Human Skin Shader Test [Download]

[SoK]

Hi, this is my test of human skin.

- 1 Light
- 1 Material
- No Render Adjustments

>> Download Material: material.zip (http://www2.zbrushcentral.com/uploaded_from_zbc/200407/user_file-1085919872snp.zip)

>> Download Light: light.zip (http://www2.zbrushcentral.com/uploaded_from_zbc/200407/user_file-1085919894qqs.zip)


Put here your tests with this material and variations of this, please ;)

http://www2.zbrushcentral.com/uploaded_from_zbc/200405/user_image-1085919847tex.jpg

Kisses :)

[50'sKID]

What a great face, and material, SoK. Thanks! 50.

[BazC]

Very nice mat, great head too! Thanks! - Baz

[SoK]

Thanks ;)

VARIATION 1

- 1 Light
- 1 Material
- No Render Adjustments

>> Download Material: material2.zip (http://www2.zbrushcentral.com/uploaded_from_zbc/200407/user_file-1085924380yvl.zip)

>> Download Light: light2.zip (http://www2.zbrushcentral.com/uploaded_from_zbc/200407/user_file-1085924409ohw.zip)

http://www2.zbrushcentral.com/uploaded_from_zbc/200405/user_image-1085924348aso.jpg

[U-Jin]

Looks pretty good :tu: , keep it coming :)
Definitely gonna try the materials, thanx

U-Jin

[abxy]

I think the quality of these renders are due to my crappy pc, but more specifically my 16mb TNT video card(noticable color banding in the renders), and this being the first model[wip] that I ever made with z2(not a very good mesh).

With that said, I think the materials work pretty well SoK! I liked what I got...And these are my results taken straight from z2 with no material or light variations...

material 1 / light 1

http://www2.zbrushcentral.com/uploaded_from_zbc/200405/user_image-1085939550shk.jpg

material 2 / light 2

http://www2.zbrushcentral.com/uploaded_from_zbc/200405/user_image-1085939772unp.jpg


Thanks SoK!! What do you all think?

[SoK]

Abxy: very well in your model :tu:

I try to obtain a good material of human skin. Suggestions please?

- 2 Light
- 1 Material
- No Render Adjustments

>> Download Material: material3.zip (http://www2.zbrushcentral.com/uploaded_from_zbc/200407/user_file-1085941022srt.zip)

>> Download Light: light3.zip (http://www2.zbrushcentral.com/uploaded_from_zbc/200407/user_file-1085941038wzm.zip)

http://www2.zbrushcentral.com/uploaded_from_zbc/200405/user_image-1085941727lim.jpg

[Jinxius]

Sok, the last one seems the best now.

Continue working on it :tu:

Jinxius.

[turx]

Third one looks great!

[SoK]

Thanks :) Another test with other model (with the last variation).

http://www2.zbrushcentral.com/uploaded_from_zbc/200405/user_image-1085943820fui.jpg

[Jinxius]

Absolutely Great ! :eek:

If you could accept an advice try to merge the latest settings for the skin with the fisrt one applied to the cartilagineous parts of the face such as the hears and the tip of the nose...and post the results it could look interesting...use masking to try these mix...worth a try...

Hope this works out even better results.

Jinxius.

[jantim]

Thank's for the skinmaterials and lighsetups
I used your skinmaterial setup nr. 3 for this
testrender....looks better than any of my materials !! http://www2.zbrushcentral.com/uploaded_from_zbc/200405/user_image-1085950895gzp.jpg
For this image , i altered the cavity settings , the specular value and the shadows http://www2.zbrushcentral.com/uploaded_from_zbc/200405/user_image-1085951571qjo.jpg

[wchamlet]

Thanks for sharing this! They all look great, although I took down the noise and color bump. I think this is one of the best skin materials I've seen for Zbrush.

http://www2.zbrushcentral.com/uploaded_from_zbc/200405/user_image-1085951389xvk.jpg

Nice job! :tu:

[RobW]

Yes, thanks SoK for getting this started. I like these as starting points much more than the ones I've been using. These two were modified in various ways- for instance, when you have a map already specifying various levels of red and whatnot already, the colorize diffuse has to be cut down, or the blend-amount in S1 killed. 2skin_vars.zip (http://www2.zbrushcentral.com/uploaded_from_zbc/200407/user_file-1085954940omv.zip)

http://www2.zbrushcentral.com/uploaded_from_zbc/200405/user_image-1085955042kva.jpg
http://www2.zbrushcentral.com/uploaded_from_zbc/200405/user_image-1085955120lza.jpg

[Dickie]

Here is a render of my first clown with Sokar's
skin material. I used 3 lights, 1 main warm light and 2 Cooler lights. The second image (The one with more purples and contrast) is the
same image tweaked in photoshop.

