Sculpted in ZBrush, the color texture was painted in Substance Painter, rendered in Maya with Arnold, used Xgen core for the hair. There are a couple of daguerreotypes of Schumann that were taken in 1850 but all deteriorated and in terrible quality so I tried to search for some paintings of him made during his lifetime. It was really interesting that most of the paintings that I could find looked almost nothing like the man in those photos (maybe just the hair). Even more reason why…

Composer, Critic. One of the great German Romantic composers, he infused classical forms with emotional intensity and a poetic imagination. He is best known for his piano works and songs. His Piano Concerto (1845) and his four symphonies are considered the most successful of his larger compositions. Robert Alexander...

Robert Schumann (1810-1856) was a composer of the Romantic Era who wrote…

Composer, Critic. One of the great German Romantic composers, he infused classical forms with emotional intensity and a poetic imagination. He is best known for his piano works and songs. His Piano Concerto (1845) and his four symphonies are considered the most successful of his larger compositions. Robert Alexander...

Robert Schumann was a German composer, pianist, and influential music critic. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest composers of the Romantic era. Schumann left the study of law, intending to pursue a career as a virtuoso pianist. Wikipedia

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The pianist Jeremy Denk reviews the biography “Schumann: The Faces and the Masks,” by Judith Chernaik.