Pixologic’s 2016 ZBrush for Illustrators campaign shows how to use the sculpting application to help create 2D illustration.  In it I walkthrough my process for creating my “Last Turtle” illustration.  You can view the videos by clicking the link at the end of this post.

 

The concept behind this piece of art was the following:  “Michaelangelo, the one Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle that didn’t take anything seriously is also the sole remaining one after a battle with the Shredder.  In it his brothers and Master Splinter were killed.  My painting of Mikey shows a much more serious and angry hero.  Now armed with his brothers weapons, he fights alone and has vowed to protect his girlfriend April O’Neal at any cost!”

 

The attached pictures show my Zbrush sculpt of Michaelangelo on the left and the finished painting on the right.  This series of videos was made to show how painting over your zbrush render can both save time and really enhance your art.  Look for a similar process I used for Corel Painter soon!

 

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Marvel provided costume designs as well as character turn arounds for my reference and a list of who was on who’s team.  At the time Antman was on Team Iron man ; ).

 

This was the first group shot with so many characters I’d ever painted.  Back on my first job with Marvel, I only painted single characters from Guardians of the Galaxy, so I expected this to be more challenging.  The only real guidelines I had to follow were that the illustration had to be dynamic and I had to match the clothing concepts I was provided.

 

Because the deadline for this was so tight, I made a grayscale painting which I later colorized and painted over in Photoshop (Also a first for me).  I usually start working in color, but I have to say I was pretty happy with how it cut my illustration time dramatically.  In fact I liked it so much, I made a video about the process.

 

Click the link below to see my Civil War work…