I'm having trouble getting contrast in my render. I think it might be some settings in the skin material. I'll play more and see what I can come up with.

Either way, thank you Sokar for sharing your excellent skin material with us. It's a hell of a nice one...: ))

Dickie
http://www2.zbrushcentral.com/uploaded_from_zbc/200405/user_image-1085955753euk.jpg

http://www2.zbrushcentral.com/uploaded_from_zbc/200405/user_image-1085955736jos.jpg

[Aztec...soljA]

this is awsome guys thanks on the freeee stuff . Nice models!
Thx for sharing.

[robotalk]

Thank You SoK for this great material and light set up here's my first try with the initial skin and lights !! I'll get to the 2nd settings soon !

http://www2.zbrushcentral.com/uploaded_from_zbc/200405/user_image-1085980157eug.jpg


Robo's little movie -Absinthe- sound on ! (http://zed.cbc.ca/go.ZeD?POS=14&CONTENT_ID=138067&FILTER_KEY=336768&page=content) :D

[Dickie]

Robw,

Those portraits are wonderful. I admire your use of detail in the sculpting.

Dickie

[Abyssis]

Dear wchamlet, with this material looks your FUNtastic model more than _G_R_E_A_T_ :tu: :tu:

[Abyssis]

RobW, I really enjoy your both characters, also many thanx 4 material variations :tu:
You´re the man :tu:

[brutal monk]

Hi hi!!
I tried or meterial and that was cool but the noise was a bit much for me so there's the pic:
http://www2.zbrushcentral.com/uploaded_from_zbc/200405/user_image-1085995136dts.jpg
Good?

[Dickie]

OK, I did a VERY quick and dirty paint job on the clown. I used Sokar's standard light and skin material. I definately like the feel of it...The darker image was a quick tweak in photoshop for a nice illustrative feel and richer color work...

Dickie http://www2.zbrushcentral.com/uploaded_from_zbc/200405/user_image-1085997720alr.jpg
http://www2.zbrushcentral.com/uploaded_from_zbc/200405/user_image-1085998299hle.jpg

[skycastle]

Yes Sok the skin Shader is cool.
Thanks!

Dave http://www2.zbrushcentral.com/uploaded_from_zbc/200405/user_image-1086006597ets.jpg

[manou]

Third light and material posted i think :
http://www2.zbrushcentral.com/uploaded_from_zbc/200405/user_image-1086008507biw.jpg
Thx !

[vlad74]

Thank you for sharing this wonderful material with the community SoK. This is my test.I didn't change the settings.


http://www2.zbrushcentral.com/uploaded_from_zbc/200405/user_image-1086015385yky.jpg

[NilreMK]

I tweaked the values in photoshop a little.

http://www2.zbrushcentral.com/uploaded_from_zbc/200405/user_image-1086019069qnr.jpg

[Abyssis]

SoK, old-buddy :D , sorry, I forgot (is it right grammar???) to say __THANK_YOU_VERY_MUCH__
for your material :tu: :tu:
(BTW, I love your "galeria magna" :tu: especially 2D"true love" is AWSOME...)

[RobW]

Thanks again SOK. Couldn't help messing with it more, so here's another variation. Can't recall everything I did, but it uses gel, a little reflection, and the noise function turned off completely. I do believe noise will slide over the surface if you render an animation or spin, which may not be something you want in a general-use shader.

oldelf_skin1.zip (http://www2.zbrushcentral.com/uploaded_from_zbc/200407/user_file-1086025114ign.zip)
http://www2.zbrushcentral.com/uploaded_from_zbc/200405/user_image-1086025149gjv.jpg

[travart]

return of z skin shading :D

nice stuff, I think a good further touch is to add some more skin details in texture, light veins, blemish, varying color as the blood is different, etc

[jantim]

could not resist using your skin nr.3 on this
model, the skinmaterial looks great on wrinkled models....again ,thank you SoK !! http://www2.zbrushcentral.com/uploaded_from_zbc/200405/user_image-1086031119wmd.jpg
...and with a smoother model http://www2.zbrushcentral.com/uploaded_from_zbc/200405/user_image-1086038195xzi.jpg

