Cyberpunk Iyoba of Benin Made into Cinematic Real-Time 3D Character

The world of Cyberpunk has lots of gangs and castes, but wouldn't it be great to see an Iyoba of Benin there, too? That's what artist Kkaburi thought when creating Iyoba 2077, a concept art of the female leader of the ancient kingdom of Benin.

Lena Holmfridardottir, inspired by the beautiful project, then brought it to 3D with ZBrush, Maya, Marvelous Designer, Substance 3D Painter, and MetaHuman.

Her cinematic real-time character was created in UE 5.6 during Şefki Ibrahim's Hyperreal Character Creation in UE5 course. She sculpted the head in ZBrush, used Texturing XYZ VFace displacement for skin micro-details, created the groom in Maya's XGen, and rendered the result in Unreal Engine. 

Holmfridardottir paid special attention to the hair and accessories, and the character with her authority might remind you of Ambessa from Arcane.

Check out Holmfridardottir's other works on her ArtStation: 

You might also find a lot of fun art on Kkaburi's page:

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