MAXTER·WIP

Monkey

2012-02-07T15:01:00.000-05:00

I plan to continue exploring more possibilities of the new features of zbrush 4r2b and also try out the new groom brushes, so I started a new project including some doodles. Here is the first one... rendered using BPR and BPR filters:.

ZBrush FiberMesh Test

2012-01-27T13:42:00.002-05:00

.:Playing around a bit with the new Fibermesh stuff on my yeti. Amazing feature!:.

Cammy

2012-01-09T15:23:00.000-05:00

I've always felt the strength and beauty of this character and wanted to try something that would highlight these features, just like those action figures of anime girls with slender builds and delicate faces. Started from an unique mesh, the model was sculpted, painted and rendered in ZBrush. Enjoy:.

Miss October :)

2012-01-04T16:00:00.001-05:00

.:Starting this year with good news...My recent work Cammy was featured in the 2012 CGArena Wallpaper Calendar:.

Interview

2011-11-26T13:22:00.001-05:00

Pixel to Voxel has just published on their website an interview in Spanish about me and my work. Click here to view the article. Thanks HS3D:.

Goliath

2011-11-19T15:56:00.001-05:00

God of Warriors. Final model. Here is just a creature I did as a concept for Dominance War V Challenge. The realtime model has 16k tris and 2k textures. Sculpted in ZBrush. I used XNormal for baking the Normal and AO maps. Textured with Photoshop and Mari. Rendered with VRay and ZBrush:.

Render Test

2011-11-10T14:12:00.001-05:00

I was trying the new Zbrush lightcap feature, quick and easy way to setup and control lights by using hdr maps, awesome feature! I also tried wax preview and BPR filters on the Red Hulk:.

Custom Printed Figures

2011-11-03T15:22:00.000-05:00

Custom-made figures are now available at http://www.modelos-3d.es

3D Prints WIP3

2011-10-12T12:30:00.005-05:00

3D Prints WIP2

2011-09-24T12:35:00.004-05:00

.:More of this stuff:.

3D Prints WIP1

2011-09-16T13:54:00.000-05:00

These are some designs I've been working on for a 3D printing company. This is going to be part of a line of customized figures made from client's pictures. I'm using the same base mesh for the heads and tweaking their proportion and size in ZBrush:.

Featured Artwork

2011-09-01T13:27:00.000-05:00

Don Corleone has been featured in the current issue of Ceiga Magazine:.

DW5 WIP Update

2011-05-13T13:35:00.007-05:00

GAME ARTISANS WIP THREAD

Adolfo Malevo

2011-04-25T14:29:00.010-05:00

This is a work I did for a Character Design contest hosted by Pixologic and ZBrushCentral Spain. His alias is Adolfo Malevo and he is supposed to be an experienced journalist. The whole model was made in Zbrush, from the base mesh, sculpting, polypainting, materials and BPR renders. It was finalist and eventually winner of the contest. I'm very greatful to the ZBrush Spanish community and sponsors. Thank you!

Dominance War 5 WIP

2011-04-23T14:44:00.012-05:00

Dominance War is the largest game art character competition involving many different forums worldwide. The final chapter on this war has begun and this time will be the time of gods. I'm running for the Game Artisans team and chose to go with Goliath, the God of Warriors. You can see more over at my DWV WIP thread on Game Artisans:.

Interview

2011-03-19T13:01:00.005-05:00

I was interviewed by 3D DTuts and 3DM3 websites. The article is about my start in 3D and my experience as Character Modeler. Check out the interview HERE

Making Of's

2011-03-01T13:50:00.003-05:00

.:My Making of's are now availables on 3DGraphics and 3DM3 websites:.

Alien Creature

2011-02-23T14:03:00.005-05:00

.:More of this stuff. Now an alien creature. I spent about 3 hours on this one:.

Fat Guy

2011-02-17T13:53:00.003-05:00

Another sculpting practice. It's just my second sculpt for the Daily Sculpting Exercises thread. This time theme is Fatties. 2.5 hours:.

Ogre

2011-02-06T14:10:00.008-05:00

Orcs and Ogres! Who can resist to create one of these creatures? Well, recently I found a thread on Game Artisans forum titled Daily Sculpting Exercises. One of the themes of this week was just Orcs and Ogres, so I couldn't resist to enter and thought to do a creature inspired by the fantastic illustrations of Paul Bonner. This is just a sculpting practice and it took me a bit more than 2 hours:.

.:Here's the timelapse video of the first hour of fun ;) Enjoy:.

Eddy Raja - Realtime Character

2011-01-20T12:48:00.010-05:00

This was a game character test I did for the guys at Naugthy Dog, the creators of the popular UNCHARTED game series. The task consisted in create a realtime version of Eddy, the leader of an indonesian pirate gang, for an fictional upcoming game. Here is the final character rendered with mental ray and the marmoset engine:.

Featured Image

2011-01-15T13:19:00.009-05:00

It's great to start the year with good news. My cartoon version of Vito Corleone has been included in the 3D Total and CG Arena galleries:.

