ClimbingRobot

I am starting a new series were I will showcase my best picks from several character artists out there in  CGsphere I am starting with Rico's Bust here.

When it comes to the realistic simulation of humans and humanoids, the realistic modeling of hair is one of the last remaining barriers. Thanks to the ever-increasing power of computer chips, and billions of dollars of R&D into human kinetics, gait analysis, and musculoskeletal biomechanics, we can now model the human body and face with superb realism .   Hair, though, with its millions of interwoven and interrelated strands, is really difficult to get right. For the most part, male heroes are just given short hair, and females — despite a disproportionate amount of effort on behalf of the 3D artist — are usually stuck with a dull, lifeless hairdo. at Siggraph 2013 (yeah, I know, a lot had realy changed since then) Princeton and the University of Southern California researchers presented a demonstration  of  beautiful, bouncy, realistic hair could be just around the corner. At this point you should watch the video below.

Modeling a Human head and face is the hardest thing on earth….yes! Its harder than solving Beal’s Conjection a x + b y = c z . Human head model  Ok Maybe I am exaggerating a bit there but seriously getting to do a face is just too time consuming and most times, usually on your first three attempts, you don’t just get it right. I got you there (evil Laugh)…Dont mind me, just trying to scare you. Its not that hard.

As a Game Artist so far, I see ZBrush as the more powerful app – at least from a feature point of view – maybe worflow too. But not interface. My co-CG gurus prefer Mudbox’s interface over ZBrush by a majority. I’m a newbie to ZBrush who recently got over the learning curve after a couple months. If you are new to sculpting, this is the big question that you want answered: should you learn Mudbox? or zBrush? Here are my ten reasons why Zbrush is better than Mudbox for Video Game Artists.