IL BAX

Hello Everyone,
Here is the model of "Bax," my latest effort.

I am not a modeler, but a musician friend of mine (i.blame on spotify) asked me to create his avatar and I gladly accepted the challenge.

The initial idea was a gorillaz-style "Bax" dancing in the Dragonball Hyperbolic Time Chamber.
I started with a standard maya body and then defined the connotations as the concept.

For the clothes I used Marvelous Designer, as well as for their simulation. Starting with normal sweatshirt and pants, I resized and reworked the shapes to achieve a slightly jaunty oversize effect.
To create the textures I used Substance Painter: I searched for a digital mood that could remind of modern cartoons.
To animate the naked "Bax" I used Mixamo.
I then separated the character from the background and drew its shadows in Maya and Vray, and finally processed it all on Nuke.

The loop had to be in 9:16 for the spotify canvas, and last a maximum of 8 seconds. The last frame of the simulation is obviously different from the first, so to solve this problem I created a small glitch between the beginning and the end.

I uploaded the turnaraound to show the job in a neutral situation, in 2k resolution. (Spotify one is a cringy 576x1024 px)
I also decided to upload some details of the face and, some references I used and a bunch of images/video of the workflow.

Hope you enjoy it and stay "Sciolti"!