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Big Head

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#1

Hi everyone,
This is a new project I started. It’s a not-so-original work inspired by metamesh’s older work
http://metamesh.cgsociety.org/gallery/ (awesome artist)
and also from a character in the movie Green lantern designed by the aaron sims company.
http://www.aaron-sims.com/
My goal with this is to update my demo and also simply let go of the technical side and just sculpt away!

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#2

Wow, I’m off to a bad start!

I uploaded the images by clicking on the “upload Image or File” button and copy/pasted the code with the help of internet explorer but It’s not working…

Am I missing something?

#3

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ok i have no idea what you did there, just reupload them ;D maybee you used a wrong format, and did you upload them form your hard drive ? ;f

#4

I uploaded from my hard drive.

Oh cool, I don’t know why but it works this time.

Thanks.

BigHead_11.jpg

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BigHead_10.jpg

#5

nice work keep up the good work:+1:

#6

Hi!

I’m not done with the modeling but I decided to start the textures just to mix up the fun. I took inspiration from images found on http://www.aaron-sims.com/

The textures are done with Foundry’s Mari http://www.thefoundry.co.uk/products/mari/ . I’m not sure about the colors I used, I might change that.

BigHead_19.jpg

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BigHead_20_edit.jpg

#7

very cool paint i like it :+1:

#8

Nice job :+1: Really like the lighting on that profile shot…strong piece…:slight_smile:
Maybe a little more work on the forhead wrinkles…they look kind of flat as compared to rest of the wrinkle patterns on the face and neck…Just a passing thought that may be useful to you…:slight_smile:

#9

Thanks 3D-User, glad you like it because I love working on it!

Thanks for your reply 3D-User.

For the forehead wrinkles, I also think I should redo them. I think I just used the wrong technique. Instead of making a fine crease and inflating around it, I think I’ll use masks and the inflate brush to do the job right.

…I also should use more references for that sort of work.

#10

the eyes lack in reflection, try adding some random white geometry in font of him and turning teh reflection way up. Also the sss is a overkill, he feels like jello, tone down the scater distance and make the effect stronger, or make the texture pop much more, since now the texture also seems too weak ;f And for teh skin details try baking a normal or a bump from a higher sublevel, should work good with the displacement map.
I liek where its going, but it needs a bit of work ;D

#11

too much SSS. His skin has the same consistency of a rotting white grape. Too translucent. but then again, maybe you want it that way? After all he some sort of alien thing right?

#12

Thanks Mr-NYM and slocik.

For the eyes, I used what I think is a good value for the fresnel reflections. Of course, reflection is nothing without the environment to reflect so I did not get to work on that yet.

And yes, the sss is overkill. I’ll tweak the radius later and also use a map to control it. I’m thinking of adding some dried paint of blood on it that will have no sss.

for test rendering, I’m only using a 2k texture map for the displacement so it does not look so great. I will try to use mostly just displacement. In terms of quality, I think it’s the best. The model contains 8 mil polys and I intend to show it all with disp.

I’m also only working on the diffuse right now. The use of a specular and small bump should help out a lot.

Here’s a very small update. I worked on the eyes. Hope you like it.

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BigHead_23.jpg

#13

Hi,

I put the texturing/shading on hold and started making the pose. I also did some cloth work with marvelous designer:

http://www.marvelousdesigner.com/ (great software)

I will redo the topology later.

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BigHead_43.jpg

#14

How can I know if the image will be displayed in full size rather than in a small thumbnail?

Thanks.