Anakin Skywalker | Realtime UE5 Character

Anakin Skywalker - The Chosen One. One of the most famous characters in star wars and media in general but also one of my favorite characters in film. This project was challenging in many parts but most notably to nail the likeness of Hayden/Anakin, and I thought I did quite well! The eye meshes/shaders are from Metahumans. Main programs used were Blender/Zbrush for the modelling/sculpting and substance painter/photoshop for texturing.
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I set up a normal details system in UE5 to utilize an RGB mask to drive the placement of my detail normals for the leather, wool and cotton materials to increase visual fidelity.
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Tricount: Body-58k, Head-90k, Hair-52k
Texture Sets: 4x4k (body+head), 1x2k (lightsaber), 1x1k (hair), 2x512 (lashes+eyes)
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Thanks to all friends and people who gave valuable feedback during the creation of this project.
Special thanks to Linnea Hallenbom for assisting in the Detail Maps Node Setup: https://www.artstation.com/linneahallenbom
Special thanks to Jake Lamb's "how to likeness" blogpost: https://www.artstation.com/blogs/jlamb/2DqQ/how-to-likeness