New Look

2011-01-04T14:58:00.010-05:00

New year and new design for my blog. Hope everyone likes the new look. BTW, here is a collection of HD wallpapers I did from my latest works. Enjoy them all!:.

Happy Holidays!

2010-12-24T15:11:00.003-05:00

I just want to take a moment to wish Happy Holidays to everyone!

Thanks for all the support!

Making Of Amazon Warrior

2010-11-27T14:00:00.010-05:00

.:CG Arena has published the Making of Amazon Warrior. Check out the article here:.

.:Thanks a lot!:.

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A new article about my recent work Amazon Warrior has been published in the latest issue of Render Out magazine. There you can also find some interesting articles about Leonardo da Vinci and Rick Baker, the master of makeup effects. Direct Download Link :.

.:Thank you again for the support Marco Antonio:.

Hardcore Modeling Challenge

2010-11-07T14:31:00.009-05:00

I've joined to the CG Talk Hardcore Modeling Challenge #28. The topic is Comic Book Masters and the task is to sculpt a creature, character or diorama based on the style of an influential comic book artist. Hellboy (still wip) is my initial character choice and Ashley Wood as my comic book master:.

Comicon 2010

2010-09-23T11:30:00.000-05:00

Well, time for the Comicon!! The annual competition hosted by GameArtisans has begun and this time I'm gonna go with a younger version of Wonder Woman with a more modern look. This will be a great challenge and a good opportunity to create my own version of this iconic superheroine:.

.:.WIP Thread.:.

The Godfather

2010-07-22T13:31:00.009-05:00

Well, I've finished my entry for the Movie Mashup Challenge. Fun contest, really enjoyed everyone's entries and I'm happy to know that this guy got 3rd place. Thanks judges for the comments and thanks to the sponsors too! Here are the winners:.

Don Vito WIP

2010-07-08T13:15:00.003-05:00

I started a new project for the monthly 3DTotal Challenge. This time the theme is Movie Mashup and you must do an image mixing elements from two favourites feature films. So I thought making an scene from The Godfather adapted to Pixar's Up style. I hope I can make it through:.

Amazon Warrior

2010-05-27T11:36:00.012-05:00

This was my entry for the recent 3DTotal Sculpting Challenge. The theme was about female amazon warriors and it's great to know that she got a second place. View results here. I spent about of 15 hours on this slender girl:.

Making Of Alien

2010-05-19T14:15:00.004-05:00

I've recently wrote a making of article for the Render Out Magazine. The article gives a brief overview of the creation process of my latest work ALIEN. Click here to download it:.

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.:Now you can also read this article at CGArena:.

May the Force be with You

2010-05-11T20:34:00.005-05:00

Well, this is a sculpting practice I did recently. I wanted to make a young version of this known character. Enjoy it:.

Best Character Tutorials and Making Of's

2010-05-06T13:47:00.006-05:00

3D Total has made a compilation of 50 of the best character tutorials and making of's. I'm very glad that the Making of Red Hulk article has been selected in this collection:.

ZBrushCentral Top Row

2010-02-26T14:22:00.007-05:00

I'm so happy to see that my Alien ZSketch has been featured on ZBrushCentral. There, you can find all the creation process and also can see some time lapse videos showing the zsketching technique I used to create it:.

Alien

2010-02-03T12:43:00.001-05:00

Alien zsketch finished:.

.: WIP here :.

Making Of Red Hulk

2010-01-15T13:28:00.010-05:00

Now you can find my Making of Red Hulk article at 3dtotal and CGArena sites:.

Comicon Challenge Top 20

2010-01-14T14:04:00.002-05:00

I'm honored to have been selected as one of The Comicon Challenge's Top 20 3D Challengers. That was really a great experience:.

ZSKETCH·MANIA

2009-12-21T15:32:00.009-05:00

I have started my new blog project called ZSKETCH·MANIA. Recently, I had some time to play a bit with the ZSketch tool, the new ZBrush feature based on zspheres and it was really a great experience, so I wanted to start to explore the possibilities of this powerful and addictive tool:.

CGArena Article

2009-12-11T13:01:00.022-05:00

I got the article about the Making of Red Hulk featured in the latest issue of CGArena magazine. Link . This month is going very well:.

.:Thanks:.

CGPortfolio

2009-12-10T23:32:00.012-05:00

My portfolio was featured on the front page of CGPortfolio at CGSociety. I'm so happy about how things are turning out:.

.:Thank you:.

The Yeti

2009-11-30T20:56:00.013-05:00

Here is my latest sculpt for the 3D Total Sculpting Challenge. This time's theme was about mythical creatures and I choosed to do this friendly guy. ~9 hours of work:.

Render Out Article

2009-11-04T12:01:00.014-05:00

In the latest issue of the Render Out magazine has been published a Making of (spanish version) about my recent work Red Hulk. The article consist of 8 pages showing all the creation process:.

.:Here is the link to download the magazine:.
Thanks Marco Antonio!

