Monokuma, in 3D!

thepapercut

Recently finishing the game danganronpa, I absolutely loved the cynical, robotic teddy bear Monokuma. Seeing how small and simple his design is, this should be a decent challenge with little overload. Concept is taken from original artist Rui Komatsuzaki.


WIP model. Any critiques, comments and advice is apprieciated. Also I wanted to get peoples input, should the giant grin be insetted into the model, or a texture map should suffice?

Kimon

Something feels strange around the shoulders on your model.
It's almost like the arms are just coming out from the sides of the head.

thepapercut

Thanks Kimon! I'm wondering if they just need to be pulled in a bit maybe?

thepapercut

4.7.14 update:
- Blocked in face and moved some arm polys...still looks the same. Going to mess with it some more.

Two Listen

Perhaps try lowering the arms/shoulders a bit, and move in the edges right above the shoulder. The concept has a more clear definition/separation between his head & shoulder, more of a clear indent that makes his head look pretty spherical sitting atop his body. Yours at the moment has his arms fusing into that bottom area of his head, and that distinction is lost.

thepapercut

@two listen: Thanks for the advice. It looks quite a bit better with them lowered!
4.19.14 update: finals time so I've been a ghost, but managed some time today on it. Something about the face still feels off. Critiques and comments if you please dear polycounters!