'ZBrush, Maya & Photoshop'


Making of 'Majin Buu'

by Jonas Skoog
 


The first layer group is my background layers. This is where I put the raw render and everything behind it.

Next up are all the specular passes for the skin, water, rocks etc. I split them up even more by using layer masks to isolate specific areas for more control.

The foreground layers consist mostly of smoke and steam to blend Buu with the background along with some color/mood layers.

To finish the image I applied a Lens Blur filter using the Depth map exported from ZBrush (Fig.08).


Fig.08



Lighting_La_Salle


And here’s the final image (Fig.09 – 10).


Fig.09

Fig.10

Final Words :



I hope this Making Of has been useful and as much fun to read as I had writing it! I would like to thank Jo, Simon and the rest of the 3DTotal team for giving me the opportunity to write this article. I would also like to give a big thanks to Akira Toriyama for creating Dragon Ball because without it this image would not exist.

For a full 3D view please visit my Turntable gallery at www.pixologic.com/turntable/

If you have any questions feel free to send me an email at jonas_skoog@hotmail.com

Cheers!


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  Rating: 4.91, Votes: 11 
Kevinck87 on Tue, 12 October 2010 7:06am

this is totally Majin BUU-TIFUL!!!!!!! sweet!love it!
Kevinck87 (Forums) on Tue, 12 October 2010 7:08am

it's BUU-tiful!!! love it!
Kevinck87 (Forums) on Tue, 12 October 2010 7:08am

it's BUU-tiful!!! love it!
NinthJake (Forums) on Tue, 12 October 2010 9:23am

Great making-of. I learned a lot of small techniques that I will love to test out in the future :)
NinthJake (Forums) on Tue, 12 October 2010 9:23am

Great making-of. I learned a lot of small techniques that I will love to test out in the future :)
Dustin on Tue, 10 May 2011 8:24pm

This is awesome! Wish there was some energy build up around/in his hands! :)
Tiago on Mon, 23 May 2011 6:04pm

guy.... you're brilllllliant!! your work is perfect! looks like majim boo is real and want to kill us!!!!! your work is really good! Brazil loves it!!!! I'm your fan now!
The Dark One on Fri, 24 June 2011 10:52pm

Hand's down..., I'm not worthy!!
Mazhiwei85st (Forums) on Sat, 16 July 2011 6:40pm


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Abeerichie (Forums) on Sat, 23 July 2011 4:39pm

LOL... what is buutiful? haha...yep, it is very nice.. :)
Abeerichie (Forums) on Sat, 23 July 2011 4:39pm

LOL... what is buutiful? haha...yep, it is very nice.. :)
ICON-X on Wed, 27 July 2011 10:08pm

THIS IS SO AWESOME MAN..
THEY HAVE TO MAKE A GAME LIKE THIS,
FOR THESE SYSTEMS
THE PC/XBOX 360 AND PS3 SYSTEM..
LOOKING MORE REAL.... STAY COOL AWESOME WORK
Senshine on Tue, 27 September 2011 5:53am

time to do Goku ;)
awesome stuff!
Marcus on Sat, 01 October 2011 1:38am

I really think someone could use this to make a movie ... fantastic job of you ...

Everytime I see this art I get stunned looking the details..

Keep up the glorious work!
Zap123 on Tue, 11 October 2011 1:07am

maya lvl 80...
Brent87st (Forums) on Mon, 17 October 2011 10:19am

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Anthony on Sun, 05 February 2012 3:32am

I want this on my wall. I was hoping you would OK it for me to print this as a poster.
Mitar on Sun, 10 June 2012 2:59pm

its extra majin buu is stroonger

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