Zombie Clown

2009-10-31T10:39:00.006-05:00

It's Halloween and there couldn't miss the zombies. Here's another practice for the speed sculpting challenge. 5 hours of work:.

Animation Today Interview

2009-09-25T01:00:00.007-05:00

Animation Today is an english magazine published from India in the field of CG and Animation. I got an interview with them and it was published in the latest issue. The article is focused on modeling and digital sculpting. I also wrote a “making of” about my work Lord Ambrosius:.

Thank you Ranjith!

Cammy

2009-09-15T13:32:00.003-05:00

This was my entry for the 18th 3DTotal Speed Sculpting Challenge. Topic: Videogame Character. It took 6 hours of work, base mesh included:.

Red Hulk

2009-09-10T13:56:00.011-05:00

.: Here is my final entry at Game Artisans :.

Thread WIP

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I'm very glad that this Hulk has been featured on 3DTotal forums frontpage. (updated sep 25) I also received once again the 3DTotal Excellence Award for being featured on their gallery:.

Thanks a lot!

Red Hulk WIP

2009-08-31T13:02:00.007-05:00

Well, here we go once again! The Comicon Challenge 2009 has begun.
This time I'm going with Red Hulk. This red version of the popular character was created by Jeph Loeb and Ed McGuiness (one of my favorite comic book artists) and was introduced in the Hulk series since january of 2008. Red Hulk is the wicked version of Hulk and according to his creators is more agressive, intelligent and has all the abilities of Hulk. In some issues is also called Rulk, but I preffer the original name:.

Cyborg Beast Final

2009-07-18T13:10:00.006-05:00

.: Final Entry :.

Cyborg Beast WIP

2009-07-16T13:00:00.013-05:00

My latest entry for the 17th 3D Total Speed Sculpting Challenge

Biomechanical Hybrid .:8 hours of work:.

Chaos Master

2009-04-26T12:30:00.007-05:00

Starting off my Demon Lord for the Dominance War IV. This time I hope finish it:.

Here's my entry

Jim Carrey

2009-03-20T12:22:00.007-05:00

Here is my work for the 3D Total Speed Sculpting Challenge
This time the subject is about Celebrity Caricatures :.

Vampire in GOmotion Magazine

2009-02-14T12:59:00.008-05:00

GOmotion is a new magazine for CG and Animation enthusiasts. Inside of the latest issue you can see my article about the overall process I did to make one of my works titled Vampire:.

Thanks Marta and GOmotion team!
Gomotion Magazine
Sample Issue

The Dark Night Returns

2009-01-29T23:32:00.001-05:00

Remembering the classic comic book by Frank Miller, this time the turn is for a stilized version of TDN:. (Low poly base mesh)

Yrdrig

2008-11-29T09:10:00.004-05:00

The final sculpting of this loving puppy:.

Yrdrig WIP

2008-11-14T21:01:00.004-05:00

I'm starting to work in a personal project. This time, I wanted to do this creature from an original concept by Wayne Barlowe, concept artist and character designer of the Hellboy films:.

Hellboy

2008-08-20T23:27:00.007-05:00

This was my final entry for the Comicon Challenge at Gameartisans:.

::Thread WIP::

Hellboy WIP

2008-07-28T14:54:00.007-05:00

...adding some detail on this little man:.

Popeye became real

2008-06-25T20:07:00.005-05:00

Here is another speed sculpting practice. I spent about 4 hours on this semi realistic popeye...just for fun!

Leo in CG Overdrive 2008

2008-06-15T23:16:00.001-05:00

My image The Great Flight was shortlisted for the CG Excellence Award in the digital art category:.

Astroboy

2008-06-14T22:05:00.002-05:00

My first entry (tribute to Tezuka) for the 3D Total Speed Sculpting Challenge :.

Portfolio Updated

2008-05-26T21:17:00.002-05:00

Latest images published in my CG Society Portfolio:.

My Dominance War III Entry

2008-05-22T20:16:00.000-05:00

Recently I took part in the Dominance War competition for first time. I have to say that it was a rewarding experience for me, there are very talented artists sharing their knowledge and skills. I couldn't finish it in time, but here is the character I modeled and sculpted in zbrush. I used max for the base mesh.

WIP

Awards to The Great Flight

2007-12-07T23:13:00.004-05:00

I am very glad to receive some awards for The Great Flight image

Excellence awards in the 3D Total cartoon gallery and the CG Arena characters gallery
Editor's Pick in the CG Channel Gallery
Featured Artist in the 3DM3 site

Thank you!

The Great Flight

2007-11-15T22:37:00.000-05:00

This was the main character of my entry for the Strange Behavior CGTalk Challenge. The story is about a young penguin named Leo wanting to make his dream of flying come true. Penguin model and accesories were done in max starting a basic shape, then, I added some detail in zbrush. Textures were done in photoshop and zbrush. Rocket backpack is a concept based on jet engines and diving tanks references, modeled in max and textures done in photoshop.

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