My First Foray Into Z-Brush (Face Study)

Lucas Annunziata · Feb 2011

I too am hopping on the facial sculpting bandwagon! I started off using Jason Statham as a reference, but it has really been a pain trying to do a likeness (especially since I haven't been able to find any good profile shots of the man). So this is what I've got so far:

Basemesh:

Sculpt WIP:

Any tips would be greatly appreciated.

Captain Narway · Feb 2011

A couple things really stand out to me. The nose seems REALLY sharp, most noticeably from the front view where the highlight appears. The ear helix and lobe also look very thin and could use a bit more inflating. Like this:

But not quite this:

Lucas Annunziata · Feb 2011

Thanks cap'n. I fear my ear is still looking closer to that second image though, a big old ear of crap. Anyway, I've given him some cosmetic surgery. Lemme know what ya think.

Lucas Annunziata · Feb 2011

Well, here's a bit of an update with some busty goodness.

Lucas Annunziata · Feb 2011

Image dump time! So, I've made some progress since the last post. I'm going to be creating some hair for him tonight, using that empty texture space in the texture's bottom right corner.

Any critiques, specifically on the diffuse texture, would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.

Lucas Annunziata · Feb 2011

Allright, well, I fixed up a few of the seems and almost killed myself messing around with hair, so I'm just going to sleep on it. I've got some lighting setup and am messing around with presentation worthy stuff.

My First Foray Into Z-Brush (Face Study)

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