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Claudine Nascimento (ZBC user name “mulungu”) has just been added to the ZBrush Turntable Gallery. The model that won him the nod is a very detailed and well textured bust. Check out the image in his thread at ZBrushCentral, and the 360 view in his Turntable Gallery.

Our “live” ZBrush 4R2 Student Game Character Challenge at the Montreal International Game Summit (MIGS) on November 2, once again proved to be a great success with 20 students being challenged to create a ‘Time Bandit’ game character in ZBrush 4R2, “live” from scratch in 3 hours!

The contest was presented, mentored and judged on behalf of Pixologic, by the team of pro artists at THQ Montreal, lead by David Giraud and Marco “Splash” Plouffe –big thanks to you guys!

Creations were judged by the THQ panel on the basis of:

Artistic skill and overall design
Most creative and original interpretation of theme
Best use of ZBrush 4R2 tools and features

The ZBrush “live” real time challenge created a thrilling and captivating buzz, as students’ creations came to life on monitors and a large projection screen in the designated MIGS competition arena.

A big ‘thank you’ to the MIGS 2011 organizers, and to all student ‘ZBrushers’ who participated. We were very impressed with the standard of work and hope you enjoyed the experience and opportunity to show your artistic skills and creativity under the pressure and glare of fellow artists and students. We hope to do more live ZBrush ‘sculpt – offs’ in the future!

Gold – 1st place: Maxime Masse
Silver- 2nd place: Emilien Fontaine
Bronze- 3rd place: Jean-Philippe Toutant

Each receive a full commercial license of ZBrush 4R2

Special mentions and ZBrush training DVD’s go to: Obed Jose and François Bergeron Demers

Maxime Masse, the winner, commented:

“I didn’t know what kind of competition to expect but it ended up really fun. The theme (“Time Bandits”) was interesting but I had no actual design in head. I simply went ahead and figured it out along the way, which is one on the good things ZBrush allows us to do, especially now. The 3 hour limit is very challenging but I guess that’s what brings out your best. Thank you for the challenge and the opportunity!”

Please see the MIGS 2011 ZBrush 4R2 Student Game Character Challenge images below.

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Images courtesy of the NAD Center.

Artist Jose Alves da Silva (aka zeoyn) is our most recent inductee into the ZBrush Turntable Gallery! His sculpt, “General Rhino,” was created entirely in ZBrush and rendered with the new BPR system. He made this for an upcoming tutorial in 3D Creative Magazine. Keep your eyes peeled for it!

It’s that time of year again! Witches and monsters, spooks and silliness; everything is fair game in this year’s ZBC Halloween Challenge. Your chance to scare people with the power of your imagination!!!

Instructions
Between now and October 31, open a thread in the Halloween Challenge 2011 forum. You can start with a completed image or you can post a work-in-progress that you will finish by Halloween. Share your techniques, advice and critiques with your fellow entrants. Above all, have fun!

• Your entry must have a Halloween theme.
• Your entry should be created entirely in ZBrush. It can be a full scene, a turntable or a scary model.
• Keep it clean! No entry should require the “Mature Audience” tag.

Deadline for entries is the witching hour: Midnight on October 31, 2011.

The Halloween Challenge historically gives participants a lot of exposure, so be sure to make your creation something that you can be proud of! Really push the limits of what you can do!

Start your thread here!