FINAL Diego Rodriguez - Character

DiegoRB

FINAL SUBMISSION

Nine hours had passed since the breach opened, but the waiting was worth it.

His eyes had a blue sparkle while the EyeHUD was giving him information of the new resident: age, family, thoughts, date of decease...

They had successfully brought one of their kind back. David was confused and unsettled, it will take him a few days to get used to his new body, but everything was going according to schedule. 

Our eyes run into each other's, and I couldn't help but smile at him. "Hi, David. I was waiting for you."

MikeDunnam

Sounds awesome! Can't wait to see your WIP!

DiegoRB

I'm going to model the "being" David meets in this new world. I don't want to do an alien so this being is going to have human physical appearance. I gathered some 1900s clothing pictures and some anatomy references. I'm going to be using Toby Stephens as my main anatomy reference for the head, but it's not going to be a likeness. 

I would like to do something similar to the Hugh Jackman pictures, an upper body shot with that nice contrast between lights and shadows. I'm going to leave some space for the hands to show the pocket watch, I think I'll be using that for the small translator device ... and the Flourish Set is going to be useful for the details. 













I don´t want to spend time in the body because it's going to be covered by clothes. So I focussed on the head and neck. It needs a lot of love, but I think it's looking good. 



So this is my project so far, I hope to see a lot of final submissions Good luck everyone! Enjoy. 

DiegoRB

 Update! 



I need to refine more the shapes but I think tomorrow I'm gonna break symmetry. 

DiegoRB

Update
I'll be working on cloths this week. This is my progress so far with the face.

pmiller001

Your character, so far, looks like a swell guy haha. So are you keeping with a bearded hair style like in your reference? 

DiegoRB

pmiller001 said:

Your character, so far, looks like a swell guy haha. So are you keeping with a bearded hair style like in your reference? 

 That's my plan. I'm gonna have a lot of fun with the hair style, 1900's beards were awesome haha

DiegoRB

UPDATE

I created the cloths in MD and I started playing with XMD brushes. Mastercloth 1, 2 and 3 combined with smooth brush... awesome! I'm going to spend a few days sculpting details (head and hands included). 


MD Patterns

DiegoRB

Zbrush render, just having some fun before fold-time

DiegoRB

Update

Detailed cloths + some head corrections. I will be detailing head and hands next.

I used XMD Mastercloth 1,2,3 and 4 in combination with smooth brush for the main shape of the fold. Next I used Standard brush to carve the edges in order to refine the shape. Finally I used ClayBuildup to equalize the surface. 

DiegoRB

Quick Update

I detailed the Pocket Watch with the Flourish Set. Render in Zbrush.

DiegoRB

I spent the past few days detailing and creating the textures for the head and hands. Quick render in Zbrush.




9 days to go! 

Kungfujackrabbit

The Character is really coming along. The deadline is nearing so keep it up!

DiegoRB

Some things left to do in the final day! I need to add hair and eyelashes. I don't know if this is going to be the final comp, I need to think about it. 

DiegoRB

Some changes in the vest. I used Mask by Alpha with a pattern I created in PS with the flourish set. I'll end up projecting again the texture with more variations in the pattern because right now is a little bit repetitive. 

I need to create the hair but the light and comp in my final version is going to be pretty close to this render. I tried to include the pocket watch I created a few days ago but I discarted that pose because I didn't like the composition.

DiegoRB

I think this is going to be my final version, I'm going to wait in case I have to make some corrections. I'll post the story tomorrow. 

DiegoRB

FINAL SUBMISSION

Nine hours had passed since the breach opened, but the waiting was worth it.

His eyes had a blue sparkle while the EyeHUD was giving him information of the new resident: age, family, thoughts, date of decease...

They had successfully brought one of their kind back. David was confused and unsettled, it will take him a few days to get used to his new body, but everything was going according to schedule. 

Our eyes run into each other's, and I couldn't help but smile at him. "Hi, David. I was waiting for you."