Reference

playblast

grey render

test render with texture

Integration kit

 Chrome ball

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plate

Camera match test

Reshoot (due to difficulties in tracking and the hair issue)

clean plate (1)

grey ball

cube

HDRI

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camera match

clean plate(2)

grey ball

cube

hdri

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Camera match test

Playblast with camera matched

Shaders

head texture

shader and shading network

body texture

shader and shading network

wing texture

shader and shading network

tail texture

shader and shading network

render setting

comp test

shadow pass

AO pass

beauty pass

test

 

test 2

After the render test, I basically repaint the wing texture and values of other texture maps. Also the shader is tweaked as well.

Shader setting

aiskin head (same setting for the dragon head, body and tail)

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aiskin wing

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aistandard eye

New Texture maps

repainted wing texture

retouched head texture

retouched main body texture

retouched tail texture

Nuke Graph

breakdown

 

After reworking on the zbrush sculpture and texture here is the work in progress render