Mentorship Project: Zeb Orrelios

              Mentorship _ Reel

                Cinematic _ Renders

                    Studio _ Look Dev.

              Turntable _ Beauty

                 HDRI Environments

                             Props

              Renders _  (1080p)

                           Blend Shape _ Facial Expression

               Turntable _ Lights 

                   Marvelous _ Viewport

             Turntable_ Zbrush

    Head/Face _ Progress Shots

                       Mari viewport _ Flat Textures/ UVs

                      Turntable _  AOV

    Maya Viewport _ Xgen Guides

                   Turntable _ Wire

        For my Mentorship Project at Think Tank Training Centre, I chose to re-create a lesser-known Star Wars Character, Zeb Orrelios: Concept art by Aaron McBride and Industrial Light & Magic.

      This project/ Character demonstrates the current range of my skills and knowledge within CG. Including Organic/ Hard Surface Modeling, Digital Sculpting, Clothing Creation, Texturing, Groom, and Look Development.

      The process for this character began in Maya to establish proper scale followed by Zbrush for the initial Block-Out. Once the primary forms/ anatomy was in place, I then used Maya for retopology.

       Hard-Surface elements were created with a combination of Zbrush and Maya. Objects such as the tube and straps were initially modeled in Maya and used for the creation of curve brushes within Zbrush to allow for control.

       The body and hard surface pieces were then brought into Marvelous Designer for the creation/ simulation of the suit and vest. (Retopo. in Maya).

       UDIMS were organized with an even texel density for all elements apart from the face and eyes (which received extra resolution).

       Initial Displacement maps for the face and clothing were exported from Zbrush, and used to begin texturing with Mari, using the node-based workflow.

       The head and face texturing began with Wrap using TextureXYZ (Vface) to give a base Diffuse and Displacement for skin pores. Skin displacement was then enhanced with a combination of added timetables and projections in Mari.

       Hair and fur were created using Xgen in Maya, using 4 descriptions. One description for the Fur on Arms and Legs, and one each for the beard, Eyelashes, and Peach fuzz.

      Look Development and final Renders were done with Arnold in Maya, and postprocessing was accomplished with a mixture of Photoshop, Nuke, and Aftereffects.

                     Thank You