Imagenation Posted March 13, 2013 Report Posted March 13, 2013 Hello Everyone We have been working on some internal projects here and attached are a couple of images I wanted to share. Modelling all from scratch done in Silo, UVs etc (what a nightmare!). Rendering and animations (on our site) all done in EI9. Let me know your thoughts and if you have any ideas to improve. Thanks Ash Bird Imagenation.com.au Quote
Tomas Egger Posted March 13, 2013 Report Posted March 13, 2013 Ola Ash! Simply Awesome!!! I want to post it :) Thanks a lot Tom Quote
RichardJoly Posted March 13, 2013 Report Posted March 13, 2013 Very nice! What was the nightmare? The modelling or the UVs? Either way, the result is impressive. If I may be so bold to suggest the use of Raytrace Shadow Transmission (Subsurface Scattering) for the ears... Quote
Imagenation Posted March 13, 2013 Author Report Posted March 13, 2013 Thank you Richard for your thoughts. The nightmare was unwrapping the UV's. It actually does have SSS but I have made the darkness engulf the ears, perhaps too much? I was a bit wary of making it too "waxy" looking, there seems to be a fine line between too much and not enough :) I might try upping the it SSS however. This image might show a bit more SSS. Let me know your thoughts. Thanks Ash Quote
GeordieJames Posted March 13, 2013 Report Posted March 13, 2013 Fantastic work Ash, beautifully lit. You say unwrapping the UV's was a nightmare...dare I ask how you did it ? James Quote
davidwu67 Posted March 13, 2013 Report Posted March 13, 2013 Wow! Great work! Very realistic. When we are that close to a face, pores and tiny facial hairs would be visible, but tiny hairs would be hard to do. Quote
Imagenation Posted March 13, 2013 Author Report Posted March 13, 2013 Would really love a good hair generator in EI :) That would make a big difference. Quote
Imagenation Posted March 13, 2013 Author Report Posted March 13, 2013 To Unwrap the UV's I used Silos' basic unwrap feature and then had to manually move points to the correct area especially in the eyes and ears. It was probably only a nightmare because I haven't done it before! Quote
Tomas Egger Posted March 14, 2013 Report Posted March 14, 2013 Ola Ash! Hair is interesting :) Thanks Tom Quote
RichardJoly Posted March 14, 2013 Report Posted March 14, 2013 ...It actually does have SSS but I have made the darkness engulf the ears, perhaps too much? I was a bit wary of making it too "waxy" looking, there seems to be a fine line between too much and not enough :) I might try upping the it SSS however... Ash You are right, too much SSS often gives a waxy look. OK for statuettes but, as far as flesh is concern, good looking SSS is an art in itself... Because of the lighting of the first image (V10 beauty 2), I was expecting more transparency in the ear. It's all a matter of taste for in the real world, SSS isn't always visible or strong. Lighting, composition and thickness of the skin, blood flow, age and numerous other factors plays in the amount of SSS visible. Quote
Reuben.F Posted March 25, 2013 Report Posted March 25, 2013 Would really love a good hair generator in EI :) That would make a big difference. It can be done with the Fiberforge plugin, and paint on the hair with strength maps, although I'm not sure whether the its still available to buy.... Edit: i forgot, there is also Placer deposit ;) Quote
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