Better Call Saul! - Bob Odenkirk Likeness Sculpt

GeorgeCrudo

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Hey Guys
I'm working on a likeness sculpt of Saul Goodman (Bob Odenkirk) from Better Call Saul!



I started this a couple months back and decided to pick up the project again. The hair and eyebrows were done with Fibermesh but I have a lot of trouble with it so that's definitely something I need to work on. As for the mesh, it was originally just a dynamesh sculpt I did in Zbrush without a lot of concern for topology. There's a lot I want to improve upon so I actually did a retopology of the head and projected the details down so I have a something better to work with at lower subdivisions. I'm going to be going back to the basics and really try to iron out the form better.

All critiques and feedback are welcome! 

GeorgeCrudo

Here's a few images without any polypaint on the head. The right is the original high poly one I posted. I just did ZRemesher to get a lower poly version and start to readjust some forms but I'm not sure how I feel about it just yet. I'd love any feedback or critiques Additionally I've attached some references I've been using 

allengingrich

GeorgeCrudo said:

Here's a few images without any polypaint on the head. The right is the original high poly one I posted. The topology on the head I posted above needs some work so for now I just did ZRemesher to get a lower poly version and start to readjust some forms but I'm not sure how I feel about it just yet. I'd love any feedback or critiques Additionally I've attached some references I've been using 

Good job! I saw the resemblance right away.

If you want C&C, you're giving Bob a pretty structured jawline that he doesn't really have in real life. I would also like to see some more fine wrinkles in the head and eyes. You did good, but I think you can do better.

Again, great job though! Having people recognize your likeness is most of the point, and you did it for me.

GeorgeCrudo

@allengingrich
Thank you! I'm so glad to hear that and thanks so much for the advice. I'm always looking for more feedback! You're totally right about the jawline. I have a tendency to make them too structured so I'll work on bringing that down. 

I will definitely work more on the wrinkles and the skin texture as well. I was getting really wonky resolution in areas such as where the crows feet are which is why I wanted to get something with better topology and do subdivision levels rather than going super high up with Dynamesh. I'm still trying to work out the kinks in my workflow

GeorgeCrudo

Here's an update. The head on the right is the old version, left one is the new one. I think this one has some much better structure and I've yet to do any subdivisions as im trying to focus on the form and likeness. I feel like I lost a bit of the likeness though. Do you guys see what might be wrong?

GeorgeCrudo

I kept pushing forward with my new head to get it closer to the likeness and added some high res skin details. Would love any critiques

GeorgeCrudo

Starting to pick back up on this project. I haven't forgotten you Saul!! Made a few facial tweaks, started getting some reworked hair and eyebrows in but they still need quite a bit of work. It's been so long that I want to completely redo his eyes. Going to turn this into a bit of a bust and then try to get some good materials and a render out of Keyshot.

GeorgeCrudo

Started to sculpt the hair and eyebrows instead of using fibermesh. Here's a quick Keyshot render

GeorgeCrudo

Started to make the bust and the base which is going to be a suitcase. Other than that, I got a few more tweaks I want to make and then I'm going to finish up the textured version

GeorgeCrudo

Finished up the details on the suitcase and now I'm starting to setup my final rendering scene in Keyshot

GeorgeCrudo

First pass on the textures and materials in Keyshot. Still gotta do some polishing to get things looking right.

GeorgeCrudo

Polsihed up the Keyshot scene and materials a bit more. Gonna do a few more renders both textured and untextured and make sure I like everything

GeorgeCrudo

Here is the final version of my Better Call Saul sculpture Hope you guys like it! I put more renders on my Artstation if you guys want to check it out!
 https://www.artstation.com/p/bnAym