Trying to do likeness, looking for some critiques.

Linfo · Aug 2016

Hello! I'm doing a young Al Pacino (it's in its early stages) and I feel like I could really use some critiques.
Please help!

I added some reference pictures below.

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Leinadien · Aug 2016

I think maybe make his eyes a bit bigger, make his brow more pronounced by smoothing out his forehead a bit. Add some more fat above/at the end of his mouth. There is no doubt more that has to be done, but it's what I think at this point would make the most difference.

Linfo · Aug 2016

Thank you for the advice!

I've tweaked it a bit more but I dunno, I feel like it's not there yet and I don't want to move onto detailing until the base looks good.

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Leinadien · Aug 2016

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Maybe the nose is a bit too long, chin too big, a bit more fat over the eye, a slightly modified eye?

Linfo · Aug 2016

Thanks for the help!

This is the progress I made today. I feel like I've improved things a bit, but Im not quite there yet.

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Leinadien · Aug 2016

I made his face symmetrical, maybe that will make things more obvious.

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Linfo · Aug 2016

Oh! That's a good idea. Thanks!

Linfo · Aug 2016

Ok, I've worked on it some more. I feel like Im getting closer, maybe?

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Linfo · Sep 2016

New update, I feel like I'm done with the primary shapes.
Moving to secondary.

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Linfo · Sep 2016

Started detailing the face.

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Linfo · Sep 2016

Paint, pass1

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Linfo · Sep 2016

Quick bake test in Marmoset, need to do the spec map.

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Nerono · Sep 2016

You should add a hair mesh in zbrush, just extract it from the scalp and sculpt the big shapes, to see if everything works together

Linfo · Sep 2016

Yeah I agree. I need to do the spec map and then hair is what's next.

Eric Chadwick · Sep 2016

This is coming along great!

Al has fairly pronounced eye bags. Maybe your model could use a bit deeper grooves under the eyes? He also seems to have a bit more hooded eyelids, though that depends on his boredom level I suppose.

Linfo · Sep 2016

I decided to give this guy a unique hair style.
It's still a WIP, but it's getting there? Maybe? Making hair is absolute pain.

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PattyWhacker · Sep 2016

What photo of Al Pacino did you use for the hairstyle? You should definitely use a hairstyle like Al Pacino if this is suppose be a likeness. I wouldn't go with anything else unless you're trying to create a fictional character who resembles Al Pacino.

In the high resolution model, I noticed that the details looked a bit off. It seems like you've added the texture through noise and it looks the same texture throughout the entire face. I would definitely check out this George Clooney likeness tutorial from this amazing artist Hossein Diba: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rnVROI8SF9Y. You'll notice how crazy detailed you can get with the face. If you're aiming for in-game resolution, I'm not too sure if this hyper detailing really matters. Whenever I try to bake a 4k normal map for the head of my characters, my computer crashes.

It looks like you're making some good progress so far. Keep up the good work!

Trying to do likeness, looking for some critiques.

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