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Need help creating a specific material for a character

bryceevanpowell — Mon, 17 Oct 2022 03:26:55 GMT

Hello,

I’ve been working on a version of the TiVo mascot character and can’t seem to figure out what renderer and shader I should use for his screen/body. Someone else here told me to stick with a black Arnold shader, but that didn’t quite cut it. Then I tried a black ramp shader, and that too wasn’t right.

Here are many pictures of the character:

https://www.dropbox.com/s/p91s1bpitwqm1n1/7b94b67f2fdd09c363b9211bc486a1f4.png?dl=0

https://www.dropbox.com/s/66fsw29xzfduc1t/9d6b563b510a713f974fc4467ebf0d08.png?dl=0

https://www.dropbox.com/s/ujslwl950mhm9cz/2022-07-14%2000.41.03.jpg?dl=0

https://www.dropbox.com/s/dlfrlflo3n08plt/2022-07-14%2000.51.25.jpg?dl=0

https://www.dropbox.com/s/q4etsfqhongn7j7/2022-10-05%2021.12.14.jpg?dl=0

https://www.dropbox.com/s/qhxiaiuqgod1h9o/2022-10-05%2021.03.20.jpg?dl=0

https://www.dropbox.com/s/13y30o8qbsf34xd/2022-10-05%2021.03.56.jpg?dl=0

https://www.dropbox.com/s/t9i8s138cjcfsg6/J229-Header-build-Tivo-fam%20%282%29.jpg?dl=0

https://www.dropbox.com/s/cbnju7t1ixemjkb/head%20%283%29.jpg?dl=0

https://www.dropbox.com/s/lyaz24xguh7603v/Screen%20Shot%202022-09-12%20at%203.04.29%20PM.png?dl=0

https://www.dropbox.com/s/phklrb3veqxmkvr/Screen%20Shot%202022-09-12%20at%203.05.52%20PM.png?dl=0

https://www.dropbox.com/s/djphtludiba9qn6/Screen%20Shot%202022-09-12%20at%203.02.58%20PM.png?dl=0

https://www.dropbox.com/s/71bwplslv8kwwej/Web%20capture_5-2-2022_213725_www.dropbox.com.jpeg?dl=0

https://www.dropbox.com/s/jgghktamd7lp8nh/Web%20capture_5-2-2022_21358_www.dropbox.com.jpeg?dl=0

https://www.dropbox.com/s/qek8k920yhyxv3d/Web%20capture_5-2-2022_213048_www.dropbox.com.jpeg?dl=0

Re: Need help creating a specific material for a character

Christoph_Schaedl — Mon, 17 Oct 2022 11:51:20 GMT

Are those renders of your version? Or are those images of what the shader should look like?

I assume its more a lighting issue than the shader.

Re: Need help creating a specific material for a character

damaggio — Mon, 17 Oct 2022 18:03:08 GMT

That is just a black Arnold shader , lower your roughness to match more or less the reference images, the rest is in the lighting set up. There’s no need for any ramp Bryce. You can also start with a Plastic preset.

Re: Need help creating a specific material for a character

bryceevanpowell — Mon, 17 Oct 2022 20:24:06 GMT

No, they're what my final version should look like.

Re: Need help creating a specific material for a character

bryceevanpowell — Mon, 17 Oct 2022 20:24:58 GMT

Okay, maybe I misunderstood before. I'll try it again.

Re: Need help creating a specific material for a character

bryceevanpowell — Mon, 17 Oct 2022 20:25:58 GMT

Where could I find a plastic preset?

Re: Need help creating a specific material for a character

damaggio — Mon, 17 Oct 2022 20:35:33 GMT

it's on the right in the Attribute editor

Re: Need help creating a specific material for a character

bryceevanpowell — Mon, 17 Oct 2022 21:38:41 GMT

Got it.

Re: Need help creating a specific material for a character

bryceevanpowell — Mon, 17 Oct 2022 21:43:00 GMT

I should use aiStandardSurface, right? Just making sure.

Re: Need help creating a specific material for a character

bryceevanpowell — Mon, 17 Oct 2022 21:43:58 GMT

Any ideas for the lighting?

Re: Need help creating a specific material for a character

damaggio — Mon, 17 Oct 2022 21:47:03 GMT

Yes, you are using Arnold.

For lighting go watch some tutorials on YouTube about Arnold skydome and HDR images.

It's essential to understand this basic workflow.