Phe: Stylised character *help and critique needed*

Amber_Jamieson

Hi everyone this is my first post on polycount so sorry if I miss out any details or explanations etc...
I am currently studying a MA and the character I am working on is for my FMP which is a game (you can check out our dev blog here: http://idotrigames.wixsite.com/blog) 
I've been learning 3D for around 4-5 years but I still consider myself a novice when it comes to somethings; mainly characters as I don't tend to make them too often (hence the help and critique needed in the title).

Current stage: (look below for process and more details)


The character I am working on is called Phe (they are gender neutral); here's the concept I am working from atm:

This is still subject to change as the art style might change as production of the game continues.

Here's the orthographics and 3/4 view I am working from (I know they are far from perfect)


Here is what I have so far: (trust be this is better that the other 2 attempts that I did before this one)

*The reference images at the side are examples to help me with topology*


The programs I will be using are:

• 3DS Max for modelling
• Possibly Zbrush (I am a massive noob and only just manage to move around Zbrush let alone model something in it)
• Photoshop and 3D coat for texturing
• UE4 for "displaying"

*haven't decided how I will do the hair yet I imagine a combination of modeled parts and hair cards.*

Any help or critique is greatly appreciated

Amber_Jamieson

*Update*
I spoke to a friend and they did a quick paint over to show me how I needed to fix the eye sockets.

I moved onto fixing the model to match this but I was still having trouble with fitting an eye ball into the socket so I got some more help from a friend and the suggested looking at Christina Ricci as she has a similar profile I used this image as reference:

I then fixed the model up a little in 3ds max then took it into zbrush for some more tweaking.
This is the stage I am at now:

I did a quick test bake to see how well the high baked onto the low. The hair at the top is not mine I've stolen it from another model temporarily.
I now going to do some quick paintovers to make sure the facial structure is correct to my concept (move the eyebrows, eyes, nose, etc...)

kanga

Looks good. Strangely the ears seem to fit with the character The body proportions look good in the concept  sketch.  Keep going. Oh yeah, might be good to put a copy of an updated image first. That will change the preview and probably attract more comments.
Cheers

Amber_Jamieson

*UPDATE*
First off this is a zbrush screenshot of me trying to get those damn eyeballs correct...

This is a marmoset render showing the bakes including one with thick eyebrows (I decided to have these more subtle in the normal map later and re-sculpted them.)

After the face was in a  place I was mildly happy with I moved onto the body. I stole the body from a previous model to work off of as a base.

I also worked on the hair by sculpting on a sphere in zbrush and then re-topped it. I started to edit the base body to suit the character design better.

Here's the "final" mesh (I will most likely work into this again at some point). I also took all of the body into zbrush and baked them out too.

Heres the mesh with basic textures on it.

And Phe in UE4 as the playable character.

I will be working on the textures to get them to a fairly finished state.
Any critique is welcome even if it is to start again I don't mind it just won't be worked on for a little while.