Hyper Realistic Character Rendering | Tutorial

How I Render my CG Characters in Maya
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CHAPTERS:
0:00 Intro
02:22 Setting up the Scene
03:32 Lighting
09:55 Squarespace
11:04 Lighting Continued
15:46 Skin Material
20:38 Assigning Textures
26:25 Using Displacement
30:07 Coat
33:40 Adding Noise
38:29 Painting Custom Masks
44:24 Exporting Custom Textures from Painter
48:02 Layered Material
50:06 The Makeup Material
52:29 Finishing the Scene
55:22 Final Renders

[@artofjhill]

Thank you for watching. You can see the final renders on my Artstation www.artstation.com/artwork/6bBJ6W

[@TJ-cy6rk]

Please please please make a series making yourself!

[@Wenedi]

That point when you’re watching J’s tutorials during your uni lecture because its more useful than the lecturers :) money well spent

[@GuestOfGregoryHouse]

I'm a student too. Honestly you're better off learning on your own. What you're paying for at uni is time.

[@nilexh3476]

True, it's better to support J on Patreon than Uni lectures LoL, you'll learn more from his tutorials for sure

[@marlom.5081]

Same. I was studying abroad outside of the states for about a year and a half at a uni and I wasn't happy. Literally something simple like learning the differences in file formats, there would be a long complex lecture about it for a full semester, not even joking, we even had tests and long essays for it, which I still didn't understand ANY OF IT until I left and decided to become self taught. Literally that same topic, with these amazing people like J and many others, I was able to understand the topic in just 5 minutes rather than a whole flippin semester. I learned more here with these online courses than at an expensive university....way faster too. seriously I think uni's these days are a full on scam. 🙃

[@kaikayoru1316]

@@marlom.5081 I'm sorry you had a bad experience at uni, although they aren't all like that. The uni I go to is quite in depth and also well paced with their hands on experience. Majority of my class time is actual hands on and not lecture based. Sure they give lectures here and there but they let you go on your own and if you have questions about how to do stuff they come back and pick your brain on how to find out or they just show you how to do it. I guess I should be grateful that I have professors that I have. It makes me sad to hear that other universities are like this.

[@shana_dmr]

@@marlom.5081 Universities basically everywhere are most helpful when trying to learn fundamentals, not techniques - it's a warning sign if an university advertises that you'll be able to use program X after finishing the course.

[@Keji839]

install Maya trial. if your only learning to use the software and not creating commercial work, keep reinstalling the trial till you can AFFFORD to buy the software. Maya is the standard and if you can master what you see in this video you will be getting jobs in no time. this quality of tutorial is never free. good work jhill

[@artofjhill]

🙏

[@jorgesilvafortes]

You're an absolute legend J, thank you for this!

[@tlilmiztli]

Love your videos man, exactly what I need! In the age that everybody and their mother is making videos for Blender your channel is a goldmine for cool stuff for Maya. Thank you so much! Greetings from Mexico!

[@artofjhill]

Greetings! Haha thank you man I’m glad you like it

[@omarcastillo122]

This must be one of the greatest contributions to 3d community ever. Thx J, this Is gold!

[@artofjhill]

🙏

[@walleater]

Instaliked. Dude may I tell you once again how much I appreciate everything you do. For the past 5 years you were the main source of my inspiration and you continue to be to this day. I wish you would never stop. This is top quality content for me. Thank you!

[@artofjhill]

Thank you man. Really appreciate that and I’m glad you like my work and videos. Can’t stop won’t stop.

[@seanakima50515e]

Thank you for this Its crazy how theres SEVERAL tutorials out there that tell you to use both base color and subsurface. Using juat subsurface and then masking the nose and inner ear while leaving everything else grey is pretty much perfect

[@ilSignorLimone]

Wow! great video as usual J, dope content all around. Absolutely love the neon light setup at the end❤‍🔥

[@rafaelmadrid632]

Ey this videos of yours are awesome, high quality Maya tutorials. Congrats!!

