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angel
04-17-2007, 02:54 AM
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Title: A Peek Inside My Head
Name: Angel Nieves
Country: USA
Software: Maya, mental ray, Photoshop, ZBrush

I wanted to make a self portrait to better my skills at modeling realistic heads. I got as far as sculpting in ZBrush just to put it off for a while. A year later I decided to finish it but I just wasn't completely happy with my UV unwrap so I started the sculpt over. Everything is done in Maya with the exception of the glasses and brain/brain canister which were modeled in LightWave Modeler and imported into Maya for final rendering. I used the fast skin shader in Mental Ray; that layer took almost 7 hrs to render at 2000 x 3000. Everything was rendered in layers and composited in Photoshop. The hair is Shave and a Haircut with the exception of the eyebrows which are painted.

Hope you'll like it and that it puts a smile on your face :)
later!
carlmentier
04-18-2007, 09:05 AM
Not bad, i like .. luck with modeling.

greetings
Rocwell
04-18-2007, 12:57 PM
thats great man!...looks just like you. really clean model and nice realism on the textures.
keep up the great work.
LostSouln13
04-18-2007, 01:15 PM
looks nice man, you should post an actual picture of your self so people can critique it better. Could be just the angle but you look kinda swolen lips and eye are kinda big. I know Angelina Jolie is cool and all but kmon man. Over all good one keep up the good fight.
mlynch
04-18-2007, 01:45 PM
Great job! The likeness is spot on - which really says something in and of itself! Your patience with this project has really paid off. :thumbsup:

...Of course, I have to wonder just how far from reality this piece is... I mean with your knowledge and skills... one has to wonder. :D

Great job, man.
angel
04-18-2007, 01:48 PM
Thanks for the comments guys! ok I can post a picture of me but might scare you all off! thinking about it I have already done that! lol

he he I do have big lips :)
sagleon
04-18-2007, 03:29 PM
Glad to see this one up and about and it looks just like you. Great job on the likeness.
Zarathustra
04-18-2007, 03:46 PM
So did you build the brain's nooks and crannies with geometry or via a displacement map? If geometry, could you post some wires? Thanks.

Nice work.
apexpriest
04-18-2007, 06:14 PM
My god you are ugly! ha!
No really amazing work there man!
angel
04-19-2007, 02:47 AM
Zarathustra, the brain is like 3-4 years old, back when I was doing medical animation. I deleted history after applying a poly smooth, so the wires are almost solid not real useful, I'll have to dig out the original again from my archives...

in the meantime here are some ZBrush screens:

http://www.vertexangel.com/misc/head-wires.jpghttp://www.vertexangel.com/misc/head_smooth.jpg
Zarathustra
04-19-2007, 01:36 PM
Oh, I thought you said the brain was modeled in LW.
PinkParasol
04-19-2007, 01:41 PM
Wow, Angel, it looks just like you! You just keep on getting better, keep up the great work!
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