OldMan head Returns Again! - MentalRay Maya Render

So I retopologised(?) the head in Zbrush and exported it along with displacement.

Stuck him in Maya for some realistic Mental Ray renders!

I used image-based lighting, a skin shader for the head and a bokeh lense for the camera.

Would be nice to get some eyebrows and stubble, and a bit more colour in his face.

Old Man Face Returns!

I revisited his zbrush sculpt. My first attempt at really painting n Zbrush using a technique i think alot of people use for quick sketches etc. Basically starting with temperature zones and undertones and working my way up. I'll bring it to finish (paint it properly), give him some nice eyes and clean up the little funny bits here and there. I might even put him in Maya and do some nice Mental ray renders! I had fun doing the wrinkles :)

Update on Bumpy dude! Zbrush sculpt...

Visited one of my Zbrush doodles again will paint it soon, although i'm not looking forward to it :P

Old man face!... Wrinkles

Had a go with using some zbrush alphas to make some wrinkles. Need to learn more about skin but it's a start!
Also tried adding eyes, they're pretty dull :/

Doodle WIP

Started this sculpt a while ago, decided to revisit it and finish it with my new found abilities in zbrush!
He didn't have dumpy parts to begin with but now he's turning into more a dragon like dude, still having fun with it, it might change alot over the next few weeks who knows! :P
Played around with some matcaps i got from pixologic so try not to mind the random colours and lights :P

Head sculpt

Going through my zbrush book.
This tutorial showed use of different tools and masking techniques. Also some anatomy practise and a interesting workflow.

Zbush tutorials!

Recently  got a zbrush book,
ZBrush Character Creation, Advanced Digital Sculpting, 2nd edition by Scott Spencer.
It's a great book that a lot of people I know have found useful.
Scott talks very in depth about sculpting in ZBrush and from a sculptors perspective which is great, he also has input from other artist throughout the book which is the cherry on the cake.
I'll be posting up the work i get out of this book!

Chapter one: Door Knocker.
This tutorial covered most of the UI and tool in ZBrush.