[@maiwandhimmat1779]

When I was a beginner I used to not watch any video related to software that I don’t use but now I see the principle is the same you can get these lights in any 3d render like blender cycles thank you for your nice tutorial. 😊

[@vedanttiwari6287]

That nightclub light setup is so cool I watched it like 10 times, I usually struggle a lot to get a cool look like that, also I have faced an issue when using displacement maps with hair caps, that it distorts the base mesh but since the hair cap mesh has no displacement assigned it would just sunk the hair inwards, so it had to be assigned on both the mesh. I am gonna experiment with the light and makeup setup learned from this tutorial and will post it in the discord art gallery. Thanks J for such a nice video, always grateful.

[@artofjhill]

Glad you liked it. Looking forward to seeing what you make! The hair cap issue makes sense, I think I would just bury the hairs a bit to cover the difference in case

[@dandawes9617]

Fantastic video as always, J. Thank you for putting up such great content. I'm not a Maya user myself, but quality content like this demands to be watched. For the record, I'd love to see how you'd go about bringing this character over to Unreal Engine 5. Likewise, how you might go about making the hair game-ready.

[@bakani2218]

Such mind blowing work... Done with ease... 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

[@ChaosWolfNinja]

Woah! This is such a kickass tutorial. Thanks J!!!

[@PotassioD]

Wow this is beyond amazing! I've learnt so much just watching a couple of your KZbin videos! Thanks for sharing!

[@artofjhill]

Happy to hear that

[@roxtube123]

Always excited to see a new video from you , thanks for sharing ! :D

[@berkilter4556]

Dude you are just awesome!!! This is an amazing render and also thanks for making these videos. It makes me so happy to see your videos like this. Because in your all videos i am learning something and also you are doing with passion that is why keep going!!!

[@artofjhill]

Thank you, glad you like it and keep going!

[@alexpurkhalo711]

the final render is just crazy, I love it so much!

[@artofjhill]

Thank you!

[@Nachoalonso_]

i was waiting this for so long!

[@SanArtStudio11]

Really well made artwork with perfect details. Hope you have a safe and wonderful day.

[@gyorgyviktorradnoti6068]

I’d be happy to see an introduction to Maya tutorial series or course from you

[@jac8941]

Give this man a crown! Thank you so much for sharing!

[@psygameboy]

Thank you. Awesome Tutorial and result!

[@marcusk9483]

More pure gold. Just finished your amaizing Xgen video and then I find this. Thank you J.

[@artofjhill]

glad you're liking it. Hope it helps with your stuff. enjoy!

[@olegcotuna]

Cool work! Love the results. Amazing!

[@artofjhill]

Glad you like it

[@owl5523]

Yet another amazing tutorial

[@GoodsinStudios]

mind blown. been a fan of your IG for a while....had no idea your youtube was this epic. thanks for making the vids!

[@artofjhill]

Thank you!

[@Konstantinos-Chtenelis]

Great as always! Really inspired by your productivity!

[@artofjhill]

ty

[@GoktugGurellier]

Thank you so much for sharing your techniques. 🙏🙏

[@cinematicfilm6559]

this is like fastest and most effect tutorial so far I have ever seen in my fooookin life. I was struggling to get fastest way to get more effiecent details. This tutorial is on point. Thank you.

[@artofjhill]

💪

[@eberriera1]

I wish teachers could watch and understand your content, man! And get a tip or two hahaha so well explained. Amazing stuff

[@game.art.101]

can you make a video showing how to render, light and setup skin shader for a realistic character/portrait in UE

[@artofjhill]

yea I think I'll make a video on that

[@game.art.101]

@@artofjhill that will be great, thanks

[@aleksandarsavic395]

All information and answers I looked for in terms of rendering a portrait with arnold i found here. Thank you so much for this video!!!

[@artofjhill]

Glad it was helpful!

[@wacom8199]

every video is a knockout!! thank you!!!!

[@ashleysparling]

Hey J, this is awesome thank you for doing this, I have always been rubish at rendering in Maya, but this is really well explained and donst look as complicated as the old mental ray way. Thanks again buddy.

[@artofjhill]

Way easier and better than mental ray

[@pslong9907]

Thanks useful and helpful like always

[@VHSlasher]

Thx for sharing man, very helpful

[@vfxexpert1425]

If i'm correct, you can use ainormalmap and attach your normals to the input, sometimes you have to adjust the scale.

[@Kinkoyaburi]

Amazing tutorial. The difficulty spiked up when the custom masks and the layer node were introduced, but overall it quite good information. To be honest, most of Arnold's nodes are a a riddle, wrapped in a mystery, inside an enigma to me, but people like J Hill help to unveil the fog.

[@artofjhill]

all the good things are on the other side of the fog

[@newnengates3764]

Final project is absolutely stunning.

[@artofjhill]

🙏

[@KIRILL_3D_MASTER]

Just super. You are a real master

[@tejaspatil5421]

Sir you have no idea how much you have taught me... you're a huge inspiration. Thank you so much

[@artofjhill]

you're welcome. Keep learning and growing

[@ElijahMoore-Restfulnights]

Looks so good

[@artofjhill]

Thank you

[@matheussilveira1000]

Legendary video J as always!

[@artofjhill]

🙏

[@abpplays7061]

Thank you so much! your videos help me a lot to understand things very easily. you are a gem!

[@artofjhill]

Glad to hear that, thank you

[@ssmallthing]

so good!

[@Olivierhero]

Amazing tutorial!

[@inuyasha561]

super nerd for Life! love what you do Jhill very awesome work man!

[@artofjhill]

Thank you man. Nerd power

[@prof.rogerhss]

some people maybe has born to broke all paradigms... Classic lectures is worth? The truth everytime worth! Congrats, man... your serie is insane. #love #kissesfrombrazil

[@lopsi6946]

Awesome !

[@SamirMir]

Amazing tutorial!!! Thank you J !

[@artofjhill]

You got it, I hope it helps

[@DRD4forlife]

Sooo unreal 🤯

[@mrleung1]

thanks my G masterpiece🙃

[@lucianovitorio836]

coollll!! thanks for the tips man!!

[@artofjhill]

Np I hope it helps

[@xtam55]

Like your mood in this video, one hour was like a couple minutes. And final renders Ohhh! I watched it hundred times! Thx for video, now I go watch patreon full demo:) Peace

[@artofjhill]

Thank you

[@holotaice2308]

Hi J! Just found your channel and have been really enjoying the whole series. Was wondering if you would make any tutorials on what your workflow is towards retopology if dynamesh is used. Would also really love to know how you set up the UV's to prepare the model for texturing and lighting. Then again, I appreciate the work you are doing!

[@Lakus231]

chef's kiss

[@oldleaf3755]

good vid. thanks for sharing. your content is a goldmine

[@artofjhill]

Thank you 🙏

[@Solo_3d]

Daaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaamn that last render hits haaard J….. wow … iam kinda sad tbh, coz i just finished my Hardy project couple days ago following ur tutorials without this amazing video about render, but wow bro.. iam speechless.. flakes, alligator… bruhhhh. No lie ,I did lost u later with nodes and sht , but iam watching it again for sure! Final render is so dope just as a character J! U r beast my man! U art is killa and what u do with those videos is huge! Iam a big fan bro! Thank you so much for what u do! Ur channel is super underrated!!!! But i bet ull get what u deserve my man!!! Lets go J !!! Certified3dkilla

[@artofjhill]

haha thank you man, I appreciate it

[@amirbabaei7048]

Thank you so much brother . So cool

[@artofjhill]

You got it. Hope it helps

[@michaelllrobson]

Nice!!

[@vipulnarkar7694]

Amazing

[@selvakumaran4648]

oh god''maaan:)u r a great teacher.thanks for the tutorial 😊

[@nykoedits]

Love the videos man, you've taught me so much! I'm writing this comment at 26:00 so if you address this later in the video, then my apologies! For me the aiNormalmap node, I set my map colorspace to Raw, then plug rgb output from the map into the "input" on the aiNormalmap, and then take the rgb output from the aiNormalmap and plug that into the normalCamera on the aiStandard. For the "normal" input on the aiNormalmap, from my understanding, it is for if you want to layer normalmaps. You can plug the output of another aiNormalmap into it, or even the output of an aibump2d if you want to use height data without displacement. Hope that helps!

[@artofjhill]

Thanks man, I'll try and remember that for next time I use a normal map in Arnold. Cheers dude

[@wilismatrix9847]

damn crazy skills

[@fourtyfiftynine]

this guy defo needs 100k

[@jimmybarr1966]

Thats insane

[@lamotta120]

thank you so much sensei!

[@artofjhill]

you're welcome 🙏 I hope it helps

[@kaziaoualwanis3819]

THE boss ! even i don't use maya , i found it so useful , thanks man :)

[@artofjhill]

Glad to hear that

[@Simili84]

I left every video of this serie telling myself '' I know Kung-fu'' ....good stuff!

[@0x0abb]

Nice - very nice

[@asismaharjan7431]

Goat🔥🔥🔥

[@traianboitan943]

Thank you JH!

[@artofjhill]

you got it

[@matthewjordaan5023]

Wow, you're incredibly talented

[@artofjhill]

🙏

[@_D3adB0y_]

well hotdamn. Looks great man!

[@artofjhill]

🙏

[@CG_CAKE]

Legend.

[@enasahmed31]

Hello J, Thank you for the amazing tutorials you always post. I learned a lot from you. As for connecting the normal map, it will work perfectly if you create aiNormalMap node. Connect the OutColor of your normal map to Input, then connect OutValue of that node to Normal Camera. As for the color space it will be like how you do it, set to Raw amd Alpha is Luminance. I hope it will help.

[@eduardyablunovskyi5857]

Thanks! Cool!

[@justcommenting6127]

Can you please make a video on hypershade and maps? Your videos are amazing, thank you for your hard work!

[@mass23]

Thank you so much!!

[@artofjhill]

👍

[@ahsengilani658]

next unreal! awesome man

[@fanend57]

Thank you so much!

[@artofjhill]

No worries!

[@waymanharris1284]

Oh, how I miss pouring hours into my artwork! Great job!!

[@artofjhill]

Thank you so much 😀

[@saurabhshivamverma2910]

Thank you so much you are the best.

[@artofjhill]

thank you, I hope it helps

[@GiancarloBombardieri]

great video!!

[@artofjhill]

Thank you 🙏

[@ziyayalcin8298]

Awesome

[@BrentLeBlancCG]

You're a wizard J!

[@artofjhill]

🪄

[@alexry6025]

fuyioh! very impressive!

[@Avidi]

nice video man 🔥

[@artofjhill]

Thank you man 🙏

[@stasieknie6081]

Its so fkin amazing

[@raj3dartist208]

Thank you sir

[@artofjhill]

Np. I hope it helps

[@manavgala2361]

The programs I use are entirely different from yours but the knowledge is still very relevant. Instant sub.

[@artofjhill]

Great happy to hear that

[@dylankowalskiartwork8697]

Your Patreon is dope man ! I get it few days ago, tons of cool tips to perfect techniques & stuff ;)

[@artofjhill]

Thank you! 💪

[@xtam55]

Hi Dylan, can’t wait to see your own patreon and breakdowns of your artworks. I’m your fan long time tho:)

[@serjgalimulin4516]

Thank u so much !

[@artofjhill]

I hope it helps!

[@serjgalimulin4516]

@@artofjhill sure, for me it's very useful tutorial, in part with arnold shading for makeup

[@serjgalimulin4516]

@@artofjhill have u plan make facial rigging\blendshapes tutorial? I hope u will ^)

[@rameshdas901]

Unbelievable

[@marcogdi]

Thank you 1000 times

[@artofjhill]

You’re welcome

[@angelnievesphoto]

very nice

[@artofjhill]

thanks

[@Luke_wp]

Thanks so much for these videos! You are a Godsend man. With the aicomposite node being depreciated what is the best way to combine the displacement and noise?

[@artofjhill]

Glad you like them! I’m not sure but it’s said it’ll be depreciated for years. Until then, keep using it :)

[@OmarElshamy]

I watched 56:28 mins of this video .. every second has a new information! .. can't wait for the Unreal Engine version

[@artofjhill]

🙏