WIP 1 For the Bow

Ran into some early problems and started in modo to build the low poly in different parts and keep topology before bringing each part into Zbrush. Still need the grip, the lower limb cog, and some mesh editing before i can effortlessly move each part to Zbrush.

Clockwork Bow (Concept)

Concept sketches for an original clock work design for a compound bow.

This is the base design I like the most out of all the combinations I sketched out and tried

References

Clockwork/ Gears

Tradictional and  Triangle 

Compound Bows

Zbrush Sculpt

Final sculpt of a creature box character and snap shots of my retop

Multi-pass

Multi-pass rendering using Nuke and Photoshop

Nuke's node system is pretty easy to understand. The tough part is getting the merges with the A channel and B channel to output correctly. Also i closed nuked and reopened the project and my back drop and render shots no longer scaled. Last second bugs when your taking screen shots

I compiled the passes in Photoshop as a back up for technical difficulties. I like this final output  because of how fast i can move each render pass around. Also where i had issues getting the creature to appear as a "solid" object in photoshop i could easily  fix without getting lost in the node "web"

Anatomy Sculpt and Torso Topology

 Retopology

Multi-pass rendering Result

It was tough to figure out how to get the shading of the small ball because of my issues with colors and the transparency.

Node set up in Modo for Rough Plastic IOR