fabricious' sketches and concepts~

[fabricious]

Working on a fake Velociraptor made me want to do a proper one as well... 'Cricket' in the making.

[Tumtist]

Wow,I love all the sketch,zbrush model!! it's so good!!

Can't wait to see your Velociraptor

[fabricious]

Thank you!

[fabricious]

Alright, I FINALLY got to work on my bigger-than-life-sized Velociraptor sculpture some more. I found a new technique that is called 'cloth maché', it's really powerful and I used it to make the scutes on the feet and cover half the face so far.

@Blade-of-the-Moon : you might want to check that one out! www.gourmetpapermache.com is the site I got the idea from, might be really nice for details in your models (only old bedsheets and waterproof white glue needed).

Oh, and I started working on the wing feathers (out of cardboard as well, since I couldn't get my hands on any real feathers and now I just want to get the model done).

[fabricious]

Aaand all the important feather shapes are done.

[jooooo]

Very nice Are you gonna to the neck feathers and tail fan too?

[fabricious]

She'll get about the same amount of feathering as my character 'Cricket'. I'll just have to figure out a good way to make the ones for the neck (so I can cover them in paper maché).

[jooooo]

Okay thats good then Good luck.

[fabricious]

Giraffatitan is now ready to be ordered from shapeways (@Tyrantqueen, I think you were asking about it?)!

http://shpws.me/IREg

I hope it prints well!

[fabricious]

Since I can't really think of a concept or plan to what model I'll be working on next: have everyone's favorite (and the most overdrawn) ceratopsian, Triceratops horridus. I am currently watching the workflow of Damir G. Martin and am very inspired by his technique of sculpting every scale individually, I might try that here.



Suggestions on this guy are welcome.

[fabricious]

[fabricious]

More Velociraptors! Or at least one, for now:

http://fabrizioderossi.deviantart.com/art/WIP-Velociraptor-mongoliensis-Cricket-545452217

[fabricious]

Somehow, my dinosaurs look more like characters than animals. More reference studying needed, it seems.

[fabricious]

It is actually coming along nicely, I think!

[jooooo]

Maybe you need to make them a little more cute to make them look like animals.

[fabricious]

Long time no update from me, I apologize for that! I finally got a chance to work a little more on the trike model. If there are recommendations or wishes for shapeways-poses for this guy, let me know!

[Tyto_Theropod]

Everyone puts their Trikes in bellowing/attacking/threat postures, so why not, as well as any of those you might do, have a peacefully grazing one, or even a sleepy one? I'm sure there will be people out there who'll appreciate it for their dioramas.

[fabricious]

A sleeping one is a great idea! I completely forgot that I wanted to do that with my Pachyrhinosaurus, haha. I'll definitely make a neutrally standing one as well!

[jooooo]

Beautiful. Are you gonna add quills. And i mentioned it before, if you want it to look more naturalistic i'd make it cuter.

Btw i finished my diorama with your Albertosaurus.

[fabricious]

I am still deciding about the quills, since there has been a lot of controversy whether they were actually there or the scutes just supported keratinous bumps.
As for the cuteness-part: Comparing this guy to a fully grown, male rhinoceros, I'd say the cuteness-part is most likely reducing by age. I'll try to give him more personality as I progress, though.

Here is a current picture of him:


I'd love to see the diorama!