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robo3687's 2011 Sketchbook

Figured I’d start afresh for the new year with a new thread and a new project. It’s actually a 2nd attempt of a project I tried a year or so ago, a model of Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers. I looked back at my old one and it was, in a word, horrible…lol…but I’ve been working on this one for about a week and I’m pretty happy with how it’s coming along…

I think I've finally managed to get a likeness pretty darn close. A few notes: - rendered in max with vray and the vrayfastsss2 material - i've got displacement and normal maps on there - the diffuse is mostly hand painted, over the top of photo reference, yet to paint out his facial hair... - need to redo the helmet as he now wears a different one.... - need to find a solution for facial hair and eyebrows... - and the eyes need work obviously.... [001t.jpg[/ATT]%3Cbr%20/%3E%0A%3C/font%3E"]![001t.jpg|110x60](upload://oa94x6KrDzWfbTTgWHkUvasRUEa.jpeg)](http://%3Cfont%20color=%22#9A9A9A%22%3E[ATT=232830)

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Looking pretty good. Nice helmet. Are the eyes too close? The skin is a bit plastic looking I think. Should be less glossy.

YEAH! GO PACK!!!
Can you give him a magical helmet that prevents concussions?

here’s another piece, doing it as part of the sci-fi icons challenge over at cgsociety. I’m doing an old version of Han Solo.

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I could recognise Harrison ford from the thumbnail itself.
Great work :smiley:

hey nice work on Rodgers,but i think you gotta work a bit more on his hair

@snorcack: well i guess thats a sign i’m doing something right…lol…

@mykmcdaddy: yeah the hair something i’ve still got to get to…


here’s where harrison is at so far, really pleased with how its coming out

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made a few changes

  • shape of the mouth
  • widened the bridge of the nose slightly
  • bent the nose more (harrisons must have been broken at some point)
  • varied and adjusted the size of the nostrils

i think it’s helped bring it closer…

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yeah…you are almost there …just need some finishing:+1:

made a few more changes to both the model and the skin shader…and did some varied lighting to see if the model/shader held up…seems like it did…

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bit of a more substantial update.

changes made: - he now has an expression. - adjustments had to be made to suit the expression - using my photo reference and spotlight i was able to match the expression (and his face overall)to i would wager 95% accuracy.... - continued to fiddle with the skin shader, i think i'm finally happy with it....until tomorrow...lol [attach=237396]021t.jpg[/attach] [attach=237397]021.jpg[/attach] [attach=237399]020.jpg[/attach]

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Looking good. I think some hair/eyebrows will make capturing likeness easier :+1:

well i’ve got the eyebrows on, a first pass at least. I always like to look at my renders in B+W as well because you can really tell if you’re on the right track so I’ve included it here as well…

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He is looking really great! I would love to see your shader + render settings, I’m having trouble getting a clean result without cranking to render time to hours.

I look forward to seeing more!

All the best

  • Gerard

i’ll do that tomorrow (just gone to bed)

these renders are only taking about 4-6 minutes each, even with the DOF and hair

great work, would love to hear your material settings

Put him in liquid carbonite!!! Please!

God, that’s a great sculpt! Spot on. (And so sad the ravages of time have made that out of the young man who was once Han Solo.) :+1:

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i’ve added some hair and i think it helps a bit…

not sure if thats the final style i’ll go with but it looks alright for now i think…

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