Star Wars : Aayla Secura (big picz insidez)

[vahl]

most of you may already have seen this in the huge WIP thread, but, well, hope it won't be redundant to you.
This is my take on the Jedi Knight Aayla Secura from Star Wars Episode 2 and 3

the character is around 8k (a tad more, but below 8500) has 1024's for the face and tentacles and 2048's for the body. Took me about 4 weeks, was while learning zbrush, I did a lot of back and forth work between zbrush and mudbox, but a lot is made in Z, including the lowpoly, which was made with the retopology tools.

that's pretty much all there's to say I guess, not really looking for crits on it as it's mostly done, but if you have some generic ones I'll make sure to take them into account for my next character :)

anyways, pic times

Beauty render in Vray
http://wip.global-illusions.com/AaylaSecura/Renders/Aayla_Render_1k.jpg
higher Rez :http://wip.global-illusions.com/AaylaSecura/Renders/Aayla_Render_Halved.jpg

Face quick vray render to test various things (shaders, eyes, etc)
http://wip.global-illusions.com/AaylaSecura/Renders/Aayla_Portrait.jpg

now on the technical side :

Realtime Marmoset engine render (thanks 8monkeys, once again :D)
http://wip.global-illusions.com/AaylaSecura/Renders/aayla_marmo.jpg

Highpoly zbrush mesh
http://wip.global-illusions.com/AaylaSecura/Renders/aayla_high.jpg

Lowpoly
http://wip.global-illusions.com/AaylaSecura/Renders/Aayla_Wireframes.jpg

and finally, texture flats
http://wip.global-illusions.com/AaylaSecura/Renders/Aayla_Textures.jpg

[Renaud Galand]

YAY !

Definitly your best model !! AWESOME JOB man :) the head close-up shot is a pure beauty :)

[EbolaV]

man that looks awesome =) realy cool

[JordanW]

looks really sick, the beauty shot is great.

[Joao Sapiro]

head looks photoreal. Congrats man , glad to see you finish this :D love her proportions and material definition , you really pushed it man . saved to ref folder ^^

[Mark Dygert]

Amazing Vahl! Just fucking amazing...

[adam]

I still say she's presenting herself to me for the taking (from behind).


And I like it.

[moose]

badass man! that zbrush model is sexy :)

textures are hot too!

[MartinH]

cool model Vincent, def. your best piece to date. You should be proud!

[RazorBladder]

Absolutely killer execution Vahl, especially the face and the thin creases in the clothing :)

Crit = MOAR FASTER!

[caseofchill]

Yeah, I totally respect the safety with which she handles her rig.

Ace work.

[vik]

stunning work vahl. I have a new desktop background.

[misterboogie]

Amazing!

But then again, so is the majority of the stuff you make.:)

[Spinks]

really inspirational. how come france produces so many great artists? maybe something in the water...?

[Ozymandias]

my jaw is on the floor.

[GCMP]

Missed the part where it said in engine renders, never seen anything like that, amazing stuff in any case :D

[Pedro Amorim]

you need to make this version.
http://www.geekologie.com/2008/10/24/star-porn-1.jpg

[TWilson]

two thumbs up vahl

[Xenobond]

siic, V!

[Spark]

You are my hero:) Great job my friend, really great piece and looking forward to the other 3,795 characters from starwars:)

Spark

[BradMyers82]

Yeah, I don't see anything to crit anyways; it looks great!

btw, you used the Zbrush retopology tools? God bless you. I hate zbrush's retopo tools. I used it for two days and went back to polyboost.

[Xaltar]

Hot damn Vahl this is some awesome work. Were you learning Z on your own or did you take a course?

[TheSplash]

I love this, your UVs are so clean too!

[Asherr]

nice work.

[MartinH]

One of the first things i noticed about the concept bitmap posted is the prominent camel toe staring back at me.

[Ajax]

Wow, awesome stuff man!

[MoP]

That's really very good! :)

[PixelMasher]

awesome work man, really has a life to it coming though the eyes. skin looks great as well. In regards to bitmaps pic.....I believe that would be classified as a "cam toe deluxe"

[Chunkey]

You know what I think of this Vincent! Been awesome watching you progress with this mate, been a pleasure :D

[Pedro Amorim]

One of the first things i noticed about the concept bitmap posted is the prominent camel toe staring back at me.

i think she's a tranny

[EarthQuake]

i dont get it

[Pedro Amorim]

cause the big camel toe is probably her balls, one on each side.
u stupid

[Slipstream]

I am in awe of that uvmap.

