Portrait Study

Hey all,
I've been tweaking my workflow quite a bit lately, and a short project seemed like the perfect opportunity to establish a personal pipeline and create some reusable shaders and Houdini tools. It also turned out to be a great exercise in grooming and lighting.
The Solaris layout is based on Christopher Herrick's scene from his incredible Elucidae project. You can check it at renderman.pixar.com/elucidae. I learned a ton from his setup. Huge kudos to him and the Renderman team for sharing it publicly.
The concept art is by the talented Sasha Frantseva.
Thanks for taking a look!
Cheers!