First class based on the exploration of developing correct facial proportion. We marked on the skull parts to focus of anatomical perspective. Developing the structure and form of the human skull.
WEEK 2
Nasal Bones, Nasal Aperture and the Anterior Nasal Spine
1.1 Nose anatomy
The human nose has many different functions, so its structure is also complicated. The nose consists of both cartilage structures and numerous bones.
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The nose: structure
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The structure of the nose is actually much more complicated than you might imagine. What we see at first glance is the so-called outer nose. It has a root (located at the top of the nose), a shaft and a tip. The outer nose is covered with skin, while it is made up of numerous cartilages and bones.
1.2 Nose sculpting
2. Practice
Sculpture few noses with referencing. By using Zbrush with tools we were introduced during the lecture:
-Standart,
-ClayBuildup,
-Move brush.
WEEK 3
1 Mouth.
1.1 Lecture on the anatomy of the mouth.
Lip - is a structure that surrounds the mouth. We distinguish the upper and lower lip, which connect on the sides to form two independent corners. The lips have a three-layer structure. The outer layer is the red lip, the muscles below and the mucosa at the bottom. Lips are a very important organ necessary for speaking, whistling and eating. They are strongly innervated and therefore sensitive to signals from the outside.
Oral Commisures - connect both lips together on the sides. Their work depends on the work of the muscles, so you can easily show emotions with them - such as sadness or joy. Unfortunately, with time, when your skin becomes sagging and muscle strength is weakened, the corners can sag, making your face look gloomy and tired. This is due to the muscle of the corner of the mouth, whose function causes sad lips to take the shape of a banana pointing upwards with age.
rubor labiorum - is the outer layer surrounding the lips. It has a specific structure - it consists mainly of thin skin, devoid of sweat and sebaceous glands (that's why you often lick your lips - you just have to moisten them). Its color is the result of the blood vessel layer showing through the thin epidermis.
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Lip contour - is the border that separates the red lip from the surrounding skin. Cupid's Arch - This is a triangular or oval-shaped line in the middle of the upper lip of the mouth and forms the lower base of the filter. It divides the upper lip into two parts - right and left. Depending on the degree of opening of its angle, it gives a specific appearance to the red of the lips, i.e. hearts. The filtrum or the nasal gutter is a short and shallow depression that runs from the septum of the nose to the upper lip. Its frame prevents the mouth from twisting towards the nose.
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1.2 Techniques of sculpting of the mouth.
WEEK 4
Features: Features: Ear
The human hearing organ consists of three basic parts: the ear which receives acoustic stimuli and transforms them into nerve impulses, the auditory nerve transmits the impulses, and the center of the brain of hearing, which associates nerve impulses into sound sensations.
2. Time to practice
Task is to use few references and make 5 different ears of the real people.
WEEK 5
Features: Eye - Part 1
Parts of the eye:
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We can see the world around us thanks to the light that reaches the eyes, and also thanks to the different parts of the eye that process the rays of light. When light passes through the eye, its various parts work together to send incoming visual information to the brain. The brain translates information into an image. The eye can be divided into three parts: front, middle and back. The light reaches the front of the eye, where it is immediately refracted by the cornea. It then passes through the lens to the center of the eye, where light rays are focused on a single point on the retina at the back of the eye. The retina picks up light rays and sends visual information through the optic nerve to the brain.
2. Practice
WEEK 8
Villain: Comparative Anatomy
Female Assassin
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The assassin is an Islamic sect of assassins who believed that murder was their religious duty. It was established at the end of the 11th century.
Their craft was killing. Under the guise of faith and piety, they murdered all who opposed them or who paid well for it. They were known for their attacks that were refined down to the smallest details. They acted in twos. Their main murder weapon was a dagger, the blade of which was often soaked with poison. The victims of the Assassins were both Muslims and Christians. Marco Polo, a Venetian merchant and traveler, described how the Assassins recruited people into the sect. Today we would call it "brainwashing".
2.1 Practice.
By using techniques shown during the lecture I did some practice with shape of the head of my villain. Obviously female head is different than male and I'm was trying to reach the best possible way. Also in addition I practice male head.
