fotorealistic man with beard

[jellyfishcube]

Hi
I had the idea to sculpt a friend of mine who has a beard. But

first: it’s one of my first sculpts I try fotorealistic
second: I just have a picture with hair for texture and I realised that this is very difificult and the light also is not so good.

For a man with beard, do you composite the texture with others so that you have no hair anymore?

What about the beard? I tried with Fibre Mash, but I have to take very high length, and it looks at all not like the beard example picture.
When i change the ScaleRoot and ScaleTip I don’t have the feeling the hair is thicker.

Do you have some tips maybe?

It’s really difficult, all Artists who can sculpt fotorealistic are very very good I think. :-))

Tanks for feedback.

Denise

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[Doug_Jones]

What you see in the preview isn’t the same as what will appear in a properly executed render. LOTS of settings to tweak in several places

[dillster]

Fibremesh takes practice to find settings that work best for your particular needs such as beards, eyelashes, belly hairs etc.
your beard looks to be too fine and straight. I suggest less fibres and thickening up the others. Play with variations in the length, curl etc.