frosteternal Posted March 4, 2007 Share Posted March 4, 2007 I've been rather ill lately, and have not had the concentration to work on the real project at hand (our Mountain film) so I built a 3-D model of my roomate's head. It's kinda creepy without ears and hair and the neck is incomplete, but it was a fun challenge to build a realistic head for a change. (We may use it in an animated version of him to introduce his architecture portfolio in the future, but no immediate plans.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ganthofer Posted March 4, 2007 Share Posted March 4, 2007 Nice work. Did you use photos for the Face decals? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frosteternal Posted March 4, 2007 Author Share Posted March 4, 2007 Nice work. Did you use photos for the Face decals? The colour, specularity, and bump decals were all derived from a highly-distorted, very re-touched photo. (see below) He was VERY unsettled to see his face all un-wrapped like this! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frosteternal Posted March 4, 2007 Author Share Posted March 4, 2007 Okay, now he's not quite so creepy, with ears and hair. Neck is still way rough. Looking much more like Dushan. Still needs eyelashes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caroline Posted March 4, 2007 Share Posted March 4, 2007 That's great skin texture. So the eyebrows are a decal as well - they look real. There might be a bit of bump stretching on a couple of pores at the end of his nose - but I hesitate to say that in case Dushan actually has them.... It reminds me of apprentice's funny cartoon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frosteternal Posted March 4, 2007 Author Share Posted March 4, 2007 Okay, changed the hair (at Dushan's request), added eyelashes, and some shading. Caroline, yes, the nose pores are a bit stretched. I'll get to it. =) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
case Posted March 5, 2007 Share Posted March 5, 2007 Looks great! So did you make the face or am i lost? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frosteternal Posted March 5, 2007 Author Share Posted March 5, 2007 Looks great! So did you make the face or am i lost? Just a little lost. =) Yes, built the head. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frosteternal Posted March 6, 2007 Author Share Posted March 6, 2007 Added teeth, eyelashes, finished decaling rest of head, gave him creepy smile, changed the jaw-line to more closely match that of the subject (whom now I ca'n't look at without seeing splines swimming across his face.) Whew. Time for bed, long day (job interview wish me luck) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
case Posted March 6, 2007 Share Posted March 6, 2007 no i mean make the decal?yeah, still woosey i think haha! nice model great decal! Good luck Connor Case Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caroline Posted March 6, 2007 Share Posted March 6, 2007 That's great - I hope it was enough to take your mind off illness. It's funny, but after modelling someone, I guess painting them too, you look at them in a totally different way - like you're thinking, how wide is the bridge of their nose, while they think that you're just looking them firmly in the eye, and concentrating on what they're saying. (And I only mentioned the very slight flaw, if it is one, because the rest was so good - I was too picky - apology. ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frosteternal Posted March 6, 2007 Author Share Posted March 6, 2007 (And I only mentioned the very slight flaw, if it is one, because the rest was so good - I was too picky - apology. ) Not at all! Don't worry about it; I'm always glad to have stuff like that pointed out; it is so hard to see one's own work with a critical eye. Be picky =) And I'm feeling much better now, thank you! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frosteternal Posted March 6, 2007 Author Share Posted March 6, 2007 no i mean make the decal?yeah, still woosey i think haha! nice model great decal! Yes, the decal was a heavily modified version of the reference photo. Here's how : First, I cut the photo in half, and mirrored the sections, since it was not quite a head-on shot. I used Photoshop's "Heal" tool to eradicate parts of the photo and "stretch" the face out to cover the un-wrapped ("flattened") face model. Also, I evened out the brightness, removing shadows and highlights from the source. The "liquify" tool in Photoshop is inadequate to distort images with the precision needed, so then I used WinMorph (a wonderful freeware bit of morphing/warping software) to stretch and squish the features such as the lips, brows, and eyes so they also matched the flattened model face. Bump and specularity maps were derived from the "un-wrapped" image as well, which contributed to the effectiveness of features such as the eyebrows, and the beard stubble. Additional profile decals were also used, with some tricky alpha channels to hide the decal seams, for the sides of the head. The hair was a pain, as I am NOT a hair-stylist, but after a ton of tweaking, I was able to generate a reasonable simulation of D.'s tousled hair. The eyes are standard DarkTree "humanIris" textures, on eyeballs with modelled corneas/lenses with transparency and refraction. (This looks more "deep" in my experience, and good eyes are ALWAYS worth a render-time hit.) Whew. Lotta work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mfortunato Posted March 6, 2007 Share Posted March 6, 2007 Hey Jesse - The model and textures look excellent. Something I still haven't quite come to grips with A:M - texturing. The bump map used on his skin for pores and specular highlights is fantastic! Anyway, I also wanted to ask, how did the job interview go? - Michael Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frosteternal Posted March 6, 2007 Author Share Posted March 6, 2007 ...Anyway, I also wanted to ask, how did the job interview go?... I think it went very well - it is a job assisting people with public-access computers. I aced their proficiency tests (not hard). I'll find out whether or not I'm hired in the next few days. Thanks for asking! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
case Posted March 6, 2007 Share Posted March 6, 2007 Holy cow simple but a great way to do it! Cheers Connor Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frosteternal Posted March 9, 2007 Author Share Posted March 9, 2007 Anyway, I also wanted to ask, how did the job interview go? I did not get the job, after all. Which makes me wonder - who did? I can't even begin to imagine their reasons; everything seemed to be going so well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mfortunato Posted March 9, 2007 Share Posted March 9, 2007 Damn! Any other job interviews you have lined up? Or does this free you up to continue working on your movie? . - Michael Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frosteternal Posted March 9, 2007 Author Share Posted March 9, 2007 Damn! Any other job interviews you have lined up? Or does this free you up to continue working on your movie? . - Michael Ha ha. While this does free up my time, I need to spend that time looking for a new job. I AM doing some work on the film, lighting some of the finalized shots. I have a few other interviews lined up, but they are dreadful retail/service jobs - nothing even remotely related to computers/graphics. Fortunately I go back to school soon, so once I finish my degree (finally) I may actually have a decent chance at something I can enjoy/be challenged by. Once I resume earning money, be it whatever job I can eke out a living from, I will be going back to "The Mountain" film production in earnest. Grim times. <_> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mfortunato Posted March 9, 2007 Share Posted March 9, 2007 With your obvious talent and dedication, you will land a fantastic job! "The Mountain" is looking incredible and I can't wait to see your final cut . With the skills and talent you have already demonstrated here, I think you will be extremely successful. - Michael Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frosteternal Posted January 4, 2008 Author Share Posted January 4, 2008 Every now & then, I like to crack open an old project and play with it. Here's a shot from some lip-syncing I've been doing with poor Dushan's head. I added SSS as well and find it, well, kinda disconcerting. Rendered in v15. Happy New Year everyone. School starts again next week so I'll be too busy to post too much. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bentothemax Posted January 5, 2008 Share Posted January 5, 2008 Nice job! He reminds of Keanu Reeves ... a lot Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frosteternal Posted January 5, 2008 Author Share Posted January 5, 2008 Nice job! He reminds of Keanu Reeves ... a lot LOL I'll let him know. He laughed out loud; I just told him. He looks nothing like keanu in real life Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phatso Posted January 17, 2008 Share Posted January 17, 2008 Don't take a job rejection personally - lots of qualified people do DOZENS of interviews before landing one. The thought kinda makes you sick again, doesn't it? But then, what the hey, an interview only takes an hour, you have two dozen of those in a day, and when you finally do land a job you can hold onto for at least a few years, it doesn't seem like it took all that much of an investment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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