WEEK 9
1. Villain: Fat
The structure of the face is layered (like the structure of the whole body). The deepest bone is the facial skeleton, which includes, among others, the maxilla bone, the zygomatic bone, the mandible as well as the frontal bone and the cranial vault.
The next layers are fascia, ligaments, muscles, fat and skin, which, as it were, intertwine with each other, connect and cross. Apart from the skin, these layers have a sandwich structure, but they are not completely separated from each other - they interpenetrate and are connected with each other.
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The skin itself is 2-3 mm thick, but when we catch it, we feel that the cheek is about 2 cm thick. It seems to us to be one structure, but in fact we are catching several muscles (including the cheek, laughter, zygomatic muscles, perhaps lowering the corner of the mouth, masseter, etc.), plus adipose tissue, fascia, and skin. Of course, in addition to the facial muscles, we also have muscles that support and activate organs such as the jaw and eyes, or enable biting. In total, we have several dozen muscles in the face. For comparison, on the leg, which has a much larger surface, there are much less of them.
We have about 15-20 ml of fat around the face. It's not that much, and yet it plays an extremely important role in maintaining a youthful appearance. In order to realize what this role is, it is helpful to look at older people who are overweight. In general, their face looks younger than that of slim teenagers. Pictures of people with advanced AIDS are even more aware of the role of adipose tissue. This disease causes a rapid loss of fatty tissue on the face, which makes the face of even young people look older than the face of a healthy old man. This is what Freddie Mercury looked like when he died.
2. Practice
This time I started practicing using paint materials and different colours to reach best possible skin colour.
By adding a different colours and mixing some of the red, pink, yellow and white I get finally to the point head looks real.
Later I also used the smooth tools to get face clean and presentable.
Development of Villain:
WEEK 10
Week 10 - Villain: Neck
Neck muscles - surface group
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The superficial group includes the broad neck muscle (platysma) and the sternocleidomastoid muscle (musculus sternocleidomastoideus).
The broad muscle of the neck runs from the top of the chest to the side of the face. It is a trapezoidal, wide, but very thin layer of muscle. It is poorly supplied with blood and therefore usually has a low color intensity. This muscle is involved in facial movements. He pulls the corners of the mouth downwards and sideways, giving the face an expression of anger or terror. The sternocleidomastoid muscle is a strong, paired muscle that runs from the front and bottom to the back and up. This muscle bends the head to the side, turns it in the opposite direction and raises the face upwards. The work of both muscles at the same time pulls the head forward, bends the head back while lifting the face upwards and increases the cervical lordosis, also raises the sternum to aid breathing.
Neck muscles - middle group
The middle group of the muscles of the neck includes the subglass and suprahyoid muscles, which fix the position of the hyoid bone and also lower the lower jaw.
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Neck muscles - deep group
The deep muscles of the neck include the inclined and pre-vertebral muscles, which support the execution of head and cervical spine bending movements along with its rotation.
Practice :
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This week we have been developing a neck and hairs. There is some examples below.
WEEK 11
Week 11 - Villain: Maya pipeline - Displacement Mapping
In maya creating new project. Set project and create obj folder workspace. In maya adding new material->arnold shader->aistandard surface->presets>skin. Later subsurface-> subsurface color->file and find obj poly map. Go to output connection-> displacement material->file->file2->image name->low poly displacement map. Then in attribute editor in Low_poly_surface_shape -> Arnold change subdivisions to catclark and change iterations.
Create a model who has subdivisions levels. That way we can low poly model to Maya and create displacement maps to project realistic skin.
First thing is to duplicate model-rename it- low poly, then use zremesh to reduce polygon count and reorganize topology. Having two models one low poly and second high poly. We need to keep high poly ones to work later on displacement maps. By going to low poly and geometry- subdivide. Both models needs to have same poly count numbers. Both eyes on models need to be switched off and then->project->project all. Create UV map before export low poly model. Z plugin -multi map explorter then highlight
displacement and texture from polypaint. Later->export options. Displacement map and set -> Mid to 0->Create all maps.
Development of Villain:
WEEK 12
WEEK 14
Villain Assesment + Expressions
