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Rikk The Gaijin

I made this as tribute to a great show, Breaking Bad.
If you are interested in the details, it's mostly dynamesh from a sphere, retopologized, uv-mapped, poly-painted and then I used fiber mesh for the facial hair. Two days of work.

I hope you like it, and merry Christmas!

Makkon

Whoa.
This is a whole new level, and is leagues beyond me. Utterly fantastic work.

Gestalt

I love the eyes and mouth, but as far as crits, the nose and ears feel off, that jumps out the most to me. The nose needs more definition, same with the area between the two eyebrows. You also might want to revisit the nasolabial fold as well as the creases he has around his mouth, they feel like wrinkles here and not folds based on the face's anatomy if that makes any sense.

Di$array

Merry Christmas to you too Rick.

Really love all the work you put into this man. Such a joy to behold but I do agree with Gestalt. The nose just need a bit more work and also make those forehead creases a bit deeper.


While we are on the subject of the forehead, take a look at this ref image you'll notice his head has more of a dome shape to it. So i suggest raising yours up.

Rikk The Gaijin

Thank you for the comments and critics guys! Appreciate it!

Zyloh

No Way!!! I thought the top picture was the reference at first. That is insane!! Congrats on this!

makecg

Damn. pretty good bro !

Neox

while the top picture looks really ace, at this cameraangle and fov, you can alreay see that there are some slighte diferences. However, the far away shot reveals a whole bunch of things that are off. Don't get me wrong. The result is really cool, but without the camera trickerey and nice lighting/shading, it falls apart quite fast. If you want to finish it (as it really deserves, you are up to something very great), i'd say fix the proportional issues, disarrays refence image already shows a lot of those - the details are great, but the overall poportions are pretty off.

dpaynter26

YES!!!!!!!!

aajohnny

No way... amazing

bugo

pretty cool job, one thing i noticed right away was the cheeks and around the mouth lacking a bit of fat and gravity. I think that would add a lot to the character.

Rikk The Gaijin

"You're Goddamn right!"
I did a bunch of corrections, adjusted the overall face proportions and completely remade the skin shader.
And now, powered by more beard!
Rendered in Octane.

I hope you like it!

mr_ace

hey man, that's looking much better. The first shot I didn't think the likeness was quite there, and the angle made it look a bit off.

this one however, i could easily mistake for a still from the show, looks spot on as far as I'm concerned. Is it rendered in zbrush?

Rikk The Gaijin

Thank you mr_ace. Only the last shot is rendered in zBrush, the main images are rendered with Octane.

Torch

Awesome likeness, really jealous of your skills - knew who he was straight away

BARDLER

I honestly thought the second renders you posted was a screen cap from the show, that is amazing work. It would be cool if you could get a little translucence on his ears, or at least a little more red to them. That is the only thing I really noticed.

WarrenM

Good god, I thought that was a reference pic. EPIC work, dude, holy crap ...

Nizza_waaarg

haha damn that's so good man ^_^

only thing that's bugging me is his left eye, seems a bit large or stretched, more noticeable in the render tho, not as much in the zb pic

Really cool work, I've gotta check out that renderer too ^_^

Skillmister

This is amazing. I'd say it's probably one of the best likenesses i've seen.

OrganizedChaos

Really impressive work here. I'm surprised this thread isn't like a zillion pages long already XD

aajohnny

I'm in love

peanut™

The eyes of the first image are unbelievable.

AbKI

/jawdrop

16bit

Looks incredible, I thought it was a screen cap from the show until you showed the model.

StormHertz

I saw this in the What Are You Working On? thread, and spend a minute or two trying to figure out why you only posted a picture from the TV show.

Astonishing work.

Rikk The Gaijin

Thank you so much for all the comments guys, if you are interest, here is a simple breakdown of How I made it. Cheers!

butt_sahib

dropbox isnt working for me atall for some reason.
would you mind uploading on tinypic etc please? i want to see this guy!

Rikk The Gaijin

butt_sahib you can see it here: http://www.zbrushcentral.com/forum.php
Top image on the left, the images are scattered in the thread, but it's all there.

Torch

That's a great breakdown, especially lining up photos on your sculpt when trying to achieve a likeness, (usually just sculpt from a photo on the side.) Good job!

butt_sahib

Excellent!!
COngratulations on the top row!

Evil_Knevil

Looks awesome! The glasses do look a bit too "3D" in comparison to the rest of the model. The glasses made me realise this isn't a still from the series.

Archanex

Good grief! So much WIN!!

Lonewolf

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=07wuZ3EWMAA"]Heisenberg. "You're Goddamn Right!" Breaking Bad Season 5 Walter White - YouTube[/ame]

odium

God tier.

warby

HOLY SHIT

e-freak

this looks fantastic since you have the mesh retopologized already - what would be the chances of getting this into udk or cryengine? I'd love to see how it looks in real-time!

[HP]

Mother of god, that is amazing.

Kon Artist

Congrats on the feature! 2 days... that's crazy.:poly142:

BenHenry

How dare this reach the bottom of the pimping and previews page! BUMP!

PaulP

Really excellent work here, well done!

Benton

Holy. Crap.

Toasty Fresh

This is one of the most impressive things I've seen on Polycount. However, something irks me about the shape of his head. From the eyes and down, everything is nearly perfect. Above the eyes, his head seems too "short". The top of his head should extend a bit higher and be more round. Sorry if this is worded poorly.

Still an excellent piece of art. I doubt I could ever do it.

Rikk The Gaijin

Thank you all for the comments guys!

So, this week I've spent another couple of days making one more image (this is the last one of this subject, I swear! ).

Previously, I did the eyes in a simple way, just by projecting the photo on my model, but this time I made a proper eye-bulb, complete with Cornea, Iris and Sclera.
And for the fan of the show, I dresses him 100% Heisenberg!

I hope you like it, and happy new year!

JR

Stunning work, matte. I suggested your thread for a Polycount banner.

Di$array

Rikk will you stop it man! This is some amazing work bud. Loving the new update and I'm glad you went back and reworked your earlier model, you can really see the alteration make all the difference.

Also cheers for the break down of you process. Always niceto see how people work.

Guedin

This is truly awesome ! amazing work

artquest

Wow amazing work! I gotta ask, what did you use to render/composited? The interface looks really cool.

Autocon

Fucking nuts, I could totally imagine him cooking up some blue meth.

TheRealFroman

woah....

Rikk The Gaijin

Thank you guys for the kind words, I really appreciate your feedback!

What is a Polycount banner? Do I have to apply to something? Please explain, I'm interested!

Pedro Amorim

I am the danger!