[froyd]

Sok, now i am in trouble :) I looked for a skin mat a week ago and decided to adjust the one shown in the practical guide for my needs. What came out looks like this:

http://www2.zbrushcentral.com/uploaded_from_zbc/200405/user_image-1086041492eid.jpg

I have to say, that i tweaked the mat after the texture was applied, so the mat doesnt look like skin without the texture. but anyway, i shre it here: jerry-skin3.zip (http://www2.zbrushcentral.com/uploaded_from_zbc/200407/user_file-1086041593zry.zip)

then i tried your 1st material, tweaked abt 30 mins ( :) ) and what came out looks like this:

http://www2.zbrushcentral.com/uploaded_from_zbc/200405/user_image-1086041754qyw.jpg

i must say i like the colouring of the 2nd one, but... i cant see any skin details, like in the 1st pic, although the mat "simulates" detail. Now i dont know which one i should use... Maybe you can give me advice? ^^

Anyway - very nice material, sok!

greetings

PS: btw.... can you guess who it is? :D
here is a link to another wip of him where i tried to paint hair... its definitely not finished yet... link (http://www.froyd-euch.de/daten/jerry-stage7.jpg)

[Houdini]

This is very good!!
Here is my example: (head made in Wings3D)

http://www2.zbrushcentral.com/uploaded_from_zbc/200405/user_image-1086044718eaz.jpg

[artboy21]

some amazing skin materials going around here! thanks everyone for sharing. i can't wait ot try my own variations. these are some of the best skin mats i have seen for zbrush.

artboy

[jotajota]

:tu: excelente material lo he utilizado
con ajustes en el ambiente de la luz y varia dramaticamente el resultado.. :D http://www2.zbrushcentral.com/uploaded_from_zbc/200406/user_image-1086156265dlr.jpg

[Polaris30]

jotajota
:tu: :tu: :tu: :tu: :tu: :tu: +

:D :tu:

[mickatt]

here is my test rendering with a dinosaur I made

thanks a lot for sharing your shader

dino_shader_resize1.jpg

dino_shader_resize2.jpg

[Pixolator]

Hi :)
This is an excellent thread to test a new thread-gallery script! Clicking the link below will allow you to see thumbnails of all images uploaded to this thread...

View the gallery (http://www.pixolator.com/cgi-bin/get_topic_thumbs.cgi?t=15806)
Note: The auto-gallery script is currently being tested and when ready, it will be made available to use and access from all threads in the ZBrush Forum.

-Pixolator

[Frenchy Pilou]

The Gallery script seems work fine :)
Pilou

[-]

Thank. Material Skin it Good!! :tu:
http://www.pixolator.com/zbc-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic&f=1&t=015835

[vlad74]

Changed some of the material and light settings.Wonderful shader.

http://www2.zbrushcentral.com/uploaded_from_zbc/200406/user_image-1086270634oko.jpg

[Ryo Asura]

Hey~ i'm new at zbrush and when i tried to upload the materials u made~ i got some error...can anyone help poor old newb like me? :confused:

[jantim]

material nr.1 used on my inflated piggie,....this material looks great on flabs
of skin, but perhaps i overdone the inflate
deformation ? :D http://www2.zbrushcentral.com/uploaded_from_zbc/200406/user_image-1087151123wjk.jpg

[Abyssis]

No way, jantim, its g_r_e_a_t :tu:

[Dickie]

No, The inflate works perfectly. It gives him his own sense of character. Of course this is just my opinion, so take it with a grain of salt...lol


Dickie

[Aztec...soljA]

Ok I tried some of the materials, reduced the bumps and did so much work... nice one guys! http://www2.zbrushcentral.com/uploaded_from_zbc/200406/user_image-1087182819uic.jpg

[ed_the_atom]

Thanks Sok I've had a number of plays with your material and lights...........excellent.

Here is an experiment on a preliminary model I have been working on, when I have a spare moment.

Note the flat coloured ears.......that is from deleting a layer with nothing on it and it flattened the ears on the main layer....nothing I tried could fix that. No biggie as this is just a play version, but could have really pissed me off had it been needed. Could be a trap for younger players. One ear went black the other a flesh colour.

