My new home in Uppsala, Sweden.
Comicon challenge update #2
Gameartisans.org: Comicon challenge entry
update: Here is my first pass on the model in zbrush
Some very rough conceptualizing, trying to get a feel for the character:
I was talked into having a go at this challenge by a friend of mine, so here’s my take on Daredevil. I will start modelling him tomorrow and hopefully I will make it in time for the deadline, unless moving takes up to much of my time. It was quite a while since I last did any kind of digital painting that isn’t texture work, so I greatly enjoyed sketching this.
Using Render Layers in Maya 8.5
Something I’ve found that not many game artists are familiar with is the Render Layers found in Maya since version 7.
They can be extremely handy if you want to render your scene in passes, but they can also be very helpful when baking geometry to textures.
Mental Ray – skin shading
Better skin with the mia_material
By combining the blurry reflections and built-in ambient occlusion of the mia_material with the layered subsurface scattering of the misss_fast_skin shader you can get great looking skin while maintaining artistic control.
Al Swearengen
I think maybe I’ve been watching a bit too much Deadwood lately.
I did this sculpt on a whim this afternoon, without much reference. Hopefully some of the likeness still came across.