<div class="secondaryobject"><iframe class="primaryobject" width="900" height="506" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/85jd7kM-T8U" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen></iframe></div> <p id="download">Made in Collaboration with <a href="https://www.palenomad.com" target="_blank">Josh Lopata</a></p>

Cobrador

August 17, 2018

<div class="excerptobject"> <p> A long long time ago my friend <a href="https://www.instagram.com/joshlopata/" target="_blank">Josh Lopata</a> and I wanted to do an art trade. He makes really cool models out of drift wood and so the plan was that he'd make me a gnarly skeleton hand and I would 3d print a character for him. I should have thought about it a little harder because he was able to make his side of the trade in a weekend and I eventually delivered my end about a year later... I absolutely love 3d, but I'll always be envious of how quickly a prop can be made with your hands rather than pixels. </p> <p> The idea for the character I was going to make had evolved a bit since I'd procrastinated for so long. Josh had turned our garage into a diorama featuring a giant winged beast and he wanted a hero to be facing off with it. He drew up a concept and I mixed my own design with it. The whole thing was supposed to be a gift for Josh, so I thought it would be cool if the hero looked like him and had a couple of elements that he likes to use in his art. </p> <p> Everything was modeled from scratch in ZBrush without symmetry. Then I keyed the figure to be 3d printed with a form2 and Josh did the figure painting. </p> </div> <p id="titleobject"> The Scene </p> <div class="secondarystillobject"> <a class="instagramLink" href="../media/04_large/models/cobrador_01.jpg" rel="shadowbox[cobrador]"> <img class="stillobject" src="../media/03_post/models/cobrador_01.jpg"> </a> <a class="instagramLink" href="../media/04_large/models/cobrador_02.jpg" rel="shadowbox[cobrador]"> <img class="stillobject" src="../media/03_post/models/cobrador_02.jpg"> </a> <a class="instagramLink" href="../media/04_large/models/cobrador_03.jpg" rel="shadowbox[cobrador]"> <img class="stillobject" src="../media/03_post/models/cobrador_03.jpg"> </a> </div> <div class="excerptobject"> <p> Josh and his partner <a href="https://www.instagram.com/amberguesaaaa/?hl=en" target="_blank">Amber</a> built a huge scene for the Cobrador to face off against the beast. We spent a day filling it with smoke and Josh and Amber added final touches like the glow in the dark blood and saliva dripping from the teeth. </p> </div> <div class="secondarystillobject"> <a class="instagramLink" href="../media/04_large/models/cobrador_04.jpg" rel="shadowbox[cobrador]"> <img class="stillobject" src="../media/03_post/models/cobrador_04.jpg"> </a> <a class="instagramLink" href="../media/04_large/models/cobrador_05.gif" rel="shadowbox[cobrador]"> <img class="stillobject" src="../media/03_post/models/cobrador_05.gif"> </a> <a class="instagramLink" href="../media/04_large/models/cobrador_06.jpg" rel="shadowbox[cobrador]"> <img class="stillobject" src="../media/03_post/models/cobrador_06.jpg"> </a> <a class="instagramLink" href="../media/04_large/models/cobrador_07.jpg" rel="shadowbox[cobrador]"> <img class="stillobject" src="../media/03_post/models/cobrador_07.jpg"> </a> </div> <p id="titleobject"> Reference </p> <div class="secondarystillobject"> <a class="instagramLink" href="../media/04_large/models/cobrador_08.jpg" rel="shadowbox[cobrador]"> <img class="stillobject" src="../media/03_post/models/cobrador_08.jpg"> </a> </div> <div class="excerptobject"> <p> The guy really likes to make costumes. I took some of his aesthetic and wove them into the design of the character. I also incorporated the sun figures that Josh makes and some elements from his independent stop motion <a href="https://vimeo.com/74519384" target="_blank">short film</a>. </p> </div> <div class="secondarystillobject"> <a class="instagramLink" href="../media/04_large/models/cobrador_09.jpg" rel="shadowbox[cobrador]"> <img class="stillobject" src="../media/03_post/models/cobrador_09.jpg"> </a> <a class="instagramLink" href="../media/04_large/models/cobrador_10.jpg" rel="shadowbox[cobrador]"> <img class="stillobject" src="../media/03_post/models/cobrador_10.jpg"> </a> </div> <p id="titleobject"> ZBrush </p> <div class="secondarystillobject"> <a