使用ZBrush創(chuàng)造少年超級英雄

這個例子是在我的業(yè)余時間做的，有很多中斷，所以花了我一段時間來完成它。 我也改變了渲染引擎，從C4D物理渲染到C4D的V-Ray。 在這種做法中，我試圖簡化過程，使讀者更容易理解。

This illustration was made during my spare time and there were a lot of interruptions so it took me a while to complete it. I also changed render engine, from C4D physical render to V-Ray for C4D. In this making of I've tried to simplify the process to make it more understandable to the reader.

Step 1: Concept

I started this image for a contest called "Baby Comics", where you had to imagine superheroes as children. My idea was a classroom with a bunch of school aged superheroes left alone by their teacher for a moment. I put together both good and bad guys, in order to create conflicts with some of the old rivalries. I tried to give a characterization to all the kids, some similar to the original personality, some opposite:

-      Superman is the class bully because he is the athletic, cool kid of the school - also vain and full of himself

-      Mystique is a ditzy cheerleader, attracted to the bully, but privately unconfident about her body

-      Dr Manhattan is a sensitive kid, in love with Mystique (blue like him), for which he creates a glass clockwork heart

-      Thor is a baseball fan (Mjolnir is his bat) and he loves Mystique too but she only has eyes for the Superman

-      Lex Luthor is a rich not-so-handsome kid and he takes advantage of the situation by putting a kryptonite marble ball in his despised enemy's schoolbag

-      Spiderman is a quiet kid, too busy to learn how handle great responsibility to worry about his classmates

-      Mr Fantastic is a brainiac, too curious and impatient to wait for their teacher for the teacher to give out the grades

-      Rorschach is an antisocial and angry boy, fully convinced that he isn't in the wrong place... all the other kids are

-      Hulk is a good and slightly dumb giant kid (I thought about a young John Coffey from The Green Mile)

-      Batman has started to build his suit and his gadgets, but he is a bit of a scaredy cat

-      Joker is a troubled kid and he doesn't lose a chance to bother his desk mate Bruce

-      Antman... well, honestly, he doesn't have a real characterization. Simply put, he amuses me with his tiny desk and his tiny rope ladder!

第一步：概念

我開始這個形象為比賽被稱為“嬰兒漫畫”，你就想象著英雄的孩子。我的想法是和一群學(xué)齡的超級英雄獨自在教室，離開他們的老師一會兒。我把好的和壞的家伙放在一起，以便與一些舊的對手形成沖突。我試圖給所有的孩子一個描述，一些類似于原來的個性，一些相反：

- 神秘主義者是一個狡猾的啦啦隊長，被欺負者所吸引，但對她的身體卻毫不自信

- 曼哈頓博士是一個敏感的孩子，愛上了神秘（像他一樣的藍色），他創(chuàng)造了一個玻璃發(fā)條的心

- 托爾是一個棒球迷（Mjolnir是他??的蝙蝠），他也喜歡神秘，但她只有超人的眼睛

- Lex Luthor是一個富有的不太帥哥的小孩，他利用這種情況，將氪石大理石球放在他被鄙視的敵方書包中

-Spiderman是個安靜的孩子，忙著學(xué)習(xí)如何處理責(zé)任重大，擔(dān)心他的同學(xué)

- 奇先生是一個天才，太好奇，耐心等待他們的老師，老師給的分數(shù)

- 羅夏是一個反社會和憤怒的男孩，完全相信他不是在錯誤的地方...所有其他的孩子是

- 綠巨人是一個很好的，有點笨的巨大的孩子（我想到了一個年輕的約翰科菲從綠色英里）

- 蝙蝠俠已經(jīng)開始建立他的西裝和他的小玩意兒，但他是一只可怕的貓

- 小丑是一個困擾的孩子，他不會失去一個機會打擾他的辦公桌布魯斯

- Antman ...坦白說，他沒有真正的表征。簡單地說，他用我的小桌子和他的小繩梯子讓我驚嘆不已！

Step 2: Modeling the characters

First of all I worked on the characters' heads; I sculpted in a neutral head ZBrush, in order to determine the style: a base kid from which to sculpt all the various characters, who will be different from each other but belonging to the same "world".

步驟2：建模字符

首先，我在人物的頭上工作; 我用中性頭ZBrush雕刻，以確定風(fēng)格：一個基礎(chǔ)的孩子，從中雕刻所有的各種人物，彼此不同，但屬于同一個“世界”。

After I had defined almost all of the faces and expressions, I made a base body and posed each character. I used the same body for all the characters, except for the Hulk, for which I prepared a huge and muscular body.

