The story of the 3D production by Big Al Gruswitz of Boundless Creativity

“Make the Lincoln Memorial statue... and then make him walk!”

The following 4 images were produced for Vogel Farina Advertising for their client DepoDur®, a morphine drip for pain after surgery.

Headline: "Are your patients immobilized by postsurgical pain? Get Them Going With DepoDur."

How the images were produced

A middle-resolution model of

the Lincoln Memorial

was purchased.

This is the interior of original purchased model.

Note: wrong type of column and lack of detail in walls, chair, platform,and columns.

However, the model did providea guide as to the proper proportionsof the Memorial.

A highly-detailed Ionic column model was purchased.

Models were made and surfaces produced for walls, statue base, and chair. Then the camera and lights were positioned.

Starting with a generic

Poser head,

it was first morphed in

Poser as close as

possible to look like Lincoln.

Next, the morphed head was

brought into ZBrush

where it was “molded”

much like a clay model—

only in polygons.

Rough hair and beard

were added with further

molding.

Details were then added to the hair

and beard to finish the

head.

Here is the finished head

in the final scene with a

marble surface texture applied.

Poser figures were first posed and

then brought into ZBrush where they

were molded the same way the head was manipulated.

The Poser wardrobe

needed to be molded to

match Lincoln’s wardrobe.

Also in ZBrush the coattails were draped to match the actual statue.

Many of the details of the

Poser wardrobe

needed to be modified.

After molding, the vest, collar, lapel, coat and

shoes matched the Memorial

statue.

(Note the client requested that Lincoln

have a slight smile in the standing images.)

In each pose the Poser

wardrobe had to be modified.

Additional details such as fit and draping were molded

into the figure’s

wardrobe.

Because the Poser

wardrobe doesn’t drape

with gravity,

those details were added in

ZBrush making the figure

appear more relaxed and

animated.

It took 4 years for Daniel Chester French

to complete the original

Lincoln Memorial statue.

It took Boundless Creativity 19 days.

I’LL GLADLY MOVE MOUNTAINS FOR YOU!Boundless Creativity specializes in 3D and 2D photo-realistic illustration, medical illustration, plus difficult retouching. Whether your needs are for comps or finished art, I’ll be glad to help. If you have a new

business presentation, I’ll gladly work within your budget to help you grow your business.

If you are interested in developing a new logo for your client, I’ll be glad to explore with you. Or if you have an existing logo that you’d like to convert to 3D—I can do that, too.

To see the full range of my capabilities, please visit my site: boundless-creativity.com. Please let me know how I can be of assistance. Email me directly bigal@boundless-creativity.com or give me a call: 908 813-0054.

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