Cycles skin material experiment

[Rhynedahll]

A8 generic mesh, A8 Texture

[duststorm]

Interesting.
I think the bump effect is a little too harsh. The blue lighting is a bit sub-real, but I guess that is intentional.

[Rhynedahll]

Some tweaks, reduced displacement.

[SaltyCowdawg]

what did you use as a displacement map?

[Rhynedahll]

what did you use as a displacement map?

I hacked the A8 texture with Bright/Contrast, RGB to BW, and Multiply nodes.

Adjusting the brightness, contrast, and the Multiply value increases or decreased the displacement. I'm still working on the combination and I'm sure that it will prove less satisfactory than a real map, but it was quick.

[duststorm]

Some tweaks, reduced displacement.

That's looking a lot better.

If I could make a suggestion, try to repaint or scale the displacement noise on the forehead. It's too large and blurred. The displacement on the cheek and the rest of the skin actually looks pretty good.

[SaltyCowdawg]

what did you use as a displacement map?

I hacked the A8 texture with Bright/Contrast, RGB to BW, and Multiply nodes.

Adjusting the brightness, contrast, and the Multiply value increases or decreased the displacement. I'm still working on the combination and I'm sure that it will prove less satisfactory than a real map, but it was quick.

Oh-ho! OK then I was on the right track when I tried that. I'll give it a shot again!