Razorback Whiptail - Texturing Lookdev
Hello everyone!
I am pleased to share with you my very first project completed on Mari, in collaboration with Kurtis Dawe who took care of all the design modeling and sculpting for this incredible asset. I am grateful to him for granting me access to all of his resources, including his Zbrush scenes and the entire modeling.
Once the texturing on Mari was completed, I transferred the entire project to Maya/Renderman.
Additionally, I decided to practice matchlighting and asset integration into a platform. To showcase my work, I chose a few shots from the film "The Lion King" (2019) into which I encrusted my Razorback.
This project has allowed me to gain a wealth of knowledge. I've been able to push my boundaries and explore new workflows regarding creatures and Texturing Lookdev in general.
I would be grateful to receive your feedback and critiques. It would greatly assist me in furthering my progress for future projects.
Cheers !
https://www.artstation.com/kurtisdawe
https://www.artstation.com/kurtisdawe
The shot of the cavern is by far my favorite i really liked recreating the atmosphere of the shot the lighting as well as the integration with the scenery which was not so simple
Here are some shots taken from Shotdeck from the film The Lion King (2019), I used the shots as references and encrusted the creature while making a matchlight
Another shot highlighting the asset in more colorful lighting to test the functionality of the shaders
I've tried to match the shots as closely as possible, and in compositing I've recreated the grain and defocus according to the references, even if it means highlighting the asset less
In my lookdev scene I use different lighting that allows me to switch often in order to test the asset in sometimes more natural lighting with more direct or more diffused HDRI
Possessing a variety of poses, I also made several turntables with different poses in order to test the asset in its entirety
I've tested a small closeup rendering on the eye, but there's still a lot of work to be done on the eye setup with tear, carancula -- I'll try to find some time to finish this later
Small presentation shots with different closeups of the entire creature
AOV crea : albedo normal disp and directspec
AOV closeup face : albedo normal disp and directspec
AOV closeup body : beauty albedo normal and directspec
AOV closeup feet : beauty albedo normal and directspec
Compilation of my map export progress between Mari and Maya/Renderman
Pureref presentation clean with my main references
UV map of the asset in Mari with albedo map
Example of mask painted in Mari to drive my COL/SPC/RGH/DSP maps
Example of mask generated in Substance painter to drive my COL/microDSP maps thanks to Sebastiano Dalla Mora for his help
Tree structure of my Mari texturing scene with the help of Loucas Rongeart many thanks to him
Preview of the main shader for the creature's skin done in Renderman
In order to recreate a scene of my own, I started from the basic Cave Academy scenes and recreated the entire lighting in Renderman with various automated light rigs, adding a personal touch by implementing a few assets
Here's the additive rebuild setup I use for each shot in compositing integration on NukeX
Tutorial available on th RENDERMAN Website :
https://renderman.pixar.com/creating-the-razorback-whiptail