Hand Painted Elf Character

SylveriaDreams

Hi! I usually make hand painted environments and prop art, but I wanted to challenge myself and learn a new workflow in Zbrush. So I created my first character and she is going to tie in with my next environment piece.  I still need to learn how to pose her and setup the final beauty shots. But before I move onto that, I wanted to get some feedback. She is a little over 8k polys. Let me know what you think! Thanks in advance!

almighty_gir

Hey there,

This looks really nice, there's some good execution here, the textures are nice and clean, though i think the silver and blue don't really work well together, it also doesn't work as a good break up from the skin to the cloth at her chest. Proportionally she looks nice all the way until the front view.

I think this could really benefit from being re-presented, it looks like you've duplicated the character and rotated it around in the same scene and then taken a single screenshot, don't do that. The perspective is all fucked up on the front on view.

Make a dedicated lighting and camera setup for the full body shots, and another for portrait shots. Use different focal length cameras for them (do a quick search for portrait camera lenses and stuff to get an idea. 55mm and 80mm are good focal lengths to use.

SylveriaDreams

@almighty_gir Thank you for your feedback. I updated my renders and didn't duplicate the character in the same scene like you suggested.

SylveriaDreams

I finished my night elf character. I am working on a re-imagined Shadowglen environment which is where this character will live. 

Diffuse only
8528 polys 
2048 x 2048 map

Rendered in marmoset
See more images on my Artstation  https://www.artstation.com/artwork/QqBqZ

bounchfx

good job with the posing! where do you see this character fitting into your environment? is she going to be in that pose, or do you have a different one planned for that?

SylveriaDreams

@bounchfx Thanks! Posing her was a learning experience but I think I have the hang of it now. One idea I have is taking a screenshot of the environment (after it is finished) and putting that as the background in marmoset in one of her renders. It will probably be a new pose because I also want to create a weapon and pose her with it.