Portrait of innocence

Rikk The Gaijin · Feb 2013

Hi guys, for this work I decided to do a portrait of my son, my proud and joy.
Hopefully one day he will appreciate it, but for now I just hope you guys like it!

Started from a Polymesh sphere in zBrush, the hair are Fibermesh, retopo in Maya, render in Octane and final adjustment in Photoshop/Magic Bullet.

PoPcorn · Feb 2013

I'm really impressed with the fibre mesh hair. Any chance you could do a break down into how you did the hair so realistically?

Cute kid by the way:)

moof · Feb 2013

that's top notch man. I thought you posted a photo in the WAYWO thread for a second, was about to congratulate you on the baby.

:thumbup:

Kot_Leopold · Feb 2013

Seen it in the WAYWO thread and thought it was a photo.. You got me there!:)

Ma-rin · Feb 2013

Awesome, that looks incredibly realistic

I would also like to know how you did the Fiber Mesh hair.

berca76 · Feb 2013

Holy cow! Amazing!

Lord McMutton · Feb 2013

Looking good. Although, I can't really put my finger on it, but something looks off in the face. I'm thinking it may be that the complexion is a bit waxy, but I'm not sure.

Rikk The Gaijin · Feb 2013

Thank you guys for the comments and critics. Here's a little breakdown on the hair and a some closeup to show the work on the skin details.

makecg · Feb 2013

Wow really nice job sir. NICE !

Add3r · Feb 2013

Wait.... is that last picture in the above post a picture or the model? Jesus man..... nice job is an understatement.... I dont even know how to say it better lol.

Rikk The Gaijin · Feb 2013

Thank you guys!
I've gathered some critics and suggestions around the web, so I'm gonna start working on an updated version, stay tuned!

Rikk The Gaijin · Feb 2013

Here I am again. I've been very busy lately, so I didn't have much time to work on this, but now I finally finished.
I reworked the scene, and added the full body model. For the clothing I used Agisoft PhotoScan to get a realistic base mesh, than I retopologized it in Maya, and sculpted the fine details in zBrush.
Render in Octane, final adjustment in Photoshop/Magic Bullet.

Click here for the 4K version: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/34021721/ren/ren_new_4k.jpg

Stormie · Feb 2013

Mix master!

Philistyne · Feb 2013

His eyes are missing inner canthi.

VelvetElvis · Feb 2013

Is it just me or are the jeans really fighting the image? Maybe it's the lack of lighting on them or shadow from the coat? You are getting nice lighting effects on your gray renders but I'm not seeing them in your final render. It's almost as if the jeans are 100% self illuminated.

Overall it's a fantastic image, but those jeans (and eyes as others have mentioned) are throwing it off.

zeno · Feb 2013

You did an excellent job on the fibermesh!

Rikk The Gaijin · Feb 2013

Philistyne wrote: »

His eyes are missing inner canthi.

He's half-Japanese, the canthi is hidden inside.

VelvetElvis wrote: »

Is it just me or are the jeans really fighting the image? Maybe it's the lack of lighting on them or shadow from the coat? You are getting nice lighting effects on your gray renders but I'm not seeing them in your final render. It's almost as if the jeans are 100% self illuminated.

Overall it's a fantastic image, but those jeans (and eyes as others have mentioned) are throwing it off.

I didn't like the strong light on the jeans, so I tone it down.
The diffuse only render is without any adjustment.
For the eyes, read above.

Rikk The Gaijin · Feb 2013

Here's a photo of him, as reference.

Philistyne · Feb 2013

Rikk The Gaijin wrote: »

Here's a photo of him, as reference.

Ah I see. Well in that case I would suggest increasing the occlusion shadowing in the canthus area. If you compare your reference to your final image there's quite a difference.

Neox · Feb 2013

I agree to what philistine said, though this could of course well be part of the lighting situation.
You've done a very great job here, though its really hard on the edge to creepy uncanny valley, which is the hardest thing to pass when doing realistic 3d characters.
However i think there a couple of things you might consider, i feel like the forehead is slightly too long in your version and with the high hairline looks a bit too huge in comparison with the photos.
Also the transition from skull to ear is off (in this shot you can see it pretty good http://dl.dropbox.com/u/34021721/ren/Ren_detail03.jpg) the skull just fades into the ear while in reality you have an overlap of the ear.

But all together awesome job man, the clothing looks really good and you are pretty close with the face as well.

Rikk The Gaijin · Feb 2013

Thank you all for the comments and critics, they are always useful!
You know, everything can be improved, I can go on forever adjusting little things here and there, but at some point I have to stop and call it done.
Every work I do I learn new things, so hopefully the next one will be better.

Oh, someone might be interest in the process I used to create the clothes, so here it is.

badmouse · Mar 2013

Is good to know other Gaijin is around here, im living in Tokyo per 10 years

Amazing work flow! May i ask you how you projected the diffuse map? Maya? Topogun?

Rikk The Gaijin · Mar 2013

badmouse wrote: »

Is good to know other Gaijin is around here, im living in Tokyo per 10 years

Amazing work flow! May i ask you how you projected the diffuse map? Maya? Topogun?

Thanks! For projecting the maps I used zBrush.
Cheers!