Part 1. This chap was inspired by... I'm not entirely sure quite what. Mostly it is just an excuse to try out a few ideas and techniques, with a particular focus on trying to extract emotion from him...
Not sure that I entirely succeeded with this one...
Anyway, critiques and recommendations are always welcome...
Rendered with Cycles, 500 samples.
Textures from my kitchen... (digital camera... you are a beautiful thing)
GIMP for manual textures.
Compositor for colour correction.
