Likeness Project: Michael Clark Duncan (The Green Mile)

Any Green Mile Fans out there? In March I started a very awesome course on sculpting and rendering likeness with Marmoset Toolbag 4, over at artheroes.co. So first off, big thanks to the instructors Marlon Nunez and Fareed Nagy for helping me numerous times with really great feedback during this process. If you're experienced or just starting out, I definitely recommend this course. The course was focused on just creating a bust, but I really wanted to capture the personality of Michael Clark Duncan in the Green Mile, so I felt I needed to make the full body to achieve this. Also, while I've done likeness sculpts and renders before, I have never attempted to create something with this level of detail nor precision so its been a great learning experience for me. One of the challenges for me was trying to capture the actors face without using an extreme expression as he is in agony throughout much of the movie. Anyway, I hope you like this monument to an amazing movie and actor.
Rendered in Marmoset toolbag 4, sculpted in zbrush, textured in photoshop and substance painter. I used a hybrid approach of detailing with texture xyz, 3d scan store transfer/baking, and hand sculpting/painting. Feel free to ask if you have any questions, thanks for looking!

P.S. If you are interested in knowing more about the texture process for this character I wrote a detailed tutorial in my blog here: https://www.artstation.com/bradmyers82/blog/y4Nv/post-mortem-michael-clark-duncan-green-mile-likeness-project

Head Turntable in Marmoset Toolbag 4.

High Res Thumbnail Beauty Render

High Res Thumbnail Beauty Render

Unedited Marmoset 4 Screen Grab

Unedited Marmoset 4 Screen Grab

Turntable: Long version

Final Beauty Render

Final Beauty Render

Closeup_02

Closeup_02

Closeup_02 Channel Breakdown

Closeup_02 Channel Breakdown

Closeup_02 Sculpt View

Closeup_02 Sculpt View

Real-Time Demo In Marmoset Toolbag 4

Beauty Render Cropped.

Beauty Render Cropped.

Bust_01

Bust_01

Bust_01_wires

Bust_01_wires

Bust Back

Bust Back

Close-up_01

Close-up_01

Close-up_01 Detail

Close-up_01 Detail

Close-up Eyes

Close-up Eyes

Details Back

Details Back

Environment Tests

Environment Tests

Details Hands

Details Hands

Details Pendant (Mentioned briefly in the film).

Details Pendant (Mentioned briefly in the film).

Full Body Turn Around

Full Body Turn Around

Full Body Turn Around Sculpt View

Full Body Turn Around Sculpt View

Full Body Turn Around Anatomy

Full Body Turn Around Anatomy

zbrush sculpt timelapse

zbrush sculpt timelapse

Zbrush Sculpt Head: Quick Render

Zbrush Sculpt Head: Quick Render

Zbrush Sculpt Head back: Quick Render

Zbrush Sculpt Head back: Quick Render

Zbrush Sculpt Body: Quick Render

Zbrush Sculpt Body: Quick Render

Zbrush Sculpt Details: Quick Render

Zbrush Sculpt Details: Quick Render

Some references I used.

Some references I used.