Retrogasm Competition - Streets of Rage(Adam Hunter)

ljsketch

Starting a new thread for my Retrogasm Entry. My first attempt was an Altered Beast design but that was not working out the way I liked. I've switched gears and started working on a design for Adam Hunter from Streets of Rage, another one of my favorites from "back in the day".

I've been at it for about 2 weeks so I'm just going to dump all the progress shots the next post. I'm open to feedback so it's cool to drop a crit or two .


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ljsketch

Progress shots....mostly in order up to where I'm at today.

rls

nice work!

amirabd2130

nice work so far
looking forward to this

Magihat

Looks great, loving the proportions! The Streets of Rage-logo on the sneakers is also a nice touch.

Maicow

really nice style! loving it, the feet proportions are looking awesome, maybe the forearms are too big though

ljsketch

@rls , amirabd, Magihat, Maicow - Thanks guys! Hopefully I get to jump back on it this weekend...I'll double check those forearms .

ljsketch

small update on the model itself. Did some color concepts and experimented with the hair choices I had. Things were feeling a little bland to me. I know the original concept is pretty simple but I can't help but think there's something else I can add. Gonna take a break and come back with fresh eyes...hopefully that helps my "need" to add something for the sake of adding.

GabrielP

I think you can really push the proportions of the hair and or beard to give him that final touch of character.

Keep up the good work!

ljsketch

small update: adjusted the forearms and the legs along with some other minor adjustments.

@Gabriel - Decided to go with the Bobby Brown-ish look, the gumby cut lol. Going to look into making it a little more sharper though. I'll try some proportion alterations also. Thanks for the feedback!

ljsketch

here's another update. marmoset test and stuff.

ljsketch

Went back and fixed some of the geo/retopo for Adam. Also reduced the count on the clothing. Almost ready for textures now.

Nolt

Wicked man! Really like him! With his arms and feet being bigger, I feel like his head should be a bit larger. Really nice style

rexus

really nice

ljsketch

@9thKnight - hmm, you're the second person to say that. It's not apparent to me but I've been staring at it for awhile now. I'll try scaling it and see how I like. Thanks for the crit and kind words!

@rexus - thanks

ljsketch

bit more progress on textures. Also made some sculptural changes based on some feedback I received from friends.






Texturing is my weakest process at the moment. I usually approach this part not knowing what I'm doing. My go to is Mudbox but I gave Substance Painter and 3D Coat a try this time...and failed miserably. Went back into Mudbox to make a lot of changes but then found Substance Painter really useful for making quick, seamless normal maps and textures for some of the pieces of my model. This workflow is working out decent so far but it's a lot of switching between software.

ljsketch

Little more progress on the textures and lighting setup. SLowly adding spec maps, making second passes on the base colors and adding decals, etc.

ljsketch

Well, I actually completed this guy for the contest. Learned, and struggled my way through it. Definitely gonna take a break from contests right now.



Marmoset viewer here:
https://www.artstation.com/artwork/kwXW2