African Princess

Crazy_pixel

Hey folks,
I'm working on a new bust, the idea is simple she is some kind of african princess with aztec influences. My goal is a realtime version.

I'm quite happy with the proportions and the style of her jewellery, but her hair is still work in progress.

Comments and critiques are allways welcome 8)

Jonas_Thomas

I like the gold material and the shape of the crown. Maybe you could ass a little bit of dirt?

Crazy_pixel

This is only my Zbrush material, but I will keep dirt metal parts in mind, thanks Jonas_Thomas :thumbup:

Natulini

Nice, are you using some photo references or something like?

Crazy_pixel

Yes, sure, this are my current references
I will take a few more for her hair and when it's time to make her skin color and the other materials.

Crazy_pixel

Little update ....



Maybe I put some Rubys inside the eye sockets.

Odow

I prefer those hair way more !

I would also do bigger earring on the lobe, something really fancy.

Crazy_pixel

Thanks Odow

I'll give her fancy earrings :thumbup:

Texelion

Nice headdress !

I think you sould rework the cheeks and the chin a bit, and the jawline in general. The cheeks are too defined, they almost look "fake", but the chin and jawline aren't defined enough. It's clearly visible if you compare the 3/4 views of your model and the ref.

Crazy_pixel

Thanks Texelion

I will take a closer look on her cheeks/chin, it's always good to have a second pair eyes.

Crazy_pixel

smal changes on her face, it looks better

Tits

pretty

Crazy_pixel

Thanks Tits and kaikaisushi
You mean both lips right? hmm let's see what I can do for her


But or now my next update...

Crazy_pixel

I have done my bake and worked a little bit on her textures ...

Crazy_pixel

thanks Freestylekaf, it's good to hear that.

Crazy_pixel

I bring the head into the Unreal Engine 4 and I played with materials. I'm not yet happy with my skin texture, she needs still more work.
The jewellery and the hair is still work in progress.

Have any of you an idea how I can make her cornea reflection sharper? I'm using a hdri cubemap reflection but the result is unsatisfactory.

Shrike

if you are using a HDRI i suppose you use an offline renderer ? looks like marmoset tho

If its offline, just place a primitive with an white emissive shader, it the direction and size you want, that would reflect in her eye. If your hdri is really soft, then making the material glossier will not help, maybe try another hdri that has more detailed variation, that should do. you could also double the eye and make a glossier transparent material on that and such tricks

Crazy_pixel

Thx for the feedback

@kaikaisushi
Her skin has no specular texture at the moment, this is just a overal spec, this will come later. Knald is very nice, I am allready using a transition map for her sss but I am still looking for the right adjustments for the skin shader

@Shrike
I use the Unreal Engine 4 because I want to challenge me and my skills by learning an other way to present my assets.
Her eyes have a cornea mesh too for the reflections, but I will search after a more detailed hdri map and make a new try :thumbup: