wip renders for infant stage

Here some renders from the midterm presentation for the infant stage. I still haven't modeled the toys yet.

Final composited image:



Set:


Wireframe:

happy expression test

I bent the ears a little bit and tried my first attempt to make the happy expression. I have decided to manipulate the no-expression head model instead of using joints.
Here is a test render:

infant head modeling wip

I am finally almost done with the new head model. Here I organized my entire head modeling process into one image. This is Ruru's head in her infant stage with no expression.

infant head modeling: ears and combined

Here are more head modeling:
Mouth, nose, eyes, and forehead combined:

Ear step 1:

Ear step 2:

Ear step 3:

Entire half head combined:

test comp

Here is a test comp.
I imported my character into the set and photoshoped some toys.

toys~

Here are some toys that I found that serve as a mean of inspirations on how to decorate the room:




























Kangaroo Climber:

infant head modeling: eyes and forehead

Infant head modeling WIP:

Eyes Step 1:


Eyes Step 2:


Eyes and Forehead

room~

Here are some screen shots of the room, minimum textured and unlit.

infant head modeling: mouth and nose

Infant head modeling WIP:
I started remodeling the infant stage head, focusing on the topography.

Nose:


Mouth:


Lower Head:

skin texture test

These are some skin texture tests I did for the infant stage. I smoothed out the rough head I did a while ago to see what I can do to achieve a decent realistic skin texture.

maya skin shader test #1:


maya skin shader test #2:


Regular lambert with a reddish ambient:
this is an alternative to the mental ray skin shader, here is the site where I found it, still working on it

infant character modeling wip#1

The first few steps of modeling Ruru in her infant stage.
Wasn't sure if I should model her in the T-pose or in the final pose that she will be in. But, since you can't really go wrong with the T-pose, I decided to do that.