在我定義了幾乎所有的面孔和表情之后，我做了一個基體，并提出了每個角色。 我為所有角色使用了相同的身體，除了綠巨人，我準(zhǔn)備了一個巨大而肌肉的身體。

Step 3: Composition

With all the characters modeled I worked on preparing the scene. I modeled the desks and chairs, and then I put them and all the rough characters on set to define framing and composition. I decided on the focal length, position, and focus distance of the camera at the same time and left it on those settings. I then turned my attention to the composition: the main action is on the left, some correlated situations in foreground, and many unrelated subjects in background. I used Mr. Fantastic's arm as dynamism to balance the composition.

步驟3：組成

隨著所有的人物模特兒，我都在準(zhǔn)備現(xiàn)場。 我建立了桌椅，然后把它們和所有粗糙的字符放在一起來定義框架和構(gòu)圖。 我同時決定了相機的焦距，位置和對焦距離，并將其保留在這些設(shè)置上。 然后我把注意力轉(zhuǎn)向了組合：主要動作是在左邊，一些相關(guān)的情況在前臺，和許多無關(guān)的科目在背景中。 我用Fantastic手臂的動力來平衡組合。

Step 4: Refining Characters

Once I was sure about the placement set of characters I started to retopologize and refine the heads, and attach them on the respective body. In order to compensate the lens distortion, I shrank Mystique's head and body. I only finalized the visible parts of the meshes.

步驟4：精簡字符

一旦我確定了一些角色的位置，我就開始對頭部進行重新定位和細化，并將它們貼在相應(yīng)的身體上。 為了補償鏡頭變形，我縮小了Mystique的頭部和身體。 我只是確定了網(wǎng)格的可見部分。

Step 5: Clothes

I wanted to try Marvelous Designer for the clothes. This was the first time I used it, so the result weren't very good. For this reason, I only made three entire outfits with Marvelous, some of the others I started in Marvelous then finished sculpting in CINEMA 4D, and for the rest others I directly modeled and sculpted in C4D.

步驟5：衣服

我想嘗試Marvelous Designer的衣服。 這是我第一次使用它，所以結(jié)果不是很好。 因此，我只做了三件完美的裝備，其中一些我開始在Marvelous ，然后在CINEMA 4D雕刻，其余的其他人直接在C4D建模和雕刻。

Step 6: Texturing and hair

To give some of the characters a touch of realism I added texture to some features such as freckles and dark spots, this is to make sure these features are visible also on the characters farthest from the viewer.

步驟6：紋理和頭發(fā)

為了給一些人物一個真實感，我添加了紋理到一些功能，如雀斑和黑點，這是為了確保這些功能也可以看到最遠離觀眾的角色。

In my cartoon models, I usually prefer to use simulated hair instead of modeling it myself, this is because I really love the way V-Ray for C4D render renders the hair. I often use several hair objects to easily shape the hairstyle. I played with hair count and thickness, in order to use the least amount of hair, for the same reason I only groomed the visible hair. For Mystique's braid I used three splines as hair guides. Among all the characters, there are almost 200, 000 hairs in the scene!

在我的卡通模型中，我通常更喜歡使用模擬頭發(fā)而不是自己建模，這是因為我真的很喜歡用于C4D渲染的V-Ray渲染頭發(fā)。 我經(jīng)常使用幾個頭發(fā)物體來輕松塑造發(fā)型。 我玩頭發(fā)數(shù)量和厚度，為了使用最少量的頭發(fā)，同樣的原因，我只修飾可見的頭發(fā)。 對于神秘的辮子，我用三根花鍵作為導(dǎo)子。 在所有的人物中，現(xiàn)場有將近二萬個毛發(fā)！

Step 7: Props

Most of the props are quite simple objects; they were the last things I modeled. I used the C4D sculpt module to soften Superman's and Mystique's schoolbags and Mr. Fantastic's pencil case. The two capes hung on the coat rack were made with C4D Clothilde plug-in, whereas the purple jacket was made in Marvelous.

步驟7：道具

大多數(shù)道具是相當(dāng)簡單的物體; 他們是我建模的最后一件事。 我使用C4D雕刻模塊來軟化超人和神秘的書包和Fantastic先生的鉛筆盒。 掛在大衣架上的兩個披肩是用C4D Clothilde插件制成的，而紫色外套則是以奇妙的方式制成的。

Step 8: Lighting

I used a warm parallel light to simulate a low sun, two cold area lights for the artificial room illumination, and three omni lights: one fill light for Superman and Mystique, another fill to lighten Thor's face, under the hat, and a last one to make the spider webs stand out on Spiderman's desk.

