Female Twi'lek feedback please

rogermein1

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Hi everyone

Haven't posted to the forum in awhile but I wanted to show some personal side work I've been finishing up last week.  

I did this model of a female Twi'lek after playing around with different clothing concepts. I chose to do a Twi'lek mostly because of their distinctive appearance. Costume and character is original design. The boots are loosely based off of Star Lord's from Guardians of the Galaxy. Final render was done in Marmoset Toolbag.

Here's are the main beauty shots:

Some WIP shots and topology:

Here is a more in depth breakdown of the entire process:

I am still working on some beauty shots but any feedback to improve it is always appreciated.

Brian "Panda" Choi

Brian, for the clothes that have edges that terminate "in the air," do you obtain the thickness of the clothing during the direct retopology over the high poly mesh, extrude the final low poly slightly, or something else entirely?

Also, this is super nice.

Leinadien

Her jaw seems very wide, usually when you look at female skulls their jaws are well inside the edge of the cheek bone, she currently has a very masculine jaw. Something I noticed when looking at the alien species online is that on some of them there seems to be creases where the slugs bend on their heads. Only things that stand out to me, looks amazing.

Male skull left, female right.

rogermein1

Thanks for the feedback guys:

@Brian Panda Choi:  For the clothing that has thickness (i.e. collar) I do the retopology directly over the high poly mesh.  I find it gives me more control during the baking process.

@Leinadien:  You make a good point about the jaw.  I never really noticed how thick it was at the bottom.  Will definitely get that looked at.  I think I understand what you mean about the slugs.  Will see about adding creases.   

Thanks again guys.  

GravityBwlast

Awesome work! Also, thanks for the breakdown image. 

rogermein1

Thanks GravityBwlast, glad you like it!

Jakub

Great work! Stuff to learn from!

Brian "Panda" Choi

@rogermein1
Just for clarification, the retopology wasn't a single plane (over the collar in this instance) mesh, and THEN it was extruded a bit afterwards?  But in fact, you directly retopologized the "edge thickness" of the HP?

rogermein1

@Jakub: Thanks, glad you like it!

@Brian Panda Choi: Yes you are correct, I didn't use extrusion for the clothing.  If there is an inner part of the clothing exposed (i.e. the inner part of the collar), that is done with retoplogy all in one go.  Usually the inner parts of the clothing are less detailed in the wireframe.  

Brian "Panda" Choi

@rogermein1
I guess that just requires more patience to do.  I always been annoyed at the edge lips because they were so thin >< .  I don't know if there's a workaround to those (using 3Dcoat).

Thank you!

rogermein1

@Brian Panda Choi: No problem, hope it helps!  

rogermein1

Hi everyone

Here's an update of the character with two new 'main' beauty shots.  I've reduced the jawline to give her a more feminine look:




Also gave some extra lighting to make the character stand out more.  Comments and feedback always appreciated.