PSYCHO MOMby Patrasciuc Cristian - PART 2
Create a new layerand make some black random brush strokes in the places where you wantto add dirt. I've added dirt in the wet places, where it can naturallybe found (to give realism to the picture): below the window and in thedark corners where the light can't reach. After sketching a bit on theimage, motion blur your last created layer so it looks like wet dirtthat is going down the wall.
In the end, createanother layer and paint the 'sharp' dirt, the 'detailed' dirt, usingcustom brushes or reference pictures. Don't forget to take a look atthe wireframe layer so you won't paint dirt in a wrong place.
After the paintingis finished remove the wire frame layer and you'll have the texture.From now on you can 'extract' bump maps, specular maps, etc. by justconverting the texture to grayscale and adjusting thebrightness/contrast.
The rest of the textures were done in thesame way: capture the wire frame and take it into Photoshop, put abasic texture (I used the ones from www.environment-textures.com), add some dirt layers and then remove the wireframe-layer.
Painting the bloodit's just like painting dirt, so I won't bore you with the sameexplanations. Anyway, there is a one more little thing I would like tospeak about: the texturing of the mirror. As you can see in thefollowing image I used two maps for it. First, I've painted the dirtand the blood text leaving the background white (here will be thereflection of the mirror). Then, I made a second map that I used as amask in the diffuse and reflection slots. I've added other texturesfrom my scene in the following image to show you how they were paintedand to help you understand the process better.
I've spent a lot of time for this stage, but in the end I was very pleased by the result, so ... it worths.
Lighting and Rendering
There is not muchto say about the lighting and rendering process. It's very simple. I'veonly put a rectangular VRayLight to fit the neon, play a little withits intensity and then let VRay compute the GI. The final image wasrendered using Adaptive QMC method with min. subdivisions set to 2 andmax. subdivisions set to 3. For the anti-aliasing filter I usuallychoose Catmull-Rom, because I like my picture to have sharp edges.That's all from 3D Studio Max. It's work is done. At this stage, I tookthe final image in Photoshop and made the post-processing. I adjustedthe brightness/contrast a little bit, painted more dirt in some places,added the border and the author's name, etc. So, here you go! This isthe final result and the wire frame of the scene.
Conclusion
Thesewere the main steps in creating the "Psycho Mom" image. I hope youenjoyed it. If you have any questions, critics or comments don'thesitate to contact me.
