Hey there,
I recently finished this project where I wanted to challenge myself to create a photorealistic study of a monkey (Barbary Macaque) and it has been a great project and a learning experience so far.
The monkey was sculpted in
ZBrush, retopologized in Maya, textures were painted in
Mari and a few bits done in Photoshop. The hair was done using XGen in Maya which was a "fun" learning experience. The shading, lighting and rendering was done with V-Ray.
I'm currently looking for some feedback/critique in hopes to make some final changes that could help in reaching that realistic result. The full project with breakdowns can be found here:
PROJECTLooking forward to the replies!
Current result:
![Image: https://us.v-cdn.net/5021068/uploads/editor/4k/hck0juww72bx.jpg](https://us.v-cdn.net/5021068/uploads/editor/4k/hck0juww72bx.jpg)
Close up render:
![Image: https://us.v-cdn.net/5021068/uploads/editor/ad/csr9906jq81k.jpg](https://us.v-cdn.net/5021068/uploads/editor/ad/csr9906jq81k.jpg)
Viewport:
![Image: https://us.v-cdn.net/5021068/uploads/editor/hb/vmeblbg250kl.jpg](https://us.v-cdn.net/5021068/uploads/editor/hb/vmeblbg250kl.jpg)
Alternate render:
![Image: https://us.v-cdn.net/5021068/uploads/editor/on/uv4yj5838bhe.jpg](https://us.v-cdn.net/5021068/uploads/editor/on/uv4yj5838bhe.jpg)