A place for monsters

I was trying out the texture on the brush and got this really wooly cool looking texture. So Wooly-man was born. lol He's not the best, but I liked him too much to not share him. His greenish teeth came out sort of cool.

Love the Wooly Man and the Wizard of Oz. Nice texture for both !

Yes, my potato man has the eyes sprouting out of his head. But look at this one... he is much better or worst...

Thanks Gene for the infos.

Thanks Carl. We still waiting for your first attempt !

Here my old man with his beautiful EYES.

Gene love the carving. I don't know what it is about primitive art carvings that is so appealing to me, but I know I love it. He is awesome.

Ghislaine, I think you need to switch to decaf. LOL You always make me laugh with your wonderful carvings. I really like his mustache. He is quit the Dandy.

Here is my Moon-Man to go with my Sun Man I made earlier. I turned off symmetry and made my own brush for the craters. I made a small black background and put a white zero font on it and loaded it into my texture for the brush, and just like that, craters.

Thanks Spaceray. I'll check it out today.

Mardar, your Moon Man is beautiful, I love his lips. As I have switched for decaf, no carvings tonight LOL, but it is just for tonight...

Gene, don't get ashamed to use my flower filter. Your guy has a perfect nose, and in the flower, this image reminds me the Rio carnaval when women dance with their great dresses and their hats with big flowers.

OK here Mister Meow in his simplicity without silico... sorry without carvings.

I used a snake brush for this, so he is not so cute as my cats.

Ghislaine, that looks more like what your cats would chase

This was found in a Aztec dig last summer. Who knew that they enjoyed Koolaid. Just kidding. I was playing with the different materials and this pitcher just popped out.

I have seen this AZtec Pot "monster"

Carl, I'm jalous. How did you do that wonder ? As said Mardar, I love the dark shadowing you used. His ears are so nice and well done. I see this mask on a wall.

Mardar, excellent idea your pitcher and it is well done too.

Each of us creates very different and nice things. I do not know for you, but for me, every day I'm in a hurry to come up here and look at new beautiful creations.

Spaceray, why don't you work with Sculptris and share with us your eventual creations ?

Morgantao, I beleive you. More something else than a cat. A mouse...

Here a kind of butterfly... maybe something else...

Ghislaine, your bug looks like a dragonfly. I too like the quilted wings and the color is very cool. I wish more posters would join in and make some fun stuff with us. I also can't wait to see what everyone has posted everyday.

Gene, your strange little guy makes me laugh. That expression is priceless. His little egg head and those googly eyes, perfect.

Really great fur baby Carl. He looks like a cross between Scooby-do and a dingo. Love his tongue sticking out and those curly ears. You are a good sculptor Carl. You have a great eye for form. Keep it up.

Ghislaine, Just add pointy ears and you have 1922 Nosferatu

Nice profile Ghislaine. Ears are tricky to do. I have trouble too. You are getting better each time.

Carl, you have been holding out on us. Your rendering is artistic gold. WOW what a great combination of textures, background and sculpture. You are blowing me away. Very, very cool graphic.

Carl ... you have quite a range, from scary to cute to abstract. The dog is very cute, but if I saw that last sculpt in an art gallery it would stop me in my tracks. I love abstract sculpts and the texture and surface is just perfect on that one .... Is it Lincoln?

Ghislaine ... I have trouble with ears as well. That is why I made tiki masks for so long, no ears. There is a free program called ImageOverlay which allows you to float a picture on top of the Sculptris interface to use as reference. There are a number of sites that have body part examples. I use this method to practice stuff I find hard. Your profile shows that you already have a pretty good understanding of the stucture of a human face as it is .....

Mardar ... Laughter is good ... It is better to funny than smart .... Thanks

I noticed the other thread about the models available online to use for creating sculpts in Sculptris. I must admit that if I'm in a hurry I do use those kinds of shortcuts in my work, but I also make my own basic models to start with. I have a bunch of head and body shapes I have created as a starting point for sculpting. With this guy I used a mask stlyle head shape with a flat back. I find I can work faster with a mask because you only have to pull out to get ears and hair and such. I used to work with a guy who always bought those trashy tabloid papers at the super market. One was called The World, I think. It always had a picture of Batboy on the cover. (You know the kid that was half human, half bat. It happens all the time you know)This is my take on Batboy .....

the same octopus with Gene's Impressionism filter. I love the effects on.

Mardar, your image makes me freezen LOL Very nice your wich ! Her neck is perfect, her hairs... electrified. It seems that her mouth is between her eyes. Well done

Here a strange pig fr om no wh ere... I used to create it as material Mike Blackney's filter "Materialiser". I also have created few more spheres for getting more material.

Ghislaine love the piggy very nice styling, Gene that my favorite Tiki [?] you've done so far, it's a fun little program sculptris Mardar you just scared the pants of my ugly ....... that's really evil, but in a good way

Lovely tiki Gene Carl, Gene and Mardar, thanks for your kind words Gene, you should love his tongue...

Here a kind of mister Spock...

Ghislaine, love your Mr. Spock. He is very cool. I love his tongue sticking out, that always makes me laugh.

Gene, your latest guy is just great. Love that "narley" beard and his overall texture. I need to practice some more to get better at this. I can't quit figure out how you get that 3D look but still keep your sculpture looking like a flat mask. Mine always looks like busts instead of masks. You are "The Man" Gene when it comes to making these great figures. The eyes really set him off perfectly. Don't worry about those weirdos on the west cost, do what you love and your true artistic nature will win out.

I'll try to get a new figure up this evening. I've been busy up till now (doing my taxes. Yeck!) but I am done now, so it's time to play again.

Well, I love your guy Gene. You are very good for teeth. I'm not so good for that. I'm good enough in tongues, but ears, eyes and teeth... I have to practice a lot. Love your background too.

Mardar, fantactic your Brain Man. Yes I have recognised the background from Gene's filter. I love his cheeks and also the green neon color. Very well done.

Sorry, no moster tonight, it was my birthday last night and I had no time for my pc. But tomorrow, maybe I'll put 2 for 1.

Happy Birthday Ghislaine .... Hope you didn't overdo it now that you are of legal age to drink ... Sorry but all of our cats are monsters ... Yes, they even have horns and that does not make for a cute photo ....

Mardar ... The neon hat and the necklace really adds to your brain guy. A really nice face shape ... lips and nose look good ... The deep color on the face and desaturated background makes everything jump ....

I must admit that I am a little mercenary about trying to get my tikis looking right ... I'm trying to sell t-shirts to those left coast folks, so I gotta try to please them. (not as many Midwesterners who can have outside tiki bars that will not end up buried in snow) A couple of things I do to get that mask look is to start with something other than the sphere. I have several mask and log models I start with. The last couple I have posted were done on a plane using mostly the carve, smooth, and move tools. You can change a plane shape real quick by using the move tool with a fairy big brush ..... Sorry I don't mean to sound like a lecture, I'm not a rocket scientist or Super Filter Guy or Sheldon. I just goof around until I find what works .... Just trying to be helpful ... I don't think most of you folks really need much help. Y'all are creative enough to come up with cool stuff without my help.

Gene thank you so much for the tip of using the plain. I have now got that great "mask" look I was trying to do.



Also used Genes Carved Wood Grain as texture on the mask and Strings of Color for the background.

This guy, also created with a plane, is born tonight. His eye is closed, his nose is perfect, his lips are not to bad but his ear is very...