Grandpa Sculpt Post 12.

Joy and Tom Studios just finished painting all 6 casts of my Grandpa Rice Sculpt. I can't believe how great they came out. I don't think that I've ever worked on anything that was this special to me.

Special thanks to Joy and Tom Studios...you folks rock!

http://joyandtomstudios.com/

Super Emit Post 02.

I'm happy enough with the face to move onto the body. This is just of quick shot of where I am with the shirt.

Super Emit Post 01.

I want to create model that shows how I think my son imagines himself while playing super heroes. He often acts like he has the abilities of several super heroes all at once. He specifically likes Superman, Batman and Iron man the most. I'm starting with his head.

Grandpa Sculpt Post 11.

Joy and Tom Studios are working on 7 casts of my Grandpa sculpt and are even going to paint them to match the original I created. It is so cool to see them sitting on the table there.

Joy and Tom Studio Website.

I also designed Joy and Tom Studios website. http://joyandtomstudios.com/

I've attached a reduced version of the two pages I completed for them. All the sculptures except for the logo were created by Joy and Tom Studios.

Joy and Tom Studios (print version)

These are WIPs, but I liked them enough to post.

Joy and Tom Studios logo.

I was lucky enough to get the opportunity to design Joy and Tom Studio's new logo.  This was a really fun project.

Grandpa Sculpt Post 10.

It's funny that my last post of Grandpa's Sculpt would end on 10.  I couldn't afford to make a real bronze out of it so I painted it instead.  Someday I would like to get copies made and give them to my family.  For now it will just have to set on my bookshelf.

Grandpa Sculpt Post 9.

This is just some photoshop work to see how I want to paint it. I always envisioned a bronzed look with a steal color.

Grandpa Sculpt Post 8.

I took some better pictures.

Grandpa Sculpt Post 7.

After sitting on my shelf for several months...I've finally devoted time to finishing the sculpture of my Grandpa Rice. I've put in several hours since my last post. I think it is ready for baking!

I got some of my stuff posted on ZBrush Centeral's Turntable Gallery.

http://www.pixologic.com/turntable/

My stuff is currently on the 3rd page.

Changing into a Monster Wireframes.

I've been asked what my wireframe looks like. I did a couple of screenshots of different parts to give you an idea.

Changing into a monster BW Movie Poster.

Just having some fun.

Changing into a Monster Post 13 up close.

I figured I would post what it looks like up close.

Changing into a Monster 13

I think I'm finished with this project. It was fun and I learned a lot.

Any feedback is welcome.

Thanks

Jim Rice

Changing to a Monster WIP 12.

OK, I'm finished with the first painting pass. I don't think I'm too far from finished at this point.
Awwwwooooooooooooooooooooooo!

Changing to a Monster WIP 11.

Now I'm gonig to get rolling on painting in a lot of the details I can't get in ZB.

Changing to a Monster WIP 10.(Head Closeup)

This is just a shot of the head up close.

Changing to a Monster WIP 10.

I'm starting to color this guy. I added a little detail on the pants and the shirt, but mostly focused on painting and adding some materials.

Changing to a Monster WIP 09

I think I'm done modeling for now. I'm going to start adding some color and texture now.

Changing to a Monster WIP 08

I revised the pose and made some new pants.

Changing to a Monster WIP 07

I added some hair detail and revised the topology in his neck to fix some pinching problems.

Changing to a Monster WIP 06

OK, I've decided to go back to the more human face. I think it lost something having the wolf take over so much of his face.

Changing to a Monster WIP 05

I'm pushing the wolf. I got some good advice and I'm trying to apply it. I'm also going to rework the clothing wrinkles.

Changing to a Monster WIP 04

I added some detail and reworked some of the shirt. I added some photoshop to the hair. Also, I dropped a photo for a background to give me an idea of what I want to do for the final background.

Changing to a Monster WIP 03

I'm feeling better about it. I still have a lot of work to do.

Feedback welcome!

Changing to a Monster WIP 02

I got a couple of hours to work on it tonight. I have a lot of work to do. This dude needs some pants. :)

Changing to a Monster WIP 01

I want to make a model showing a man transforming into a monster. This is inspired by American Warwolf in London.

Zsphere Male Body Model WIP Post 04.

I revised the legs a bit and posed him.

Zsphere Male Body Model WIP Post 03.

I added some detail.

Zsphere Male Body Model WIP Post 02.

I made some new topology for the body and added my head... :) Now I'm ready to start doing some full body characters!

Zsphere Male Body Model WIP Post 02.

I added a bit more detail to him. Feedback welcome.

Zsphere Male Body Model WIP Post 01

I'm working on a full body male. I've roughed in most of the body. I've given the least attention to the hands and feet.

Jim Rice's Head The Never Ending Project.

