FISHERQUEEN ILLUSTRATION ( PERSONAL WORK ) SLIDE DOWN FOR A FULL STEP BY STEP, ENJOY ;)
kick concept
Base modeling in 3Dsmax+ Scratchbuild elements
Importing elements in Zbrush for detailing
Adding extra surface details with alphas
Woriking out shaders that take advantage of the relief
Rendering
reworking the colors ( had second thoughts on this one ;)
In photoshop, I isolate highlights and shadows ( color pic ) and duplicate them in a new layer to work out colors separately, lots of try outs at this stage.
added a dark gradient to help focusing on the top of the image
Added some texture effect and voila!
