Another Yoda

[system]

Hallo All, This is a first timer for me sculpting and posting, so bear with me. I thought I’d try an attempt at Yoda because he’s a well known character, so if I get it wrong everybodys gonna be able to tell and that means I’d get great feedback! Especially if I’m going for a realistism, :o , which I’m not used to.

Also I’ve never tried SSS before so trying that as well.
Base Mesh was done in Maya,
Cleaned up and UV layout in 3dsmax,
Zbrush for sculpt,
cough Mudbox :eek: for basic colour map (boo…hissss… I know, but some features are actually really nice for texturing…:o please dont burn me!),
Photoshop for Texture detail. I think that’s everything! What can I say, I’m a fast learner! :lol:

Oh yea 3dsmax & Mental Ray for rendering as well. I’m gonna show my workflow from Zbrush to Max, let me know if I’m doing anything wrong or something doesn’t look right.

This was the Zbrush sculpt & with photoshop texture. Not the best of views, but sort of shows the detail.

I know this was a long one, but I’ve done a lot, but its still not quite there yet, I not sure I getting enough detail through from Zbrush and there’s something about the eyes that doesn’t look believeable to me, not sure what it is yet (apart from AO, or maybe it is).

Any crits are welcome, its how I’ll learn, I’ll try to post my updates as I do them.
Cheers
DByeable

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[kkriss]

Hi
The eyes and the model looks great.
Kkriss

[system]

Cheers kkriss really appreciate it :), but I felt it needed to be changed as well as other things. So this is it, I made the skin texture a bit more amphibian & the SSS less shiny, tweaked the eye lids to give a bit more of a harder stare and other updates.

Oh yea and sorted the Max displacement issue by changing the Curve output on the displacement map to -1 to 1, worked perfectly but…

With a 3d displacement in the SSS the render time was bumped up to 7 mins!!!:eek:

With a Displace Mod applied above a turbosmooth set to 4 render iterations, render time is 1 min!!!
Looks exactly the same. Shocking!

Any feedback welcome
Cheers
DByeable

[lemonnado]

Nice Yoda… but after reading this:
http://bitsandpieces.us/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/imagestoy-20yoda.jpg
The association has been tainted forever 8)))

Good sculpting!
Lemo

[kkriss]

Looks koool,
But I have a feeling that eyes are somehow looking completely saparate,
I mean they are not looking like the same body part…
May be I am wrong, or may be its lighting problem,
Just a feeling.
Kkriss

[system]

Thanks kkriss, I just couldn’t help myself from making the eyes I bit more stylized.

I initially just wanted to move the specular highlight down a bit, so I addded another light just for the eyes, but I forgot to remove the lighting from the other lights, and I got this.

I quite liked the look, so I left it. It also emphasises the face and expression a bit more, I think.

@ lemonnado, Thanks, no I idea what to say about the article though, I’m stunned. Ha Ha!

Cheers
DByeable

[system]

I wasn’t happy with the face age, or the amount of detail I was getting from Zbrush, so I went Zbrush crazy on Yoda, also learning a bit more.

These are what the sculpt was like originally

I looks a bit harsh at the moment, especially on the eyelids, but hopefully when I update the texture, bump & displacement in max it’ll look alright.

Cheers,
DByeable

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[system]

I updated the maps and re-rendered, with a few tweaks in max.

But I couldn’t help but carry on sculpting,

Not sure which is better, but I think I prefer the original mesh, I just like the heavier more rounded eye bags, I’ll try tweaking the new mesh in max and see what I get.

Cheers
DByeable

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[kkriss]

looks very nice but, i still find something odd with the eyes, they are more prominent than the face or something…
i might be even be wrong…just my personal openion.
Thanks,
kkriss

[system]

Lot of updates too many to list and detail about, I think I’m getting closer kkriss, cheers for all your crits

More ZBrushing

I think I’m gonna stop putting off making that little muscle in the corner of the eye, I think it’ll make all the difference.

Cheers
DByeable

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[kkriss]

Really looks better.
perhaps, may be, just a feeling…better we work on a different model now.

kkris

[paulfinn31]

I salute you. You’ve done a great job. I am still struggling with my yoda.Maybe if i finish it, I’ll post it here and i’ll accept your criticism wholeheartedly.