After receiving some good feedback on my likeness I decided to take yet another crack at it.
Let me know what you think.

Snake Man Render 01

I wanted to do a nicer render of the snake man with a better background...I didn't do the background. :)

Skull with Texture.

I added more detail and texture to the skull.

Robot Man 02

Robot Man

My head again....

I'm trying to make it as realistic as possible...within ZB. I think I'm close.

New Alien 01

Bat Dude Smilen.

Bat Dude Post 02.

Bat Dude.

Making of the Snake Man!

Snake Man!

I created a snake man head from my likeness. I spent 3 hours on it.

I Hulkified myself.

I transformed into a wolf man tonight!

The top image is mostly just a screenshot from ZB, but I painted on some hair. I spent about 3 hours on it. Man that was fun.

Jim Zombie 01(warning this is a bit graphic)

This is a screen grab of what the finished Zombie looks like in ZB. I spent about an hour transforming my face and skull model into a zombie.

Quick Zombie 01(warning it's a bit graphic)

I wanted to show how easy it would be to make a zombie after you have a skull to morph to.

Metal VS Skin

I like all the detail that I see when I use a shinny material.

My Head Multi Shot

My Head Turn Table.

My Head Eye Revision.

Another pass on my eyes. My wife thinks it looks better.

Skull Morph(warning it's a bit graphic)

This is showing the power of the morph tool in ZB.

My Head texture pass one.

I wanted to finaly give a good texture to my head model. I have more work to do before I'm happy with it.

Skull from my Head.

I'm working on a skull that was created from my head model. Let me know what you think.

Female Head Wire.

Female Head in progress.

This shows the work workflow of how I went about creating the female head.

Female Head from my topology.

The original head topology was used to create my head. I plan on detailing her out more soon.

Let me know what you think.

Tough Guy Post 3.

I added more detail and a quick texture. I'm using Zbrush 3.1's skin material.

Tough Guy Head Post 2

I did a detail pass on the tough guy head. I'm going to refine him some more and add a texture. Let me know what you think.

Tony Gaddis Caricature.

Adding my good friend Tony Gaddis to my list of caricatures.

Zbrush Head Topology Test.

I'm testing out some topology a friend of mine is working on. I think I got a good "tough guy" face out of it. I want to finish the ears and add some asymmetry. Let me know what you think.

Caricature Show 2008 Dump.

Work is putting together a little caricature show so I thought I would take the opportunity to have some fun with my some coworker buddies.

Terry Ford

Nick Zuccarello

Matt Eng

Grandp Sculpt Post 6.

I finally got some time to spend 3 hours on it. I thought I would try this video thing.
Let me know what you think.

A Caricature of myself.

I thought it would be fun to try to do a caricature of myself. The idea is to get what you don't like about your own head and exaggerate it right? Yikes!

Purple Walrus

I wanted to draw up something quick and clean and I thought why not a purple walrus.

I've updated my webpage!

My Porfolio site has been updated. Let me know what you think.
http://jimdrice.com/

2D Work.

I wanted to post some of my 2D work. Lately I mostly do digital illustration, but I'll always love working in color pencils.

Grandpa Sculpt Post 5.

I've been trying to get the structure of the face more symmetrical as well as flesh out the ears. I've probably spent another 4 hours on it...sheesh.

Grandpa Sculpt Day 4.

Today is my Grandpa’s birthday. Needless to say I was a little extra inspired. I spent about 3 hours smoothing his face out and adding some finer detail.

3rd Grandpa Sculpt Post.

I haven't spent much more time on it. I had to get a better stand to put it in and add a little more foil to the back of the head to get the shape right. Also, I spent a couple of hours adding some face detail.

Vehicle Model Dump.

I created these a long time ago in a galaxy far far away...

Character Model Dump.

I wanted to post some of my better character models. Let me know what you think.

Grandpa Sculpture day 2.

I spent about 3 hours on my Grandpa's Sculpture. I think it's starting to look like him. Feedback welcome. :)

OK, I finally got started on my Grandpa's Model. It's going much faster this time around, but man do I have a long way to go.

My Grandpa Rice Sculpt.

I'm going to take a crack at modeling a real head this go round. I think my Grandpa Rice would be the perfect subject. He was nice enough to sit still and let me take a couple of pictures this Thanksgiving. Here goes...

Super Blooper!

I loved working on the Superman Returns game...too bad nobody liked playing it. Oh well I got to do some fun stuff. Here's some of the heads I modeled and textured.

Zbrush version of Alien Sculpt.

After spending months working on my first sculpture I decided to take a pass at it in good old Zbrush...It took 4 hours to get it looking pretty close to the original sculpture. I've been working with Zbrush for 4 years now...Zbrush rules!

My First Drop...fantastic then.

Hello lovely people of earth....welcome to my first post. This is my first real sculpture made with super sculpey.