To preface this “article” : Everything stated here is totally anecdotal, as in, based on my own experience and what I observe\talk\learn through other professionals. It DOES NOT necessarily represent my current employer views nor i speak on their behalf, this is opinionated and seen through the glasses of my own individual…
I sculpt and painted him in ZBrush, made a render and sent to photoshop. Then i gave him some photoshop steroids: And i cut him in pieces. - - FeedBacks?
Don't you think it's bigoted as fuck that you assume this character must be made for DEI just because she's a woman and/or non-white? You're basically saying that the only time a woman or PoC can be the main character is if a white guy took pity on them. I mean, you haven't stated any reason why it should be believed this…
Most probably it's from some non tilable gradient or 2d transform in Designer but nothing you couldn't easily fix just in Photoshop pattern preview and mesh transform on a smart object if searching through Designer graph is too much of a pain. Sampler has some automated tool too but imo works so so.
Also on artstation https://www.artstation.com/artwork/AGbez A 12 days challenge. Concept of the vest was given. breakdowns below Maya Zbrush Marvelous Designer Substance Painter used. Rendered in Marmoset
Have you tried an AI upscaler yet? This sounds like the perfect method since your graphics already exists but are just a bit too small. It might add the detail that you need without the need to redo the graphics from scratch. There are online services that allows you image upscaling. Also free ones. It must not be Topaz…
Ha, I saw this and thought "theres no way it will be THE smoking man, likely just a generic smoking guy" and look who it is :D Great work, will be keeping an eye on this.