Portrait.

[Guss]

Thank you all so much for your kind feedback!
@Blend Master I'm seriously considering buying a good mic so I can make some tutorials for you guys It's the least I could do for the community that's given me so much.

In the meantime, text will have to suffice. For anyone who is interested, here is a link to a "Making of" that I wrote for the CG site treddi.com (I believe it can be viewed in English and Italian) https://www.treddi.com/en/cms/making...portrait/3044/ This is a fairly brief overview, but it does show some detailed screenshots particularly of my Skin shader setup, hair setup, and lighting. I hope you find something of interest...
@mrford3rd: See the above link for some info on how I approached the hair

thank you,
-Guss (Rico)

[Fabianbz]

Awesome work!! great use of nodes

[adamkw]

Amazing. I hope one day I'm 1/10 as good as you.

[Phixshun]

After I get better with mechanical modeling things like this are my next goal. Such good work, to get a balance of real and exaggerated isn't easy and you nailed it!

[Steve71121]

OhMyGosh... it's amazing! How long did it take you to do it?

[edwardabah29]

this is where the cup runneth over. this is the holy grail

[DevDragon]

Great work. Very realistic.

[mau_tacos]

Such a nice image

[bugsbunny88]

Hi all!
Here is my first attempt at doing a portrait of a black person.. It's been an interesting experience. I hope you like it!

-G

Insane that its your "attempt"
it looks like the guy is going to pop out of my screen and grab me

[zackymcharvest]

Amazing work! Great lighting, great model, great materials!

[Riv_gaming]

Love the detail; it gives a lot of character, especially with the facial hair and wrinkles

[3DMadman]

Wonderful Project! Thanks for sharing the node set up.

[BlenderFoxtrot]

I feel a lifetime of pain with this portrait. Thanks for sharing the vulnerably!

[HBN]

Pretty impressive work!

[PascalDeraed]

I probably have told you already but I totally love this Rico You are a brilliant artist mate!

[ccamacho]

Just.. impressive.

[Danny_Mojoe]

Amazing !!!

[humanproject]

wow this looks really good man. great work!

[jbillauer]

Great job on the beard and hair. So realistic!

[SirLich]

Super awesome! The composition of the face is very interesting; its not often you find a mix of realism and cartoon done this well.