This Artist Creates a Photorealistic 3D Portrait of Jack Black

Let's kick off the new week by checking out the incredible work-in-progress 3D portrait of American comedian and actor Jack Black, being created by the talented Character Artist and Animator Şefki Ibrahim for an upcoming character art course.

Known throughout the entire digital art community, Şefki specializes in crafting photorealistic digital humans, treating us to incredibly lifelike masterpieces every once in a while. Over the past few months, the artist has been working on a realistic 3D recreation of Jack Black, providing regular updates on the project's progress and sharing stunning showcases of the ongoing work.

Recently, the creator unveiled a low-resolution animation test result, embedded above, showcasing the model in motion and suggesting that the project as a whole is nearing its completion. In terms of software, the author has stuck to his usual combination of tools, employing ZBrush, Maya, Arnold, and XGen.

And here are some of the previous showcases shared by Şefki over on Twitter:

Earlier, Şefki also shared a highly realistic 3D portrait of The Last of Us' main character Joel Miller, based on the likeness of Pedro Pascal, and a stunning recreation of Michael B. Jordan, an American actor known for playing Erik Killmonger in Black Panther and Adonis Creed in the Creed series, and a realistic blinking animation:

If you would like to learn more about Şefki Ibrahim's early career, we also recommend checking out our 2019 interview with the artist, where he discussed the creation of digi-doubles of real people with ZBrush, Maya, Photoshop, Mari, Arnold, and Nuke:

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