Chest Project Part 2

 Chest Project Part 2: Sculpting and Baking

High Poly

Low Poly

Use of Perspective

Use of Perspective

Ares' Shield

Shield Renders

Simple Crate and Barrel

 Simple Crate and Barrel Project

Blocking Phase:

Perspective matching:

Geometry: 

Reference:

Basic Lighting

 Basic Lightning:

ZBrush Hammer Project

 
Zbrush Hammer Project:

Perspective:

Close Front:

Orthographic:

Alphas:

Reference:

Value and Contrast

Hercules Concept Art: Value and Contrast

ZBrush Simple Head

ZBrush Head Sculpt

For this project, I mainly wanted to focus on realistic facial structure to get more familiar with human proportions. Having not created many human characters, I felt that this was an important process that would carry over benefits to other types of character modeling, including stylized human and creature design. I also experimented with new modifiers such as surface noise to get skin texture. Lastly, I added poly-paint to the model for some visual depth.

Final Model:

Process Screenshots:

I first blocked out shapes for the head, which largely followed the below reference. From there I made adjustments to the proportions, smoothing out the angular details. For the detail pass, I referenced a model by Marco Plouffe as it had very readable details for skin texture and wrinkles. I also refined the nose, brow line, and mouth to fit better with the head shape.

Reference Images:

(Male Head Blockout)

(Geralt Ronin - Marco Plouffe)

https://www.artstation.com/artwork/v15wna

Silhouettes

Hercules silhouette:

Meg hands silhouettes:

Minecraft Textures Scene

Renders:

Video:

Material & Textures: