Stefano Bernardi's Sketchbook

[stefanobernardi]

Thanks guys!

jkemp: for the background I used just some sparkles footage, particular is a bit too tricky...

O/MI: thanks a lot! I recorded a timelapse while sculpting the helm: I duplicated the helm mesh, inflated it with a low negative value (like -2) and made it "emerge" where there were the gold parts.

jderiggi: thanks man! The video explains it all! I used the MAHcut mech brush to draw all the gold parts. It was lot of fun trying this technique, and really fast!

I should also credit Nick Zuccarello for the human basemesh under the armor: his free tool is really awesome!

I also took another render to show better the front of the helm, and a pair of full res details: I rendered it at 3k, and the render time was pretty good, about 70 minutes per render; this makes Zbrush a good choice even for print projects!

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[AR-MAN]

awesome work & great render

[nickz]

Turned out great!! Thanks for the kind words!

[magbhitu]

great technique on the filigree! thanks for sharing. awesome render as well.

[Kron-cept]

Awesome as usual!!!

[panta]

Thank you for posting the techinque you used for the helmet gold details! I never thought of duping a subtool and pulling it through like that. The majority of that kind of detailing I've seen has been done with zsketch on top of other subtools. I like your way better. It looks like it would work well for vines too.

[sketchguy]

Great detail, and the lighting and rendering is superb!

[stefanobernardi]

Old model, new render...
I made this last year, later I posed him for my reel... this weekend was rainy, so I polypainted it and took a pair of renders.

Hope you like it!





100% detail:

[jkemp]

Very nice polypainting... and very nice render too. Me likes.

[Galero]

I really like the colors on the final render.
good job

[soulty666]

Cool character. i like the second render more. The DOF is a bit too shallow in the fist render. Are these zbrush renders?

[jack999]

so badass

[stefanobernardi]

Thanks guys!

Soulty666: yes, in this render the dof was a bit more tricky... I added three level of depths with some foliage, but obviously having a 3d environment is another thing...
I rendered these images in Zbrush and edited in After Effects, below you can see the raw render and passes:

[jderiggi]

Nice Stefano! Polypainting this guy instead I see. Are you using the same kind of shaders on the skin and other surfaces as you did for your troll character? Looking good.

[pappete]

grande stefano, always amazing render!!!