:: The Thin Veil of Reality ::

August 16, 2012

My "Etcher IMM Zipper Pack" ready for download

-->DOWNLOAD LINK (RapidShare) <--

Installation Instructions , overview and quickstart

HERE

Don't forget:

10 more pages on the IMM-Zipper Brushes and IMM brush creation HERE

Comments and suggestions are always welcome!

Also, I would love to see how you use the brushes in your work -> feel free to shoot me an email with images or a link (geertmelis@hotmail.com)

As usual, the Pixologic booth at the LA Siggraph conference was packed. Speakers included Brian Wynia, Danny Williams, Scott Spencer, Joseph Drust, Cesar Dacol Jr., Michael Pavlovich, Kurt Papstein, Frank Gravat, Martin Murphy and Kris Costa.

So, needless to say, it was awesome to see Pixologic's Paul Gaboury announce my "Etcher IMM Zipper Pack"!

My "Etcher IMM Zipper Pack" announced at Siggraph 2012

As usual, the Pixologic booth at the LA Siggraph conference was packed. Speakers included Brian Wynia, Danny Williams, Scott Spencer, Joseph Drust, Cesar Dacol Jr., Michael Pavlovich, Kurt Papstein, Frank Gravat, Martin Murphy and Kris Costa.

So, needless to say, it was awesome to see Pixologic's Paul Gaboury announce my "Etcher IMM Zipper Pack"!

August 8, 2012

My 3D Zippers featured on Pixologic's website

It's awesome to see my jacket sculpt and zipper brushes on Pixologic's website - Thank you Pixologic!
Check it out

July 26, 2012

My ZBrush 3d Zipper Brushes Ship with ZBrush 4R4

While Betatesting ZBrush 4R4, I created two 3d Zipperbrushes that ship with ZBrush. Give'em a try, you might like'em :) Credit goes to Pixologic's Paul Gaboury whose advice and suggestions made the brushes the best they can be!

Check out my Etcher_Sketcher thread at ZBrush Central, I posted 10 sheets on how to use the Zipper brushes and how to create your own.

Here's how I use the brushes: watch it in HD

March 19, 2012

Interview for 3D Trainer - check it out at 3DTrainer.com

Go to Interview

-Click Here-

October 2, 2011

Hardsurface Gun Modeling Step by Step

Check it out on page 49 of my Etcher_Sketcher thread over at ZBC -> CLICK HERE

Betatesting ZBrush 4R2

My thread includes a Dynamesh tip and a tutorial on creating 3d Fabric (chainmail, cloth) with the new Noisemaker. I added a step by step on how to create a tileable chainmail alpha entirely within ZBrush and Photoshop and step by step on how to use transparency with NoiseMaker.

Check it out HERE

July 8, 2011

My worx featured in Digital Production Magazine

If you live in Germany, Austria or Switzerland, you might want to check out the july / august issue (04/11) of Digital Production Magazine. It contains 21 pages of ZBrush related articles by Scott Eaton, Klaus Jaworski, Henning Kleist and myself.

My contribution consists of an in depth look at ZBrush 4’s new features and how I use them to create weaponry for my TTVOR characters. Subscribers have acces to movies showing the entire workflow, reference sheets, .Ztl files and custom alphas.

March 8, 2011

My Etcher_Sketcher sheets translated into French

Long time ZBrush Central member Frenchy Pilou undertook the daunting task of translating nearly 100 Etcher_Sketcher sheets into French for the ZBrush community at ZBrush France... awesome!

Click HERE to see the translated sheets

August 10, 2010

My ZBrush 4.0 Beta thread live on ZBrush Central.

With the launch of ZBrush 4, the Betatester's threads went live on ZBrush Central. My thread contains a new functions implementation overview, a Shadowbox quickstart guide and 10 new Etcher_Sketcher sheets on the creation of a new Thin Veil of Reality character, using Z4.

It is so humbling and exciting to see my worx alongside those of great artists!

Thread link (with Shadowbox quickstart guide)
Pages 1 - 3
Pages 4 - 6
Pages 7 - 8
Page 9
Page 10

July 27, 2010

My ZBrush 4.0 Beta works featured in Z4 Trailer and Z4 Gallery

Woot! Again so honoured to see my weapon modeling in the Beta trailer and my work featured in the Beta Tester galery!

Check out the Beta Tester Gallery

HERE

December 14, 2009

My contribution to ZBrush 3.5 Tips 'n Tricks

Click HERE to go to ZBrush 3.5 Tips 'n Tricks

December 8, 2009

Etcher_Sketcher gets Top Row at ZBrush Central

Christmas came early this year. I was both honoured and humbled to see my thread get Top Row at ZBrush Central. I got so many nice and very motivating comments from fellow ZBrush artists!!!