Sculptris

[wizard509]

This might go better in a different thread, but Sculptris was acquired by Pixologic a few ago, and although it doesn't have the feature set of ZBrush, the price to date is free, and I'd think would be of interest to folks who want to get into sculpting after solid geometry and parametric surfaces has worn thin.

I'd compare this free product to both Autodesk Mudbox and 3D Coat, not as feature-filled, but Scuptris has gotten me where I want to go more than once. If you just need to move surface areas and rotate and scale them, and don't want or need stencils and other tangentially related features...

Download Sculptris for the price of a user name and email address

They're really not phishing; they just want to send you a link to download, and to try to send you a regular newsletter.

This image is not displacement-mapped. I sculpted the coin's face with Scultpris and this is part of an animation inside C4D with GI and all that good stuff.





My Best,

Gary

I'm impressed I tried the prog. and still have it but NEVER could I ever do anything like that.

[Gare]

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Larry, read your tag line!

Never give up!

Hey, I started modeling in 1992, after a hip operation, so I had little to do other than use my first computer and something called Macromedia's MacroModel.

And I've kept with the art of 3D modeling and rendering for close to 30 years.

You are a very gifted artist, Larry, and you chose your media a long time ago. Give Sculptris 30 years and have a hip operation and you're all set :)

Seriously, I was originally hired as an Art Director on Madison Avenue, and physical drawing remains my love. But computers, with the right software, are so damned FUN that a film director, whose film I worked on, told me that I'm a Jack of all Trades and a Mediocre Master of All trades.

He meant it as a compliment.

You, Larry, have a particular artistic calling that no one else can match or imitate, because it's all about you.

It's self-expression, in a very directed and mature way.

Hey, download any of these modeling programs, take a tool that can draw polygons away from the surface, and do this for an hour or so and it's very therapeutic regardless of the result. Mangling things is a great stress-reliever. :) See attached,




...annnnd, this is getting a little off-topic. Let's start an O/T on "The Artist", what motivates us, and screw any specific application, huh?

No disrespect to Xara or MAGIX. It's just that I was a physical artist way before (okay, a little before) computer graphics programs.

[gidgit]

Excellent idea Gare.

[Gare]

Should I bring it up with The Administrator?

I know her.

[gidgit]

Lol, I am sure you do Now I am wondering as to how you are doing Gare?