步驟8：照明

我使用溫暖的平行光來模擬一個低太陽，兩個冷光區(qū)的人造房間照明，以及三個全能燈：一個補光燈為超人和神秘，另一個填充，以減輕雷神的臉，在帽子下，最后一個 使蜘蛛網(wǎng)在蜘蛛俠的桌子上脫穎而出。

Step 9: Shading

For the characters' skin I used the V-Ray FastSSS2 shader and modified it for each character. I started with a standard skin that I used for Superman, and then added some variations to each character - whiter for Thor and Rorschach, green for Hulk, blue for Mystique, and so on. All the clothes have the same fabric texture, with different colors, except the Rorschach leather coat, Hulk's jeans dungarees, and Thor's hat. The cobwebs around Spiderman's desk are simple planes with an alpha material.

As previously mentioned, this artwork was started with the intention to render it with C4D physical engine, but in the middle of the process, I changed my mind and I rendered it with V-Ray for C4D. I converted all the shaders in to V-Ray materials; this gave a far better result compared to the previous materials, except for Dr. Manhattan. I wasn't able to enhance his shader, so I just decided to keep the original render.

步驟9：著色

對于角色的皮膚，我使用了V-Ray FastSSS2著色器，并對每個角色進行了修改。 我開始使用我用于超人的標(biāo)準(zhǔn)皮膚，然后為每個角色添加了一些變體 - Thor和Rorschach更為白色，綠巨人綠色，Mystique藍色等等。 所有的衣服都具有相同的織物質(zhì)感，不同的顏色，除了Rorschach皮大衣，綠巨人的牛仔褲，還有Thor的帽子。 蜘蛛俠的桌子周圍的蜘蛛網(wǎng)是使用Alpha材質(zhì)的簡單平面。

如前所述，這幅作品是以C4D物理引擎的形式開始的，但在這個過程的中間，我改變了主意，并用V-Ray渲染了C4D。 我將所有著色器轉(zhuǎn)換成V-Ray材料; 與以前的材料相比，這得到了更好的效果，曼哈頓博士除外。 我不能增強他的著色器，所以我只是決定保留原來的渲染。

Step 10: Rendering and post

I used a simple preset for the global illumination, with Irradiance Map as primary engine and Light Cache as secondary. For the haze, I used Environment Fog and a huge sphere as gizmo. In Photoshop, I composed the V-Ray rendered scene with C4D rendered Dr. Manhattan. Then I made few minor retouches and color correction.

第10步：渲染和發(fā)布

我使用了一個簡單的預(yù)設(shè)為全球照明，以Irradiance Map為主引擎，Light Cache為次要的。 對于陰霾，我使用環(huán)境霧和一個巨大的球體作為gizmo。 在Photoshop中，我組成了V-Ray渲染場景，C4D呈現(xiàn)了曼哈頓博士。 然后我做了一些小的修飾和顏色校正。

Step 11: Easter Eggs

From the very beginning, I wanted to fill the scene with as many little details as I could; some easy to spot and others more hidden. For those characters not wearing their iconic costumes I add little details that reference them.

步驟11：細節(jié)

從一開始，我想填充盡可能多的細節(jié); 一些容易發(fā)現(xiàn)和別人更隱蔽。 對于那些沒有穿著他們標(biāo)志性服裝的人物，我添加了一些細節(jié)參考。

I had a lot of fun in adding in props, such as Batman's gadgets, and creating fake book covers. Some of the desk objects should give a hint to its owner: for example, Rorschach's desk has a leather journal and an engraved symbol in the wood, or Mystique's with books on the color blue and body issues. Some details are hard to see but I thought it was worth it.

我在添加道具方面有很多樂趣，比如蝙蝠俠的小玩意，以及制作假書封面。 一些桌面對象應(yīng)該提示其所有者：例如，Rorschach的書桌上有一個皮革日記和木刻上的雕刻符號，或者是Mystique的藍色和身體問題的書籍。 一些細節(jié)很難看到，但我認為這是值得的。

For the walls, I wanted to mockup a real classroom, with alphabet chart, maps, and a politically correct bulletin board - obviously all reinterpreted for a superheroes classroom. That's all, I hope this making of will be useful. Enjoy it!

對于墻壁，我想通過字母表，地圖和政治正確的公告板來模擬一個真正的教室 - 顯然，所有這些都重新詮釋了一個超級英雄的教室。 就這樣，我希望這樣做是有用的。 好好享受！