Holy Cow!
One of the things I like about your images is that your choice of colors are never garish. Subtle until you feel the need for something stronger to bring out a feature. Masterfully done Ken.
The jacket: would that texture be a scan of actual leather?
Brilliant…simply Brilliant.
He looks psycho and dangerous. I wouldn’t even let him know that Sid Vicious is dead.
That cystal clear blue eye works great.
The brick wall adds that ‘down the alley and the only way out is past Him’ feel.
Well done Miastro! :eek:
Unfair, that you keep moving the goal posts :ex: 
Great Image!!!
The leather texture is just perfect…
terrific image. the texturing is really great. He’s definately a punk 
Just out of curiosity Ken; what material did you use for the leather jacket? It just looks so realistic
I used the spherical blend material for the jacket. Its parameters, such as specularity and ambient, where modified from the defaults match the properties of leather. I had a real leather jacket in front of me to help with the adjustments.
very compelling image ken, has great feeling of presence.
Hi,
I don’t understand how you use the spherical blend material to achieve the leather look. Could you explain a little bit more?
Thank you,
The spherical blend material has a channel slot that allows for the use of an image map to be repeated as part of the texture. this give it some color, but mostly bump/depth properties that you can control. Depending on the image map you insert in that slot, you can get a wide variety of textures.
For this image, I made my own custom image tile.
The image map works best if it is tilable. It usually helps to go over the material with 2.5D tools to hide any repeating patterns. Don’t forget to pay attention to the other properties of the material you are trying to emulate, such as color and specular.
I think Ken’s next book should be:
“Getting the most from Zbrush”
The scales fall from my eyes. I can see!
OK, thanks Ken.
WOW !! This IS GREAT!!! 
But I bet he loves his mum. Then again, so did the Kray twins. Nope, don’t think I’ll tell him. 
Another superb image, Ken. The textures, the characterisation - all spot on.
KEN!
I HATE YOU! :eek:
When will I learn to texture like that?
As always, beautiful work, absolutely Brilliant!
- Shane
I am simply amazed with the extraordinary skills Ken B. has. His texturing is superb and his modeling…well, that speaks for itself.
Excellent talent…keep up the good work.
Loqutos
This is so cool, I love that Jacket.
Thank You for the very excellent mini tutorial on how to create textured materials. I never knew that one could do that and now I can’t seem to stop creating custom materials! Hope you don’t mind if I post a quick result of your advice. Thanks again for sharing talent and skills. You never cease to inspire me. 
Good one Ken
I like this very much - thanks for the tips on that material too 
no1 Ken 