Anyway thanks again.

http://www2.zbrushcentral.com/uploaded_from_zbc/200406/user_image-1087209207zmi.jpg


I will post the finished version when I get a chance to actually finish the modelling.

[Houdini]

I can´t believe...it´s...it´s him...it´s...Bean!!!
FANTASTIC!!!!

[Frenchy Pilou]

I remember Mr Bean to pass a napkin from ear to the other in direct line ;)
Maybe this is the result :D
Cool modeling! :tu:
Pilou

[Abyssis]

ed_the_atom :D :D Bean is super-freaky-good :tu: :tu:

[turx]

ed_the_atom! the your Mr.Bean is amazing!
When i saw the thumb, i immediately entered to see him :)

Please finish as soon as possible and put a bigger version :)

thanks for sharing

[Dickie]

Ed, That Rowan Atkinson is Excellent!!!! I knew that Zbrush would be a hell of a tool for characature and sure enough, your Mr. Bean nails it! Can't wait to see the final piece...: )

Dickie

[artboy21]

Mr. Bean all the way! i could tell right away who it was. great caricature ETA! i like the suit and the classic "Bean" expression!


artboy

[Fouad B.]

:D :tu: :tu: Ed very nice character

[ed_the_atom]

Thanks people, but I'm afraid Bean is not right yet.......

Either is this one, but is slightly better, although the material and colouring kinda fell apart. Still easier to paint the guy by hand and brush onto paper :rolleyes:

http://www2.zbrushcentral.com/uploaded_from_zbc/200406/user_image-1087310633xuq.jpg

[brutal monk]

This is fantastic coool coool nice :)
:eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek:

[ejder]

Material3 and Light3 as it is. Very good results. No doubt, with some tweaking would be better.

http://www2.zbrushcentral.com/uploaded_from_zbc/200406/user_image-1087822396uhm.jpg


http://www2.zbrushcentral.com/uploaded_from_zbc/200406/user_image-1087822489mqm.jpg


http://www2.zbrushcentral.com/uploaded_from_zbc/200406/user_image-1087822521shw.jpg

[jantim]

I used the fiber and colorizerbrush on a fresh inflated piggie...its not perfect, but
the fiberbrush opens up a whole new world of options and problems....Zbrush keeps me
in its deadly grip :p http://www2.zbrushcentral.com/uploaded_from_zbc/200406/user_image-1088273958fgp.jpg

[Dickie]

Jantim, this character is very well done. I'm digging all the detail work, bigtime. Glad ya stuck with the inflated version. It definately exaggerates his "pigginess". Great work!

Dickie

[jantim]

Thank Dickie,

I know your a master of the fiberbrush, so
your opinion is not taken with a grain of salt ;)
Hope you finish your Lich wip soon, that was a great skull, and a material to match!

[Drummer]

Thank U SoK for your Human Skin Shader :tu:
very good !! :cool:

[eltel]

does the shader only work in Z2?

[JECKY666]

im kind of new to zbrush
here is my results with your metrial and light
tnx alot hope u like it :)ZBrush Document 10.jpg

[_dado]

awesome materials and lights, SoK. i hope you don't mind that i linked your thread to mine since someone asked me for the material i was using. wish this website could have a "material" and "light" download section with previews. anyway, once again, fantastic lights and materials man.



dado

[DarK ZanatoS]

:D AWSOME DUDE! nice one , i been working only with zbrush a week and a half, and i couldnt do the skin material i found yours i try it, and here its the render, a goblin smiling face with human textureA goblin smiling face- improvedsmall.jpg

[TheClimax]

• Wow Gerardo! great models:eek: I take my cap off on your work!;)

[Mikey05]

Face Test.jpg
Hello guys, heres my first post on this site.. been using zbrush for 5 days and had a go with this skin material..< thanks for that< I like it a lot and think it looks good. a little shiny i think, needs a little less noise..
I need help understanding "multimarkers". If you know any good zscripts or tutorials i would be greatfull..

[Mikey05]

ps... how do you apply different materials/textures to different models in zbrush?

[quasty]

Thank you very much for the shader and all your work looks really great.

But I've three questions - 'cause my model doesn't look like these :)

Can I use the Skin Shader on an existing skin texture? I've an existing UVmapped texture applying different skin colors on different locations of the head. Can I use the shader to modify the underlying texture accordingly? When I use these shaders with a existing texture the skin looks very red (I believe the color values of texture and shader are added).

