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#1

Hi,
this is my first post here, so i hope the image and text shows up properly.
First of all please excuse my bad english! I´m from germany and it´s been a long time, since i learned it at school.
About the picture, i tried to improve my skill in charactermodeling and textureing. I used 3ds max for the basemesh, imported it into zbrush and did most of the details here. I also did all the texturepainting in zbrush and used the guv texturemapping. (Great stuff!) Then i exported the head back to 3ds max and used the brazil skinshader. Which was a painfull try and error session until i got some help from a real brazil profi. I composed the layers in a paintprogram and edited the hair, because i do not have a suitable hairplugin. Ok, here it is! I hope you like it.

Best regards,
Carsten

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#2

cool !! AT wirst i thought the one on the left is a real person :stuck_out_tongue: My critics would be on the vimperes eyes, something is wrong with them, the look like with no shading :confused: Add the atachment name to the post :stuck_out_tongue:

#3

…looks FUN-tastic Carsten, I like it:sunglasses: :+1:

#4

really cool, just looks like him

#5

Looks fantastic, great sculpting and render!

#6

That a cool likeness, but it seems that the colors are bit too much saturated. It give a king of shiny plastic to your skin - pity because it’s a really good job.

Keep up with the good stuff ! :wink:

Bye !

#7

Thank you for all the kind words !
Slocik- Yes you´re right with the eyes they are self-illuminating i simply forgot to turn them off.
Abyssis and bijarts: Thank you! I´m glad you like it
Sebcesoir: Wow, i know your outstanding work so thank you, wow :slight_smile:
Davlin: You´re right with the saturated colors, i´ve seen the Picture on 4 different Monitors RGB and TFT and it looks different on every single Monitor.
So if you know a practical solution, Please let me know.
Again, thank you for your time to write a comment.

Carsten

#8

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#9

Hm, the solution lies in the colors you used. In fact, your color design reminded me the colors we used on the make-ups, it was that saturated to keep the make-up colorful when watched on TV.

Next time, put more grey in your colors, it will help. Better less than too much. :wink:

Check my Buffy vampyr in my signature, it will give you an idea, I guess.

Another thing, you skin is too shiny. That shyniness should appear only on lips, less on the nose, and the whole skin should be around 10% reflection - that’s the reflection value of the human skin.

Last thing - use Photoshop to decrease the saturation in your colors. :wink:

Hope I was of some help. :slight_smile:

Bye !

#10

Ok, here is the new (old) version with some adjustments. I decreased the saturation as you mentioned Davlin! The Vampeyes are darker now, but i do not have the time to rework the skinshader. I´ll keep that in mind for the next project. Hope it´s better, now!

Carsten[](http://javascript%3Cb%3E%3C/b%3E:zb_insimg%28%27%27,%27spike_finaln.jpg%27,1,0%29)[![spike_finaln.jpg|850x1024](upload://bRHkh4eL8xh42nhrzE2OvLDVXr3.jpeg)](javascript:zb_insimg('24485','spike_finaln.jpg',1,0))
#11

really cool !!
congrats :sunglasses: :+1:

#12

That is some top notch modeling and texture work. Congradulations! I think you made the right choice in desaturating the image. If its a Zbrush render you might want to work on the material its a touch to specular.

Excellent work.

#13

Your English is as good as your 3D… very good!

At viewing the first image my first thought was that it was too over saturated, but since you have dropped it there is little to crit…

Great job!

#14

Way better. :wink:

I’m looking forward your next project ! :wink:

Bye !

#15

Cool work!!Hair are really good if we think that you don’t have a plug-in…:+1:

IN THE WILD LANDS
ALIEN FACE HUGGER

MattHHH:sunglasses:

#16

try to do baffy :] Think naked would be cool :stuck_out_tongue:
The last wersion is way to dark :confused:

#17

:slight_smile: I was going to suggest the same thing !

very nice

#18

I´m from Austria,
please contact me on icq: 221-219-437

thx and by for now,
capu

#19

Hi Capu!

Da ich kein ICQ benutze und Du keine Emailadresse angegeben hast, solltest Du mir vielleicht eine Nachricht schicken.

Gruß,

Carsten

#20

Master piece no doubt. :wink: