I have been learning the basics in Zbrush recently and wanted to create an environment piece that would showcase some of my (basic) sculpting skills so far.
For this project, I had the idea of making a small diorama on a wooden plinth. The environment is set in a jungle, with stone steps leading up to some ancient stone ruins which was used in the past to protect a mythical weapon. I want to create this piece in a stylised way; somewhere in the middle of realism and toon.
So far I have done some blocking-out work in 3ds Max and painted over some of that in Photoshop, to show you in what sort of direction I am going for. There will be much more foliage and randomly placed stones/rocks than I have painted in this image, but the big (main) forms are there to see.
Update #3: I took the decision a couple of days ago to revise the concept for the Jungle Ruins scene. I wanted to pre-plan the scene a lot more before I continued creating 3d art, in order to create a much more visually appealing piece of artwork. Here are some plant life studies I have done for the scene.
Jungle plant life research:
Update #4: Here is the revised concept for the newly-named 'Sacred Jungle Comet' scene (No more Jungle Ruins). There will be splashes of colour surrounding the small clearing from the flowers in the studies above.
'A mysterious comet with blue glowing symbols crash landed into a remote part of the deep jungle. For many years this small clearing in the dense forest was used by tribes people to worship this gift thought to be send from the Gods, until something caused the people to quickly leave their home and the sacred jungle comet behind. There it has stayed, not discovered since.'
