Hairless Cat Woman

Well I I had a dream and was inspired to make another character. This is a half woman half hairless cat creature that could probably have lived in a climate similar to earth:) Anyway Sculpt and texture plus comp 5 hours total. Hope you like it. Sorry about the nudity I am still practicing my anatomy.

This is my newest creation and by far the most fun. Base mesh was created in Maya 8.5 and then sculpted and painted in Zbrush. Post compositing done in CS3. Click on picture for full resolution.

Skin Test Zbrush -The Veteran

This Is a test I did using Zmats on Zbrush 3.1. This head is going to be used in a bigger personal project that I have planned. The skin looks better than my mental ray render in zbrush:( To see full size click on the picture.

Mental Ray Test Maya 8.5

This is a test that I did for realistic skin. I got the render down to 2 minutes for a 1024 size image. There is still a lot to tweak but it's been a long night and I think this was a good start. Sorry about the Jpeg Compression I wasn't thinking.
The model is another work in progress hence the missing parts. You can see the full resolution by clicking on the image.

Maya 2008 and Displacement Tips

Well Maya 2008 has many bugs that I had to deal with so here are some of the fixes for MISSS_Fast_Skin Bump Missing and optimization flag fix and other things:
http://www.tgjay.com/htms/tutorial/mr4Maya9E.htm


Also you need to have a check box checked to do 32 bit displacements in Maya 2008. This one held me back for a day and was really annoying. You can do that by going here Window > Settings/Preferences > Settings > Rendering > Mentalray preferences > use maya-style alpha detection in file textures. That will make the displacements work properly. Don't forget to turn feature displacement off and to use your Mental ray approximation editor. For 32 bit Displacements Alpha Gain should be set to 2.2 and Alpha Offset to -1.1. This doesn't change for 32 bit displacements. However you can mess up your render if you scale your model because 32 bit displacements are scale sensitive.

This was all enough for me to go back to 8.5. Good luck if you have no choice but to work with Maya 2008.

Video Stage6 Divx

Sweet Well I found a really good solution for posting video on here. You need to have the Divx codec but it really stands out. Go here to find out more: http://stage6.divx.com/

It's coming along slowly

I posted some pics not a lot but it's a start. I am still trying to figure out some of the bugs Blogger has on just posting something. I guess I'll iron those out as I go. I also tried to post a video but apparently the compression I used made a craptastic video on Veoh, so I guess I will be using Youtube from now on. I am working on a plan to show progress from the beginning to the end of how I create a character. I guess I will let you know as soon as I find out how I am going to do that. It shouldn't be long. I am also going to try and do an anatomy thread along side with the characters I make. If anybody has any ideas please let me know or if you question don't be scared to ask. 

This is the start!

I am going to start to post my 3d modeling work and maybe have some tutorials on how I get everything done. I am not sure how this is actually going to work as of yet but I am thinking this will be a good start.