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Fabi_G said:

Looks very cool overall


Looking closer, I think there are a few points that could be improved on:

Skull - Got to agree this is the most glaring weakness, looking caught in-between different ideas. Given the overall amount of work put in, wouldn't skimp on such a central element. Perhaps do some paint-overs to explore different options (let me know if you want some :P )

Wings - while looking detailed, the way the direction of feathers is suddenly changes from one row to the next feels weird and makes it look somewhat artificial. If the goal was realistic looking wings, I would take notes from real world references.


Golden armor shading broken? - Compared to the dark variant, the shading on the golden variant looks off, the edges look much less defined. Some issue with the normal map, handedness or how it's sampled?


Closeup of Sword? Since you mention specifically this was your original concept, it would be cool if you showed this in more detail.

More defined alpha on cloth border? I think currently the scarf blends together with the underlying layer.

Keep it up

Wow, thank you very much for the feedback, and to everyone who responded to the thread, I'm new here. Yes, there's something wrong with the gold armor... thanks. Here's a render of the sword, it's pretty simple, but I'm glad it turned out at least somewhat original 

DustyShinigami said:

 I tried adding some noise to it before by including shapes/bumps within the main shapes, but then they became over-emphasized. Or was that the main shapes...? Maybe now I should go and re-add those shapes/noise now that the main shapes are softer and less emphasised...?

Hmm, I was trying to condense an abstract concept into a more concrete and practical advice, but am realizing that it was probably too reductive. The point I was attempting to make about the area marked up in red was that those secondary forms you added weren’t very “descriptive”. They don’t communicate any useful information about what is actually going on with the form and thus just makes that area difficult to “parse”.

That is what I meant about looking vague and lacking in clarity. It’s not necessarily about more versus less detail, but that any detail that is there should help describe something. I thought you had the right idea when you refined the scapula: you took it from a nondescript shape and molded it into something with form and function…but then you got rid of it in later iterations ?

I hope that makes (at least a little bit) of sense and clears up some confusion. And now that you’ve gotten a few pointers on how to approach secondary forms; I think you are at a good point to start doing a pass on the entire figure and then make a self-assessment to see how close or far you are to your goal with this study (which, by the way, is not meant to be a 1-to-1 translation?). I think that could help you (and people critiquing) see it in the greater context, rather than critiquing just a small part in isolation only to end up spinning your wheels too much.

Thank you guys for the kind words!

And no worry Dabou, I should've shown in the previous comments what concept I was following so no confusions would happen.

I slowed down in the end of the year but got back into studying and practicing earlier this yes.

I remade yet again my skull study and went a bit further by texturing in painter to also practice this skill.


I compared it to my other finished study I posted here a while ago:



I've also made some anatomy minor studies such as face features etc, and I just finished an orc that I planned to do as an sketch but got carried away and finished a sculpt + rendered him in marmoset:







That's about it, I plan to get a more serious when it comes to my studies and be more consistent, for my next steps I'm wondering if I should stick with small studies like these ones or try and make a new character project, like that dwarf, nothing too complex but something to practice the whole pipeline.

Hopefully I'll get an answer to that and you guys will just see what I make next, thank you for taking the time see my stuff, stay safe!

tks for the comments! will keep at it!

Hello everyone! i am trying to go with the Fortnite characters look, this is a first wip of the highpoly, would really appreaciate feedback if possible, thanks!