class="instagramLink" href="../media/04_large/models/cobrador_11.jpg" rel="shadowbox[cobrador]"> <img class="stillobject" src="../media/03_post/models/cobrador_11.jpg"> </a> </div> <div class="excerptobject"> <p> The design evolved from Josh's original drawings. I started in ZBrush by pulling out really basic shapes because I knew the general pose that I wanted. From there, we talked about what all of the add-on details would be and I made a list in the form of a rough draw over. </p> </div> <div class="secondarystillobject"> <a class="instagramLink" href="../media/04_large/models/cobrador_12.jpg" rel="shadowbox[cobrador]"> <img class="stillobject" src="../media/03_post/models/cobrador_12.jpg"> </a> <a class="instagramLink" href="../media/04_large/models/cobrador_13.jpg" rel="shadowbox[cobrador]"> <img class="stillobject" src="../media/03_post/models/cobrador_13.jpg"> </a> <a class="instagramLink" href="../media/04_large/models/cobrador_14.jpg" rel="shadowbox[cobrador]"> <img class="stillobject" src="../media/03_post/models/cobrador_14.jpg"> </a> <a class="instagramLink" href="../media/04_large/models/cobrador_15.jpg" rel="shadowbox[cobrador]"> <img class="stillobject" src="../media/03_post/models/cobrador_15.jpg"> </a> <a class="instagramLink" href="../media/04_large/models/cobrador_16.gif" rel="shadowbox[cobrador]"> <img class="stillobject" src="../media/03_post/models/cobrador_16.gif"> </a> <a class="instagramLink" href="../media/04_large/models/cobrador_17.jpg" rel="shadowbox[cobrador]"> <img class="stillobject" src="../media/03_post/models/cobrador_17.jpg"> </a> </div> <p id="titleobject"> The Print </p> <div class="excerptobject"> <p> After the sculpt was finished, I had to break the character up into separate pieces so it could be printed. The size of what can be printed on the form2 is a factor when splitting up a model, but you also have to consider what pieces should be separate to make painting a little easier. </p> </div> <div class="secondarystillobject"> <a class="instagramLink" href="../media/04_large/models/cobrador_18.gif" rel="shadowbox[cobrador]"> <img class="stillobject" src="../media/03_post/models/cobrador_18.gif"> </a> <a class="instagramLink" href="../media/04_large/models/cobrador_19.gif" rel="shadowbox[cobrador]"> <img class="stillobject" src="../media/03_post/models/cobrador_19.gif"> </a> <a class="instagramLink" href="../media/04_large/models/cobrador_20.jpg" rel="shadowbox[cobrador]"> <img class="stillobject" src="../media/03_post/models/cobrador_20.jpg"> </a> <a class="instagramLink" href="../media/04_large/models/cobrador_21.jpg" rel="shadowbox[cobrador]"> <img class="stillobject" src="../media/03_post/models/cobrador_21.jpg"> </a> <a class="instagramLink" href="../media/04_large/models/cobrador_22.jpg" rel="shadowbox[cobrador]"> <img class="stillobject" src="../media/03_post/models/cobrador_22.jpg"> </a> <a class="instagramLink" href="../media/04_large/models/cobrador_23.jpg" rel="shadowbox[cobrador]"> <img class="stillobject" src="../media/03_post/models/cobrador_23.jpg"> </a> </div> <p id="titleobject"> The Paint </p> <div class="excerptobject"> <p> After I cleaned up the print, I sent it off to Josh for a little bit more clean up and then painting. </p> </div> <div class="secondarystillobject"> <a class="instagramLink" href="../media/04_large/models/cobrador_24.jpg" rel="shadowbox[cobrador]"> <img class="stillobject" src="../media/03_post/models/cobrador_24.jpg"> </a> <a class="instagramLink" href="../media/04_large/models/cobrador_25.jpg" rel="shadowbox[cobrador]"> <img class="stillobject" src="../media/03_post/models/cobrador_25.jpg"> </a> <a class="instagramLink" href="../media/04_large/models/cobrador_26.jpg" rel="shadowbox[cobrador]"> <img class="stillobject" src="../media/03_post/models/cobrador_26.jpg"> </a> <a class="instagramLink" href="../media/04_large/models/cobrador_27.jpg" rel="shadowbox[cobrador]"> <img class="stillobject" src="../media/03_post/models/cobrador_27.jpg"> </a> <a class="instagramLink" href="../media/04_large/models/cobrador_28.jpg" rel="shadowbox[cobrador]"> <img class="stillobject" src="../media/03_post/models/cobrador_28.jpg"> </a> <a class="instagramLink" href="../media/04_large/models/cobrador_29.jpg" rel="shadowbox[cobrador]"> <img class="stillobject" src="../media/03_post/models/cobrador_29.jpg"> </a> </div>