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Title: Ben Kenobi
Post by: jnguyen3d on December 01, 2016, 03:21:39 PM
Hey all, just wanted to share a personal project I am currently working on.. a portrait of Ben Kenobi.

Title: Re: Ben Kenobi
Post by: Will Gibbons on December 02, 2016, 07:15:43 AM
Pretty stunning detail! Would love to see it fully materialed and rendered.
Title: Re: Ben Kenobi
Post by: jnguyen3d on December 02, 2016, 10:52:54 AM
Quote from: Will Gibbons on December 02, 2016, 07:15:43 AM
Pretty stunning detail! Would love to see it fully materialed and rendered.

Thank you, Will!! I'm working on it!  ;D ;D
Title: Re: Ben Kenobi
Post by: jnguyen3d on December 03, 2016, 01:43:02 AM
Sharing some progress from tonight.. trying to get these hairs rendered correctly, then I will turn my attention to the clothing.  :D ;D
Title: Re: Ben Kenobi
Post by: jnguyen3d on December 05, 2016, 01:39:31 AM
More late night progress.  Adjusted the materials a bit, especially the hood.  Slight tweaks to fibers and the skin shader.

Title: Re: Ben Kenobi
Post by: jnguyen3d on December 06, 2016, 10:25:27 AM
Small update.  ;) ;D Added some context to the scene. Mixed levels of bloom in post.
Title: Re: Ben Kenobi
Post by: guest84672 on December 06, 2016, 12:24:00 PM
Great work. I think the skin could be improved. It looks a little to flat, and is lacking translucency.
Title: Re: Ben Kenobi
Post by: jnguyen3d on December 06, 2016, 01:52:42 PM
Quote from: thomasteger on December 06, 2016, 12:24:00 PM
Great work. I think the skin could be improved. It looks a little to flat, and is lacking translucency.

Thank you! I appreciate the crit, I'll take a closer look!!
Title: Re: Ben Kenobi
Post by: jnguyen3d on December 07, 2016, 11:43:06 AM
Additional tweaks made to lighting and skin material. I'm still doing minor tweaks but I think this will be close to the final image.  :D
Thanks for viewing! Any crits will be appreciated.
Title: Re: Ben Kenobi
Post by: guest84672 on December 07, 2016, 11:52:31 AM
Looking really good. However, it looks like he is wearing lipstick ;-)
Title: Re: Ben Kenobi
Post by: jnguyen3d on December 07, 2016, 12:22:41 PM
Quote from: thomasteger on December 07, 2016, 11:52:31 AM
Looking really good. However, it looks like he is wearing lipstick ;-)

Haha. I was going back and forth trying to decide how they should look. I think now I agree with you! Thanks, Thomas!
Title: Re: Ben Kenobi
Post by: jnguyen3d on December 08, 2016, 12:05:23 PM
Hi all! Here are my final images of this project. Thank you for joining me on this journey.. this project has helped me understand a lot about Keyshot's powerful capabilities. I hope you like it!

Side note: I cannot wait for Rogue One!!
Title: Re: Ben Kenobi
Post by: guest84672 on December 08, 2016, 12:49:55 PM
Love the b&w shot.
Title: Re: Ben Kenobi
Post by: jnguyen3d on December 08, 2016, 12:51:03 PM
Quote from: thomasteger on December 08, 2016, 12:49:55 PM
Love the b&w shot.

Thanks Thomas! Same here.. especially the close up.
Title: Re: Ben Kenobi
Post by: guest84672 on December 08, 2016, 02:44:00 PM
yes -that's my fav! Really well done!
Title: Re: Ben Kenobi
Post by: jnguyen3d on December 08, 2016, 02:54:26 PM
Quote from: thomasteger on December 08, 2016, 02:44:00 PM
yes -that's my fav! Really well done!

All thanks to the community of artists here! The resources here are invaluable.. the webinars especially!
Title: Re: Ben Kenobi
Post by: TpwUK on December 09, 2016, 12:53:50 AM
The black n white shots are certainly the better renders, well done. As you get more experienced with KS skin and translucency it might well be worth revisiting this, it's an excellent sculpt.

Martin
Title: Re: Ben Kenobi
Post by: jnguyen3d on December 09, 2016, 02:20:41 AM
Quote from: TpwUK on December 09, 2016, 12:53:50 AM
The black n white shots are certainly the better renders, well done. As you get more experienced with KS skin and translucency it might well be worth revisiting this, it's an excellent sculpt.

Martin

Thanks Martin! Yeah, I feel like I'm still working out the kinks in regards to the correlation between the scene units and the material values.
Title: Re: Ben Kenobi
Post by: Will Gibbons on December 12, 2016, 08:42:31 AM
Wow! This is really nice! I like the glow from the lightsaber on his face especially.
Title: Re: Ben Kenobi
Post by: jnguyen3d on December 12, 2016, 10:52:27 AM
Quote from: Will Gibbons on December 12, 2016, 08:42:31 AM
Wow! This is really nice! I like the glow from the lightsaber on his face especially.

Thank you, Will!!
Title: Re: Ben Kenobi
Post by: jnguyen3d on January 21, 2017, 12:09:41 AM
Excuse me for bringing back in older thread, but I couldn't help myself to go back to this project and rework some of the materials and such. Here's what I got!

This is straight out of Keyshot.. the only post work I did was add extra blue glow to the lightsaber since I didn't want to crank up the bloom too high.
Title: Re: Ben Kenobi
Post by: jnguyen3d on January 25, 2017, 12:34:42 PM
More inspiration stemming from the announcement of The Last Jedi! Decided to build a backdrop for old Obi-Wan. I referenced the hallways of the Death Star.
Backdrop is a simple model using alphas and emissive materials.