Hi,
I wanted to share my first try with “MetaHuman Plugin”:
My base mesh was:
Model by Afonso Rodenbusch
Based in concept by (could not credit author name as I do not have an Instagram account):
I have been really lazy with this, have to admit this…, as it was my first try, did not wanted to refine any result and just wanted to quickly see what the plugin could do with minimal interaction, as soon as I saw that I could not get huge eyes, I worked around retouching the base mesh in blender.
Still, It has been incredible to see how overall face shape, and features like lips or nose were so nicely transferred to the resulting mesh.
After, in the MetaHuman Creator, I had the most entertaining “session” so far .
I imagine that feeling the “uniqueness” of the face shape and some attributes, made me feel more motivated somehow. (New facial animations are so inspiring, I wonder if there is a way to grab them somewhere to use them in the editor)
There is something really remarkable about real time technologies from an “artist” point of view:
Editing/lighting/playing around while listening to music (from Spotify for example) especially if there is no real goal about the output of that “session”.
Being able to achieve any modification of shape, textures or lighting on the fly, establishes some kind of “Flow” between the music, mental processes and the execution of them, which finished being a really enjoyable experience. I am sure many of you have noticed this already, probably the first ancient men and women experienced this while painting over cave walls, and maybe, being inspired by some rudimentary tribal music.
In any case, I wanted to share these basic thoughts, because I guess one of the things I like the most is real time lighting, coming from “old school” 3D CG animation features and TV shows… Never thought I could enjoy this part of my job, in such a fluid way.
I am not really fond of realism, I do admit that the first time I saw Metahuman, I was not really hype… But now, I can see, in the future, some stylized textures, better management of every face attribute, size and shape, along with some improved body customization. What a blast!! right?
*Boring long video + some “Metahuman Creator” screenshots
Music:
El Embrujo de tus ojos by Camaron de la isla
Sugar by System of a down
Karmacoma-Portishead Experience by Massive Attack, Adrian Lutley, Geoff Barrow
This was fun . I encourage people to test this new Plugin!! Thanks to everybody involved in the Metahuman Creator and Plugin!!! What a state of the art Tool