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A dying tree spirit is reaching for the heavens to see them for the last time.

I used Zbrush 3.1 to create many of the elements in this picture, such as the tree spirit, the cliff, the mushrooms and one of the hills. I then textured them using Photoshop CS 3.
The rest was done completely in Photoshop CS 3.

I tried to make this picture look as surrealistic as possible in order to reflect the dying tree spirit's last thoughts, as I imagine that one's last thoughts are probably somewhat insane and delusional.


Edit: This picture appears too dark on some screens. Click here to view a brightened version: http://img167.imageshack.us/img167/7183/onelastwish17extralightml6.jpg]]> Wed, 04 Jun 2008 04:59:11 +0000 http://thecheshirecat.cgsociety.org/gallery/597672

A picture presented from an out of time perspective - The viewer is looking at a past event, a deer drinking from a pond - Only the deer is seen in his present, skeletal form.

The deer skeleton was modeled in Zbrush 3.1, and the scene made in 3ds Max 2008, with some minor editing in Photoshop CS 3.

Wallpaper version - http://two.xthost.info/tomsegal/gallery/images/pic17a.jpg]]> Tue, 19 Feb 2008 18:47:21 +0000 http://thecheshirecat.cgsociety.org/gallery/546440

A creature made of fungi living in a marsh of giant mushrooms.
based on artwork by Blizzard Entertainment. ( http://www.wowwiki.com/Image:Fungal_Giant_Art.jpg )
higher resolution - http://two.xthost.info/tomsegal/gallery/images/pic16a.jpg

Created 95% in Zbrush 3 and 5% in photoshop.
Modeled in Zbrush, fixed to a certian pose, painted vines and extra textures, and lastly added elements such as the the glowing eyes, the mouth stitches and the mushroom blur in Photoshop.

The mushrooms are subtools, not actually attached to the model but painted over so they will look more attached. I made about 6 different kinds.

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A mythical sea monster residing in its golden hall.]]> Thu, 04 Oct 2007 01:16:32 +0000 http://thecheshirecat.cgsociety.org/gallery/354059

An untouchable object floating in magical myst.]]> Fri, 05 May 2006 10:07:42 +0000