New Character - Indonesian Pirate (modern)

artquest

Hello everyone, I'm a long time lurker of these forums but I've finally decided to post some of my work. There's a lot really great stuff here on polycount, and I'm happy to be a part of the community. I'm looking forward to getting some feedback from all you amazing artists here at PC.

I did this as an art test for a company, but unfortunately due to some odd circumstances it didn't work out. Anywho, here's the final render! Rendered in Mental Ray, created with Maya, Photoshop, Zbrush, xnormal and of course marmoset toolbag (for realtime) Crits welcome, hope you enjoy!




Here's the character in marmoset:



And here's the workflow for the necklace if anyone is interested:



So that's all for now folks.

Looking forward to seeing you all in Dominance War! (my first time participating this year)

Arkadius

Nice model, and thanks for the chain example!

Miche

Awesome, man! I like that you made a short presentation how you made the necklaces. Which software did you use for the final render? Great job!

artquest

ops forgot to post what software I used, I'll add that to the top post too.

Zbrush
Photoshop
Maya
Xnormal

final render in mental ray

Andreas

Top notch!

artquest

here's a turn around of the character in marmoset toolbag. If anyone has any info on how to set up alphas for hair (or for anything for that matter) in marmoset I would greatly appreciate the help. I couldn't get the hair to look quite the way I wanted it too in there.

STRIKER

nice man! whats your render setup?

Jeremy-S

Wow, you really captured the sleeze of this guy. His expression, his dirty mustache, the chains, and that shirt all help sell the fact that this guy has done some evil shit.

Thanks for the workflow shot, that's a great idea you got going. And top notch textures too. Really like this

DDuckworth

This is really great, perfect chains for sure, I love the technique and i'm definitely going to save it in case i ever end up modeling something similar! Thanks so much! I like his eyes the most, they really look like they could stare into your soul

Wombatinahat

For an evil pirate type he look pretty armless. *apologies, puts jacket on and leaves*

Seriously though this is great work. You managed to capture a lot of his personality in the beauty shot.

sparrow

The head is looking very nice. well done. a bit of feed back, i think the buttons are a bit too small. manly on the close up image. I think as well he is a bit cressless, i would defiantly go to town with some cresses. I really like the chain necklaces how how you have done this.

well done keep it up.

HornyRhino

one thing i can say man... they lost a great artist great stuff man

artquest

Minor update:

Here's some Zbrush captures of the high rez sculpt.

Kewop Decam

that's the naughty dog art test isn't it?

D4V1DC

The tutorial is awesome very nicely done design over all!
Bling, Bling!

ScoobyDoofus

Yeah. I'm pretty sure by now everybody recognizes the Naughty Dog Art Test for Eddy Roja(thats the name right?).

There have been a lot of em posted, and many of really high quality. This is no exception.

jPEG

This is, without question, a supremely fitting portrayal of the character based on his dossier. You put a lot of love into this guy, Joel. It is a TREMENDOUS shame things didn't work out.

Hopefully this obstacle only means you're one step closer to being where you belong. Based on what I've seen of your DW entry so far, I think we're close to finding that out.

jogshy

Awesome model!
I like specially the face expression and the eyes.

ranek

amazing and thanks for the necklace example. looks fantastic.

martynball

I really like, looks amazing. Interesting a efficient way you have done the chains too :P

PixelMasher

nice work man this looks awesome. my only crit would be the hair looks really dark and is lacking highlights/gloss in most instances to get that sheen that hair normally has under light. right now its super dark.

looove the facial features and skin tones. they eyes really sell the character. nice job