[Pedro Amorim]

I am in awe of that uvmap.

:shifty:

[Slipstream]

:shifty:

:D whaaat? I thought we were all baring our honesty >_>

[soulstice]

oh man this is dope. great job man!

[ironbearxl]

Awesome Vahl, I made the high-rez pic my wallpaper!

[Josh_Singh]

This is pure quality man. If you were on a starwars project, this would be all over the marketing campaign. I love it. Really inspirational stuff. I want to make vray eyeballs now too.

[Minos]

Looks fantastic, good job.

[Electro]

bravo bravo! :D

[Emil Mujanovic]

Pimp work as usual, vahl. This really came out looking stunning, especially in the marmoset render!

-caseyjones

[Blaizer]

Vahl Quality!

Really great work dude :D

[Vredesbyrd]

great work.
good presentation mind sharing the vray setup?

[Bal]

Not bringing anything new to the topic, but I need to say it : awesome work! Love the action pose.

[Pope Adam]

fucking beautiful!

[Crash]

Wallpaper at work Vahl. ;)

[Rens]

MAOUWWwwww!!

[gavku]

Fantastic work bro....

[Sa74n]

great work man :) not sure if i like the lips but they only look a bit odd to me in the close up

[rul119]

awesome!

[kakikukeko]

stunning..
I'm especially impressed by the subtles nuances of color and spec you've done on the clothes..
I mean, eveything is brown, but not boring at all! very well done.. congrats!

[Tumerboy]

Vahl, as if you need any more pats on the uh. . . back. . . that's a beautiful piece.

[TheWinterLord]

wow.... more poses and renders please! Great work she turned out super!
(how old is she?)

[Vitor]

Fantastic work dude. Just love how the spec is working.

If I'd give a critic (after studying it a lot) would be the wrists/hand transition. There is something funny there, with such small little finger.

[pliang]

The eyes are prolly some of the better ones I've seen, meaning that they look alive,

[vahl]

Thanks a lot everyone, I'm glad you guys like it, I'll try to see if I can fix the commented areas on the final render, and I'm trying to find a different pose/angle to render too.
I pushed this render more because every competition I enter (read DWs) I always end up with crappy renders and average presentation, so I thought is was time to pay more attention to all this.

I'm glad you guys like the eyes too, I experimented with different techniques and ended up finding something that worked, which I guess I'll try to reuse for my other characters.

and once again I would like to thank 8monkey labs for their awesome realtime engine :)

Xaltar : I learnt zbrush on my own over a weekend, posted a thread in the tech talk section a little while ago, guess it's just a matter of forcing yourself to work with it and get the same results you would get with mudbox, which I didn't find really hard, still don't understand the problems people have switching from mud to Z, really, if a retarded slow ass like me could do it, anyone can.

[pior]

MORE!!

I think what I like the most is how the Vray render of a game-friendly asset like this looks just like a heavy displacement mapped mesh usually used in prerendered cinematics. Great!

[Xaltar]

Thanks for the reply Vahl. I guess I just gotta get off my ass and learn the shit. Messing about with the mud 09 trial atm but so far there is nothing there that I really use that isn't already in mud 1.

Looking forward to seeing more renders of this. Inspirational work.

[Sith Happens.]

Hey polypost! Good stuff Vahl, youv'e gotten my critics already, so ill just give ya a a big congrats! Lets see another pose/ full body render now ftw. ;)

[Spug]

Wow vahl, impressive....most impressive!

Personally I never liked that character/alien race in star wars. I always thought it was lame from Jabba's Palace to the Jedi getting assasinated in Revenge of the Sith. Once I saw this, it revived my excitement for Star Wars, and made me think of the old days, when I watched 4, 5, and 6 when i used to draw growing up. You have sucessfully changed my mind with this piece of work. I tip my cap to you! And thank you!!!!!

[killingpeople]

this is fantastic!

[b1ll]

well YA!, i love it dude. its a very nice sculpt, I love the textures,

Its good work!

I DIG!

[Snowfly]

gorgeous work vahl! you knocked the beauty render out of the ballpark, this is the level of presentation i'd love to see on your DW3 model.