[student] sculpting improvement thread

skodone

hey guys

started a new character in summer school and i started sculpting a
character from creaturebox.


concept:


sketch:







what do you guys think?

skodone

todays progress

tweaked some things that i didnt like and thought would be too different from the concept
and started painting!

APiotrW

Matches the reference very well.

skodone

i think the upper body is too big, but somehow i like it with this proportions

tweekedgirl

Looking good so far!
The only thing to me that seems really far off from the concept is the length of his legs. In the concept his legs are about 2/3 of his entire height whereas on your sculpt the legs are less than a half. I think if you fix this it'll look much better.

skodone

thank you i will give it a try

jhoythottle

The legs are a lot longer in the concept. his shoulders are also not as wide. When building a model sheet from reference don't be afraid to lower the opacity of the original image and draw over top of it. Here are a few things I noticed don't match up.

skodone

thanks jhoyt!

i reworked the proportions again!

next i think i gonna redo the hair, on the concept its much more prominent than in my
sculpt. also i have to shorten the hands now, that his kneeline is far more high up.

skodone

fixed hands and redid the hair from scratch!
now more hair and then painting

skodone

update of today

started painting!

maxlef1

If you are planning to rigged it you should keep the feet in the same angle of the knee or a bit more straight, because it's will be less difficult to make a realistic ankle movement.
However, I think you made a great job and I loved your painting. Maybe, the eyes should be a bit brighter but it's a personal opinion.

Great job.:)

skodone

painting done!

now learning 3dcoat and doing my first ever retopo

skodone

so im currently struggling with my retopo 3dcoat so far is great
but im not sure if my topo is so good...
anyone spot something weird?

Shrike

Hm, the main charme of the concept lies in the special form of the skull. You replaced that with a more regular skull which looks vastly different. I would rethink that step, as its vital for him looking that way. Aside its looking good, but always try having evenly spaced topology, so the rigs work properly. (aka quads more or less the same size +-50%)

skodone

do you mean the quads at the feet and arm?

Shrike

I mean everywhere should be around the same density, mostly apparent at the legs and the arms, where your quads are long rectangles (and the bracers, where they are just a lot bigger).

skodone

ok tahnk you

skodone

what i don't get is, when i look at the polycount
examples on topology... they also have huge quads and small ones?
are these bad examples?



if they are its not the best thing that they are on polycount wiki itself ?

lotet

Topology totally depends on the polycount.

for more lowpoly assets its ok to have uneven polygons and even triangles in somewhat wierd places if they are needed for form definition.

exemple:


when you move into higher polygon counts you usually want more dense and even distributed topolgy like this:

(just random google search, dont know who made these)


When I struggle with topology I usually do all the important loops first, and then try to fill out the areas in between, instead of starting somewhere and then just build from there.

skodone

yeah thats what i tried
thanks a lot for the info!

skodone

retop done and baking
now will work on the textures, materials and still have to add necklace earrings etc

skodone

so finished the guys model now
also added transparency map and now will go on to texturing!



crappy hardware 2.0 render ftw :P

skodone

texturing done

skodone

so i played around more with marmoset and got some beauty shots together and a small breakdown!

next the assets and pose!

skodone

so im calling this done!
i just quickly posed the character so no rigging involved







Turntable:
https://vimeo.com/109972492

skodone

next project!

I asked allison theus whether i could sculpt one of her critters and got permission
i decided to go for one of the "Fu"s ! Snow Fu!



so i created some huge ref sheet for a lion containing quite some anatomy.
If anyone can use it feel free to download!

--> big ref sheet (7mb) http://i61.tinypic.com/29cs4tz.jpg


and i started with the blockout of the lions proportions, first wanted to get the lion
right and then define allisons fu from it.

skodone

so started blocking



the anatomy was a real struggle but constantly getting there i feel

skodone

updating

skodone

small update
hair is time consuming....

skodone

more hair!

just some full body to go :D

Ferg

dude... do yourself a favor and don't pick the most insane concept in the universe

There is so much busy, formless detail and broken anatomy in the concept... My advice to you, as a student, would be to bail on this and instead do a real anatomy study of the lion underneath. It will be infinitely more useful to you as a growing artist.

Don't get me wrong, bonus points for not being afraid to tackle an epic project. But you will learn a lot more from concepts with clean, simple design principles and strong, readable shapes.

something more like this - http://www.artstation.com/artwork/dire-wolf-9352a7c2-ff4f-448b-8f02-eb5e20697c2a

skodone

damn somehow i see how right you are... as i wanted this to be my last portfolio
project and it seeeeems too takeee foreeeveeer i can still finish it later without
any pressure and do some other sculpt that is way faster for my last piece...

thanks for kinda awaking me i was so focussed at all this portfolio stuff i wouldnt
even realize that i would apparently shoot over my aims...