Can I "scale" the material stucture? On my modell it looks a bit noisy and not very healty skin. :)

The Shader is modifiing amongst others the reflection attributes of different light types, isn't? Can I just on the basis of this shader export a specular (color) map, diffuse (color) map, etc.?

[pixelsoul]

:DCoool this is what i was looking for great post im saving them all :p

[Tim Leydecker]

Hi Sok,

fiddling with your material3 plus light3, the left one using Gelshading,
the middle is without shadows rendered while the right one has shadows.
Turned down the noise amount on all of them, tho.

Thanks alot for sharing. Lovely materials...

Cheers

tim

Leydecker_sokskin.jpg

[IllustrateLife]

haha...Im luvin ur test render, is that a ear/spine/boob lol...good model for testing a skin tho, Im sure thats why u did it, I thought it was a phone in thumbnail

[Tim Leydecker]

Hi,

it actually started as a phone. The Page 196 Practical Guide tutorial.
Couldn´t get the *.obj replaces subD level1 trrick* to work, initially.

Asked here, aurick answered. Responsive ZBrush Hotline 24/7 here...

That had me drift off a bit, yes. It´s boob and spine and *else*.
Will probably try fibers and Projectionmaster for an even more
lifelike appearance. As soon as I´m sure I won´t get banned
for being obscene. Which is not intended. It´s meant to be a study.

Leydecker_answered.jpg (http://javascript%3Cb%3E%3C/b%3E:zb_insimg%28%2714143%27,%27Leydecker_answered .jpg%27,1,0%29)

[Sebcesoir]

sweet! a phone with nipples! What a good idea!!!

[Frenchy Pilou]

...it's a call bell :D
Pilou

[IllustrateLife]

ALRIGHT HERES MINE...BEAUTIFUL MATERIAL MAN!!!! No changes at all, seemed to work very very well compared to some other people. I think the way you have that material set up works well with rough skin.

http://www.zbrushcentral.com/zbc/showpost.php?p=216926&postcount=3

[logan17]

i'm new to zbrush. what do you do after you download this?

[jlester2000]

Yes, I am also new to loading and using materials and lights, and I would also greatly appreciate info on loading the mats and lights to the proper place in order to have them to use.

Thanks.

[jlester2000]

No one ever responds to my questions. This happens to me a lot on here. I guess I'm just unlucky. :(

[pixelsoul]

Well its pretty obvious.. but you have a menu entry called material and one called light.. then you press the load button and see the magic appear :cool:

[jlester2000]

Well, it turned out to be pretty simple....and I did figure it out.
Anyway,.....thanks for the response. :)

[Kangaroo Number One]

This is my first ZBrushing ever, and while I never thought he'd look right with human skin, goddamn this here's pretty damn nice! Thanks, great job.

Head-Flesh.jpg

[Bpharr273]

The skin shader does work well and to an extent the material baker is pretty good. However, how do I get the displacements (the texture not color) of the skin saved out as part of the displacement map so my model will actually feel like skin? This is mainly where I'm stuck right now and I need some help with this.:cry:

Thanks,

Brian

[meletis]

Thanks so much for these!!!

Head Final.jpg (http://javascript%3Cb%3E%3C/b%3E:zb_insimg%28%2731750%27,%27Head%20Final.jpg%2 7,1,0%29)

[celcius99]

I have a varation of the shader going too thanks keep up the good work!!


head8.jpg (http://javascript%3cb%3e%3c/b%3E:zb_insimg%28%2731686%27,%27head8.jpg%27,1,0%2 9)

[SPW55]

These materials look very nice, but I got something completely different, in preview there is some yellowish specularity, and final render doesn't look anything like those images I saw in this tread. I've used material and light settings no.3).

...would be really grateful for some help, I'm really stuck with these skin shaders... I've tried some other materials and got some weird results (neon green skin even if base/diffuse color is brown - Sebastian Legran skin shader for instance, ).

Thanks.

[Shadowscheme]

The materials and light files probably apply to zbrush 2, judging by the dates on the posts...You probably have to do something different with the later versions of zbrush. I recommend looking up KrakenCMT's shader it has a pretty good results that also lets you adjust the light set up a bit. Good luck!

[PSTCHOART]

why this material not working for zbrush 3.5 r3 ?


Thanks

[Stefanos_Petras]

Thank you so much for this material! It worked great! Here is dr. Zoidberg from futurama. It's a WIP, not finished yet.

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