often, the number of unrecoverable memory errors I had in Zbrush was starting to make this sculpt unworkable. Time to shell out for a new machine I think.

http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p55/ianchaos/screenshot.jpg

[skulll_monster]

hey all....i just play around with the sphere...here is the result in less than 2 hours ( im recordind a video during my sculpt )...

[AA-ron]

Really nice work for 2 hours, skulll_monster.

[DELTATHUND3R]

Skull_monster thats impressive..I lub him hes wikked a cross between the grinch and a devil .Very nice sculpt.you have 2 hours more too complete that sculpt.Im think dam whats he gunna do thats so nice :).very good scupt indeed.

[bryzol]

Thanks Pedro!
skulll_monster - Impressive for 2h. Very good pose... I'm waiting to see more.

[Lynette-3dt]

skullmonster - wow!! very impressive! :)

[xsto101]

Siah and Bryzol, I see you are using a nice green material. Could you please post it, or tell me where to download it ? thanks in advance.

[bryzol]

I've used matcup made by Kazmamurat. If he whouldn't mind, I think I could send you this mutcap..
There is a lot of matcups to download here: http://209.132.96.165/zbc/showthread.php?t=46175&referrerid=116176

[kazmamurat]

great work all, especially deltathund3r, siah, oddity, skull_monster, n's r and of course bryzol, awesome pieces of art!

unfortunately i don't have any time and any good ideas for this challenge, so it looks like that i am not entering this challenge,

and here are some of my matcaps, if you like them, feel free to use,

http://rapidshare.com/files/143567621/M_matcaps.rar.html

good luck everyone!

[bryzol]

Kazm, thanks for good words and for matcups again :)

[Milan]

so many cool entries. this is my try for the title. time spent 2 hours

[xsto101]

Thank you for the Matcaps Kazmamurat !!

[varechina]

my first attempt at speed sculpting challenge, really nice works here..
btw this is what i have 4now(about 2:50)

http://img169.imageshack.us/img169/9191/eggdh0.jpg

cheers everyone

[varechina]

..and thanks to kazmamurat for his supercool material

http://img90.imageshack.us/img90/5576/kazeggki1.jpg

[skulll_monster]

AA-ron - DELTATHUND3R - bryzol - Lynette-3dt - kazmamurat....thanks alot for your kind words !
here is my next step...

[Pedro Toledo]

Nice one man!

[bgen]

nice bryzol and skullmonster - topnotch sculpts as allways.

DELTATHUND3R yo friend love the style on the turtle, u definitly have to retopo that one and fine tune it and render it out in
an other 3d app !!!!

varechina - loos like a dead fossil :D looking forward to the 4hr sculpt. has potenial.

some ace sculpts so far.

for long time i couldn't think of an idea, didn't think i would take part here.
dough this poped into my mind as i was working out with my dumbbells.

20min sketch.....

[skulll_monster]

Pedro Toledo...thank you !
bgen...thank you !
i just did another work that its close to the Subject...less that 3 hours...

[bgen]

looks great skullmonster. reminds me of a Caterbury Egg with choclate filling for some reason, and i also want one now...

[bgen]

approx. 1hr15min.
now i need some sleep........ well continue tomorrow on that sculpt.
i am have so much fun with those competitions....

edit:
damn zbrush - i have so much fun zbrushing in the evening i never wanna quit
and go to sleep.
so i start to pose the birdy !!! and gn8 :D

[Graphite]

Glad to see people using the egg shape. I missed the continuity between different artists sculpts when it got a bit too loose.
Wish I had the time to get involved in this one as well.

[ibrahim_gabr]

kazmamurat:. Thanks for the matcaps its amaaazing!!
skullmonster:. Coool!!!!
bryzol:. she is sooo peacful love her expression and I m actually kinda surprised how did u get those shapes from a sphere looking forward to see ur vid:)

Here is my attempt its the birth of an evil creature

[bryzol]

Thanks ibrahim_gabr for kind words. Unfortunately, I havn't made the video. Sculpture was almost done when I thought it could be a good idea. Geting this shape from a sphere was very similar to geting shapes from a cube in "Cementary at the Edge of Nightmare" challenge. I had a lot of fan with it.

[bgen]

here is my final, hope u guys and gals like it.

[DELTATHUND3R]

Alot of nice sculpts..
Bgen-Thanks matey:). Yours looks great he seem like a cheeky little fella very cute..
Kazm-Thanks and thanks heaps for matcaps very nice of you:).
Skull_monster- your a wikked sculpter ya latest one i really like.
Ibrahim-I like it seems royal in some way ..nice.
Bryzol- your sculpt is great.Shes got alot of life..Her face is really nice rather calming.Her arm resting on breast is awsomely good your weight expession is is very nice the flow of hair I really like.

[bryzol]

Thanks DELTATHUND3R! It's realy nice to read something like this :D
bgen, your Birdie is great!

