Toon Head from 2d Concept to 3D Study

jesusfc

Hello Polycount!

Hello 10K, working on a new project and making a new head topology for this one is based on an artwork of Natasha Small *(with a minor CC)

The topology is 65% done, missing details and loop spacing on the forehead and eye borders, Some pointy loops and so. Will love some Critics here.

Not sure at the moment if I should move the yellow mask to the chin, as support for the mouth mask, or to leave it as it is to define the chin bone. Will try on the next wip

https://www.artstation.com/artwork/BDm9A

as always everything should be recorded and free for download on patreon.

https://www.patreon.com/jesusfc

Things to fix

- Forehead loop tension 
- Eyebrows loops extreme spacing
- Eyeborders 
- Smirk border making a geometry deformation ( extreme distortion on the faces )
- Nose loops* Not sure about this one, the nose loop is a little big right now, one ring bigger than usual to adjust the movement of the nose and the smirk

Things I am not sure

-Yellow loop

I am using the yellow loop as a definer for the chin bone, and its working quite well but I am not sure if to make it as a support for the mouth mask bringing it to the front over the chin as the purple loop on the next image.



Will love some Critics here ! Thank you!

jesusfc

A little bit more of refining here, the model is still a WIP, I need to fix some eye borders and the lips to have a crisp border. Not sure of the nose shape  and the right ear. 

Also there are some bumps on the model that I need to correct.

jesusfc

Third wip of the model, adjusting the concept to work on the 3D enviroment, some minor changes on the eyes position.



and some notes on how to adjust the model a little bit more  and take it closer to the reference.



I am almost sure now that I need to fix the loops to go around the mouth. 

jesusfc

The basic mesh is done,  missing some minor tweaks on the skull shape and nose on side view and its ready for hair. 

The model is ready to download on my patreon https://www.patreon.com/jesusfc

jesusfc

Dudestein said:

This is looking really good. If you're going to display your wireframe I would take some time to do a mesh groom pass (smooth out some of the kinks in your edge flow).

Thank you!, yes I need to clean and smooth a lot of wonky edges, there's still some spacing also on some faces that I could improve. Will take some time to fix but will do my best there.

jesusfc

I decided to fix the topology of the head and  clean a little bit more the edges, I think the base model is finally done!  

also as a thanks for all the support from Patreon, I decided to put the model as a reward for 10USD patrons. Thank you all.

https://www.patreon.com/posts/final-toon-girl-10695213

jesusfc

Starting step 2 with this little girl, the default face is almost done, I need to fix the eyelids topology and to make the loops match ( top vs bot eyelid)

jesusfc

And the final topology is done! at last, now its time to work on the blendshapes !