I’m thrilled to share with you guys my first big personal project, The Silver Surfer, aka Herald of Galactus. It was a lot of fun creating my version of this badass character.
I started sculpting from a sphere in ZBrush, then created a simple UV map and displacement map with subdivisions for each subtool. In Maya, I created the scene with a skydome light, a key light, two rim lights and a backdrop. I set the metal silver material in the Hypershade along with the displacement map. After many render tests in Arnold, I reached the desired shade of silver.
I’ve been studying 3D character art for 1 year, I started in September 2021. So, it was my first time using Arnold Renderer, and I have no previous experience with rendering. Also, almost everything on this project I did for the first time or had only practiced a few times.
I will be happy to read your feedback.
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