[bgen]

cheers Deltathunder, i wanna redo him completly in XSi and Modo now and
rigg him and make a short with him. so let's see how that goes.

cheers bryzol, ure sculpt is great, i love it,
the hair is most exquisite. and as dthunder mention some nicesense of weight.
keep up the good work.

[Lynette-3dt]

hey sculptors! just set up the final submissions thread - http://forums.3dtotal.com/showthread.php?t=61585 - for those who are ready to post!

[artist_cg]

since the final thread is ready , i 'll do the last hour for my sculpt and post :)

[varechina]

bgen: very funny sculpt man
here is a render of what i have, just for fun (lot of work to do, but hey, isn't it a speed challenge? :) ). basically the egg is deformed by the shape of the monster:

http://img219.imageshack.us/img219/486/renne02eggdo7.jpg

[bgen]

varechina - cheers, i really like ure sculpt. but why did u blur out those parts ??

[DELTATHUND3R]

Great sculpts by all so far.
I will submitt final hopefully today.just choosing between these 2.
Confusing:)

I wish ya all the best of luck in this challenge.

[AA-ron]

Really nice work varechina and DELTATHUND3R.

[Lynette-3dt]

DELTATHUND3R - love them! My favourite is the first of the two - I love how you've incoporated the egg in that design, nice work! :D

[HighPolyBear]

Hello everyone! I see already very good works, all well done and thx for inspiring. I decided to make something funny, i called him Dread Feather :)) - war duck, please welcome! )

[bgen]

hahaha great sculpt, made me laugh nicely.

[ibrahim_gabr]

bryzol:. Its ok :( what a loss...I m trying to do something i never did before but I m looking at ur Wips and trying to figure things out:)

DELTATHUND3R:. Thanks man Loving your sculpt too looking forward for that short movie the sculpt is super cute:)

here is another attempt hope you all like it

[mre]

This my final image that take 3 hour and 12 min.
it's not good but want to compelete this challenge.

[eiadahnim]

Hi guys,
This is my contribution for this contest!
Hope you like it :haha:

[Siah]

Hey guys, this is my final submission for this comp. I just got too busy and ran out of time. 2hours and 45 minutes there abouts.
I was trying to get the structure of an adult male head and mix it with a new born. Sort of like a rebirth thing.

Ianchaos: Thanks heaps. Wish i spent more time on it.

Deltathund3r: Cheers. I was hoping for a new born kinda look. Hope that expression got through.

Xsto101: I'm pretty sure the material i posted was just a standard zbrush one. However i could be mistaken.

Kazmamurat: Cheers.

Bryzol, your sculpt of that woman is amazing.

Skull_Monster, I've followed your works for a long time. It's hard to post in a competition knowing that you're in it as well. I also think you made the right decision picking the second model you made. Looks great. Cheers.

http://i343.photobucket.com/albums/o449/josiahnathan/EggHead5_2h45m.jpg
http://i343.photobucket.com/albums/o449/josiahnathan/EggHead5_2h45m_CloseUp.jpg

[jarold_sng]

hi guys!
its my first time here,
here's my birth machine, 1 hour plus speed session with some friends of mine.
good luck!

[Sarxan]

HI All
im new to this forum,and wanted to participate in this one ,so the deadline is tommorrow and wonna to post mine although it is not finished ,done less than 3,5 hours.

http://forums.3dtotal.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=124424&stc=1&d=1221336324





http://forums.3dtotal.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=124423&stc=1&d=1221336271

[fireantz]

hello...deadline is soon.
here is my entry."Ducken". The final piece was submitted too.
Enjoy~!

[frebel]

thx for the comment true_soul
thx for the comment ianchaos, here is the sculpt finished (i have some problems because my archive was corrupted and i start the sculpt again x.x)

[karyB]

http://www.karyblack.com/wip/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/eggspeedsculptzbrender.jpg

Love the entries to this one :) Some painfully funny going on there (Fireantz) as well as the weird and wonderful. I did mine while thinking about other things and it didn't turn out well, but it was fun. Like a lot of people I went straight to the bird -- was planning to put the chicken before the egg, but it didn't work out. 2 hourish, probably another 20 playing around for the above little ZB render (version in the main thread is just a plain material).

[DELTATHUND3R]

KaryB-thats cute:)..
frebel-another cutie.nice sculpt:).my daughter likes it :):)
Fireants-I know and like your works.I like this 1 lol very funny and nicley sculpted..
Sarxan-nice baby your final entry is impressive.
jarold-thats kinda crazzy sick :):)..but very interesting idea.
Siah- turned out great..
HighPolyBear-thats funny...
eiadahnim-nice idea nice flow too him :).
ibrahim_gabr-that reminds me of the matrix when he gets sucked inside himself..
mre-nice baby sculpt..
Good luck too u all:).

[AndrewQ]

Some really amazing entries on this! I'm really rooting for fireantz, skull monster, or Bryzol. I always learn so much just by looking at other sculpts. Can't wait for the next competition!!!


4 hours down to the minute.
http://i143.photobucket.com/albums/r154/brood_overmind/Untitled-1-1.jpg