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#1

Hello Zedders (im in England:) )

I am going to start some zbrushing on this head tomorrow:

[attach=25367]alan_20_01_06.jpg[/attach]

But before i start id like to show you one i did a while ago to experiment with displacement maps in Xsi’s Mental Ray and this is the head from xsi screen first:

[attach=25368]russian.jpg[/attach]

Then i have some of the work i did in ZBrush:

[attach=25369]snow_M.jpg[/attach]

And then finally the final result rendered with XSI’s mental ray:

[attach=25370]Snow_mistress.jpg[/attach]

I will try to streamline thw workflow to integrate as much as i can Zbrush to XSI, and then both to PS for fine adjustments of the maps. In the womans case there i used ZBRUSH for mass variations and left the fine details for bump(done in PS). this time ill do the bump and 2 levels of displacement in zbrush and then see what happens LOL
I prefer to show a very early stage of development so i can assimilate your suggestions and POVs better, it helped me a lot with the man’s head at XSIBase(progress thread - http://www.xsibase.com/forum/index.php?board=5;action=display;threadid=23166 ) and it will help me here with the Zbrush part of the process im sure:)

Anyways, talked too much already. hope you guys like this:)

Saludos Muchachos!!!

Mario

Attachments

alan_20_01_06.jpg

russian.jpg

snow_M.jpg

Snow_mistress.jpg

#2

Me gusta la expresión, pero la estrella parece de papel y da la impresión de que va a caerse.
Buen modelo.:+1:

#3

Excellent work, you already have great skills and your heads have lot of character in them… I’m looking forward to see more from you ! :wink:

Bye !

#4

wow…really great stuff!
totally inspiring!
The subtle charicature on that russian chick is just great!

-tiktok

#5

Thanks for the replies guys,

I started the texturing on sunday and today i did a gone bad displacement map. im gonna do a new one tomorrow with the ammount of detail i had imagined for him (very subtle) But this one turned out to be very simon bisleyish so i will keep it too as an image. More to come.

Adios

Mario

[attach=25341]color_WIP_ZBR.jpg[/attach]

Disp_NOPES1.jpg

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color_WIP_ZBR.jpg

#6

This last picture is beautifull, Great organic modeling.
the detail is nice as well.

#7

I agree…this last one in b/w is beatifully modeled with exquisite detailing…even in b/w it’s photorealistic to me.

Tips or a tut on your technique would be very appreciated.

With the eyes being closed, did you do this for animation purposes so he can blink or something?

Very kewl work.:+1: x 5

Ron
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#8

Outstanding like always… :slight_smile: What about a really timelapse of modelling the whole head? It would be really nice…cause u’re models are real!

Cheers from Italy.

#9

hi Mario

all that i can say is AMAZING!!
Alex Oliver

#10

Such beautiful images and models :slight_smile: Great stuff and good inspiration for me.

#11

Great work. :tu; Like has been said before, the last B&W image is exceptional.

EDIT: just thought, reminds me of William Blake’s death mask:

blakemask.jpg

#12

:+1:small_orange_diamond:+1: :+1: :+1: :+1:

#13

Holyfreakincow, this is fantastic stuff! Top Row!

#14

Hey Zedds,

VVDFX, Thanks a lot mate:)

Ron Harris, thanks a lot for the nice words mate! i did it with the eyes closed for rigging purposes:)

Eidan, Cheers man! Definatelly! as soon as i have the proper time for it ill do it for sure!!

alexleia, This is officially the first time we speak:) Thank you so much for the comment Alex. Im flattered.

SolidSnakexxx, Thak you very much man!! im really glad u liked it!!

marcus_civis, WOw thanks for the link!!! it sure does!! I have seen that before… maybe 10 years ago. definatelly stuck in my mind eh? Thank you!

Blaine91555, Worth a thousand words:) thank you

jimphillips2, haha!! cheerios mate!!!

Well guys,

Did a new one hour session today and ended up with a very old man… that is not what i want really… the ears look much younger cos when i realized he was too old i stopped and moved to xsi for the displacements… turned out that the displacements are just 98% what i did in Zbrush so im quite happy with it… spent 20 minutes tweaking the BSP tree and got a render in less than 2 minutes with very good disp resolution…(ps. With one area light in the scene)

P.S.-COLOR MAP VEEERY WIP

Anywyas, tomorrow ill do a new session to get a new displacement for the final render…

Adios Amigos

Mario

disp_alone.jpg

Attachments

disp_color.jpg

#15

very nice as well!

The paint job is looking good, like you said its very early but i thought I would add some suggestions. I would add more blue in other ares like you have in the upper lip area, around the eyes, temples etc… maybe some more redish/purple colors in there, like the lip color is great. id add some of that (subbtley) in the ears, around the eyes, nose and broken up in other areas as well.

again, great work!

#16

Beautiful work…if that word is strong enough

Totally amazing reality to it :+1:

#17

really nice models man, the face of the woman is great!! congrats!!!

ps:curras de esto en londres? :slight_smile:

#18

Hello Guys,

I did a bit of work in the maps and the shaders (just diffusion for now) and im gonna ask you for what u think of them… one has displacement on and the other is just the base mesh.

Any critics would be appreciated.

All the best

Mario

No disp:

28_01_06_nodisp.jpg

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28_01_06_disp.jpg

#19

you the best :+1: :+1: :+1: :+1: :+1:

#20

top row is rigged!
this is great man…should be top row…