Cowboy WIP

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WIP

Found some time to work on some personal projects. This will be a learning project to sharpen my skills in zbrush. Any feedback is welcome

#2

I wasn’t really happy with the face, so I added a subdiv and started to sculpt some wrinkles. I exported the mesh to vray to see what kind of detail i can see from max. But I’m a bit disappointed with the specs and shadows in the wrinkles. Does anyone have tips on how I can increase the details in my renders?

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I lost track of my own project. I didn’t really know what I wanted. It started out as a kinda cartoon character but it wasn’t really working for me. I didnt had a good feeling with it. So I went on the internet and did some research. I downloaded some images and made a collage of images of the direction I wanna go. Now i got a clear focus. I wanna go more realistic, high contrast with a good western atmosphere.

#5

expirimenting with lighting

#6

nice render, the lighting looks great. the eyes themselves look a little flat though, like not reflecting the scene.
i was going to suggest bring the facial hair back or more of it, and you did, looks great. :thumbsup:

#7

Thanks for your reply!

Youre right, Its missing the lenses. Im planning to texture everything, so I will put extra energy in the eyes to really make them pop out of the darkness.

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Nice. now i can see his eyes.
i like the darker profile more though on the face. ( this one looks good too. but the other i think is more dramatic for his facial features)
looking good

before when you posted the one with and without a mustache…i wanted to say that i see a good sheriff bad Sharif senerio (great facial features modeled). twins, one dark and one righteous. the one without facial hair having a scare down his face and one cloudy eye, same outfit but more worth and tattered for him. the other a good man, a humble man, upholding the law. a shot of the dark one standing next to his brother … the yin and the yang, of the wild wild west…just a thought… :cool:

either way i think your doing a awesome job. keep going

#10

oh and i like the lighter hat too on him more…

(it was the render with the glazed white eyes that made me think dark version…) :twisted:

#11

I like the idea of a cloudy eye. I liked how some renders looked without a pupil. It will give more character and a bit of story. I will experiment with it in my next render. Also I was thinking about maybe putting a sigaret in his mouth. Something to add more character. It would be nice to make it a badass character. Who knows maybe after this render I can think about making a good character.

I agree with the light on his left eye. It’s a bit too flat. I think I will expitiment with a more direct light to make the shadows pop out more. In the end I think he needs a extra bit of light in his left side. Aldo the shadow version is more dramatic, this version shows more of his face. So I am going to find a middle way.

I will keep the dark hat because the image says high contrast. I like how the dark hat is in high contrast with the light skin. Maybe I will put some brown in it. But I will have to see.

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I’m not sure about the cloudy eye. It’s a bit distracting. I will see in the next version if I’m going to keep it

#14

I like it. A scare over the eye may help it(or multiple). Up to u. Looks great either way :slight_smile:

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Still not totally happy with the skin. It needs to be dirty and weathered. I’m still looking for a way to get the most out of the diffuse map. After that I will work on the shirt.

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Wow! It is really crazy to see the progress you made :)I looked over all the images you uploaded and comparing the first with your last i can just say thats a huge improvment. Just wanted to say i think it looks great ^^

#20

Many thanks!, I was planning to pick it up one of these days. I just been busy lately. Soon I will bring another update.