Skulls | Texture/Rendering Study
I used this project to experiment with texturing, lighting, and rendering. The skull was sculpted in Zbrush and textured in Substance Painter. I created a few different materials using the same textures and tried to get some different effects using Arnold to render them. Finally, I uploaded the whole thing to Sketchfab to test some real-time rendering.
Iray render from Substance Painter. There's a little bit of SSS to give the skull some depth
Arnold render. Was cropped as a background banner.
1920 x 1080 render using an HDRI for ambient lighting
Experimental render in Arnold. Played with some settings, and SSS. Applied lights to the eye sockets. Thought the effect looked cool.
Same render/shader settings as previous render.
Used SSS with a mask to direct the effect. Wanted to make the stone parts look like they had a hint of blue. Mixed with the orange light, I thought it gave an interesting effect.
Texture Test | Skull Sculpt on Sketchfab
Simple UV layout from Zbrush
Lighting and composition in Maya
Simple material setup in Maya