The artist is Vlad Konstantinov (must...avoid...They Might Be Giants...reference) and this is a really incredible piece of work. This is what the tyrannosaur in Walking with Dinosaurs should have looked like. Clearly, we have the technology! He used a variety of software: 3Ds Max, ZBrush, Photoshop, Vray, and Brazil r/s. I don't know what any of that means, but it clearly works. Congratulations to Vlad, and I hope to see more of his work someday.
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3DS Max is a 3D modeling/animation app (like Maya, SoftImage, or Lightwave3D).
Zbrush is a modeling tool that allows one to sculpt as if with clay.
Vray is a high-quality 3rd party renderer used for the final renders.
Brazil r/s is another renderer used for final renders.
Scott beat me to it...
In other words some $20, 000- $50, 000 worth of software/hardware.
Drool/tear...
It is a very very nice T-Rex.
I totally agree with you on the walking with dinos t-rex being kinda blah, but have you seen Prehistoric Park's? (with Nigel Marvin!)...
The Prehistoric Park rexs aren't for everyone, but I love them. Their more gracile than typical restorations (being more like a bulkier Albertosaurs than the typical rebust T-rex we're used to), and I think their my fav. They seem more lively and capable of running around and catching stuff.
In any case much better than the walking with dinos ones.
Traumador: $20,000-$50,000 would get you software far far superior to Konstantinov used here. I'm thinking that would get you Maya Unlimited, Zbrush, Pixar's Renderman, all the required hardware and probably a few other renderers to boot!
No, I think most of what he used is really the low to mid-range for 3D apps.
Hmmm. Maybe I should do a post on this.
If there's sufficient interest...
"In any case much better than the walking with dinos ones."
Which, I want to say, were largely excellent for a television series that didn't have a big-film budget. How many animals were sculpted, scanned, surfaced, rigged, and animated--some of which were only used only once very briefly? It's a fairly spectacular achievement, even if the models themselves are a bit dated today.
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