Coolness! I think if you want to improve on the illustration piece: you should go back to the illustration and loosen her up like you did in it. In the illustration she looks like she is leaning back and not as ridged and stiff as the 3d version. There are also clouds in the illustration that would look awesome in the 3d render. And finally you may want to give her hair a more full look. In the illustration you have it moving better; like it is an actually character in the piece and I think that helps add life and movement overall that is cool.
@ cherub_rock: Thanks! I had a few problems with the sss shader in combination with the physikal sky in metal ray, so the texture didn’t really came out the way i want it.
@ ryantodd: Thank you! For the 3D version, i didn’t want some kind of hot woman. I made her breasts smaller than in the illustration and made her face a bit more like an asian girl to give her a more naturally look.
@ Vancross: Thanks! I changed her pose more to the pose i did in the illustration, but honestly in 3D it still looks a bit strange…
Anyways, here is my updated version of her. It’s not perfekt and the background doesn’t really fit into the scene, but i will leave it like that. The background image was rendered by a friend with VUE 7.
Hope you like it!
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Just a little rendertest for my new project i’m working on.
Maya mental ray and some color correction in PS.
i know that tat anywhere :P~~ fire fist ace! or Portugas D Ace … ONE PIECE!!! dude you have to send my pm’s of these one piece renders! 
updates go go go go go go
@Ryzzhan: Thanks! Yeah you’re right, it’s Portgas D. Ace, Second Division Commander of the Whitebeard Pirates 
Ok, now that the secret is unveiled, here is a little new teaser image :lol:
I’m working on the skin texture at the moment. For the fact that i’m planing to animate him later, everything has to be perfect 
Hope you like it. C&C always welcome.
Here is a new small update. I have problems with Maya mental ray right now, it always crashes, so i’m not sure if i can post some bigger images in the near futur. And my computer is very old, so it takes some time to render bigger images. 
Still a few things left i have to do, like the eyelashes and so on. C&C welcome!
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every thing is awesome except the face
http://th09.deviantart.net/fs19/300W/f/2007/307/b/d/Portgas_D_Ace__s_knife_final_by_anikiwave.jpg
you made his ears huge.
his face should be less rounded 
@benwin21: thanks! yeah i noticed that ear problem too. While i was sculpting him, the ears looked normal, but later in the render the ear looked very huge. Maybe i can fix it in photoshop.
Id say go for a manga look.
Could look very awesome if u get that style translated
@Disco Stu: thank you, but i wanted an more realistic look, not manga style
UPDATE: fixed the ear, looks better now i think (even there is too much space between the ear and hat now :lol: ) but i will leave it like that!
I think his hat needs to stick out further to match the original manga design. Keep it up!
I’m back with a little project i finished a few days ago.
I got the opportunity to create the mascot for the german manga-magazine SHOUNEN GO GO!, to make it available as a 3D-Print.
Visit http://www.shounen-gogo.de/ for more information, or http://shop.rapidobject.com/shop/de/myshop/ShounenGoGo/products/view/571 if you want to buy the mascot! 
I will show some pics of the printed mascot later!
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Today i got my printed version of the mascot i created for a german manga-magazine. It’s very small but the details are not that bad for this small version!
First time i tried to sculpt a Celeb. It’s Hugh Laurie from House MD, if you shouldn’t recognize him haha :lol:
I didn’t used any textures, because i tried to make him recognizable only thru sculpting.
I’m not really satisfied with him, i don’t like the hair, but i will leave it like that for the moment.
C&C always welcome.
I reworked on the bust from Hugh Laurie. Tweaked it a little bit more because i didn’t liked, how he turns out the last time. I also created hair as a subtool and made a Maya vray render, with a lil environment. Hope u like it.
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Made a new render from the bust, to make him a bit more recognizable than before. It’s finished now!
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This is a little preview for my new bust i’m working on. Hope you can already see the likeness of this actor. His face is still symmetrical, i’m searching for a nice expression right now…
C&C appreciated.
Ok, this is the finale image for my last 3D Bust. Jensen Ackles from the TV Series SUPERNATURAL.
I don’t like his eyes, but i will leave it like that.
Hope you like it!
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Terrific likeness, actually around the eyes is where the likeness is greatest.