Amazing Kris (need I say it!)
Just curious as to what level your editing up to here?
Chris
are you planing to only a z brush render ?? ;] if so prepare to share the settings 
So, as I said before, I was not very happy with the facial features in Rick’s face.
I hope he’s happy with his facial features! 
Looking good Kris, can’t wait to see the next post.
incredible subtle detailing - outstanding!!
And Antropus again 
better then before as always
Hey Kris! Thx for braking down your workflow of texturing and detailing your character. Very appreciated!
Ok, you said something about going with the inflate brush after you make the pores with projection master… I was wondering if I can make a stencil of that alpha for the pores, inverted, and then use the inflate brush over the stencil? Im going to try something like that to see if works!
Ok Kris thx again! Have a good one!
Javi.
Kris, I’ve been without the internet for a couple of days now, the first thing I did when I got to a computer with an internet connection was come here to see how you are doing and , I thought that I was looking in a mirror. It’s looking really great! Making my nose and eye bags bigger really made it look like me ,ya bastard. You need to make my mustache darker, can you say Just for Men? I can’t wait to see the progress on this. Do you think that you can make this so the model gets older and I stay the same? Great job Kris, you da man.
Rick
nice. looks like him.
rick baker could almost pass off as a jedi.
Sometimes the internet just rulez…one guy creating a legend and the legend replying back. Sweetness!
Hey Kris, amazing! I’m speechless my friend. You’ve a good choice to portray a legend. congratulations for one more great work.
Alan
hi
hats off to you kris !!!
great work!!! i guess you have heard this a lot…
i am pretty new to z brush…
your work has been of great inspiration to me…i have started on my first realistic human head in zbrush…
will post it some day…
keep up the great work … its of great inspiration to beginners like me
----- ravi
EvilSmiley, yugu, Drummer, Steve-T, Strannik, Serozh, alancamara,
thanks for the nice words!
Atwooki,
the number of polys at SubD level 6 is about 3.9 million. I’m not going to subdivide more than this because I can create finer details by adding a bump or normal map in Maya
slocik,
no, the final render will gonna be in Maya/Mental Ray. About the settings, I already posted it here. Use the same shader/light and add a good skin color map and you should get similar results. Some color correction in Photoshop always helps too.
jit_gohil,
looks llike he is happy with the results so far but you know Rick, he is just too nice to say what’s wrong in the model
javierloredo,
you surely can use the stencil! Don’t know if will gonna be as fast as it is the way I do but you should get good results that way. Give it a try and share some results with us.
monstermaker,
Mirror? Rick, you are just too kind man
I find new things to fix everyday I look at the model and the references. I’m getting closer but I still have a long way to go to make this model look more like you
About the beard, sure! Let’s add some color for the next update!
Thanks a lot for the encouragement and nice words, Rick! YOU are da man.
Mr. Positive,
isn’t technology amazing sometimes? I got my O-1 visa and my first job in USA 2 years ago because of my posts in CG foruns. I was a banker at that time (I was a banker for ONLY 16 years… that was just sad ). Few years later I could actually meet and talk to Rick in person at the last Siggraph and also in the last ZBrush meeting. I think I still feel a little bit like a banker geek living in Brazil. That’s why I think meeting people that always inspired me when I was working with CG only as a hobby, like Rick, Meats Meier, Ken Brilliant etc, is still a little surreal for me. It’s not a fanboy thing or because these amazing artists are more than humans or something like that, because they are just like us (only much more talented, damn! ). It’s just the way that my whole life changed in a very short period of time… thank God!
So yeah, internet can be amazing sometimes
ivar_sn,
thanks for the nice words and welcome to te ZBrush world!
Yeah, start posting your works here because this is the best CG forum available on internet IMHO. Very talented artists sharing techniques and is there always someone decided to help you
-Kris
these amazing artists are more than humans or something like that, because they are just like us
There is a little thing more in their brain
Wow, nice story, didnt know that you are working in cg only for 2 years :] How long were you doing it as a hobby ??
Wow Kris, that’s a very inspiring story. I think I might have to go to the SIGGRAPH, I only live in upstate New York and about 2.5 hours from Boston. I’ve only been messing around with 3D models and ZBrush for 5-6 months as a hobby and I would like a career change as well or at least do web design and programming for the 3D community! Currently I’m programming and designing websites for a Retail Lumber company and doing freelance webdesign outside of work.
Mike
Pardon my ignorance but until a few minutes ago i didnt know much about Rick Baker aka MosterMaker because i havent been in 3d for a long time…but…after a google search 
…wow…just…WOW…i mean…WOW…i’m honoured just reading your words in this forum…5 Oscars?..thats just…this is…wow…
Great topic antropus…you too are an idol for me and many others especialy after all of those cgtalk contest wins…someday i’ll try to make a model of you (after i’ll get a little better of course…dont want to mess it up)
Great modeling and great texturing. Too bad threre’s not a CG challenge where you could enter that into.
It would be cool to see him morf into Frankenstein or the Werewolf.
Hey Kris! I tryed to mess around with the stencil and the inflate tool. I also used the standard brush for some of the pores. I wish i had more RAM to add more geometry to make better details. Well, here is a test I tryed with the stencil and it would be nice, and if you have the time, to give some kind of critic or how would you doit. Ok Kris thx again! Have a good one! 
Hi Kris,
Amazing job on Rick, just wanted to say thank you for all work flow tips using zbrush. I am modelling a character that I hope to do a short animation with and I have found your techniques to be excellent. Keep up the great work.
Cheers
I just want to say goodbye to you all and thank you for the incentive and nice words once more. I’m glad that some of my techniques are helping you in some way. I promise I’ll keep sharing it!
Now I’m going to pack my computer and disconnect from internet, reconnecting once I’m in Brazil in a couple of days. You guys rock!
Best!
-Kris