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Hey everyone, just finished my first project with Arnold, happy with the results, take a look ! https://www.artstation.com/artwork/0lLQD4

Just quickly, and I'm not sure if I'm very good at explaining this:
The "after" variant looks already a bit better, but still has the same underlying problem that's also visible in the latest exercise. It's a good idea to blur the source, but especially with your blue lines, you almost seem to follow a kind of "2D" edge finding approach and outline forms that often aren't really there (at least to this extent) or are parts of tertiary details (minor surface bumps and dents) or much more subtle. And those resulting shapes still sit a bit next to each other on the final mesh.

To put it negatively, it looks a bit like useung a turbulence noise in 3ds max (http://www.neilblevins.com/art_lessons/turbulence/turb_max.jpg) as a bump and I feel partly responsible for that since that's basically the curvature I am suggesting, but it can be much softer for the most part and more subtle in places, and the shapes themselves need to feel less random (in their directionality) and regular. I'm exaggerating, of course, but I hope it helps to get the point across. E.g. if you simply smudged/blurred some of your details and the shapes that have basically an outline going around them, this would probably look better already.

Perhaps you could try to really ignore the tertiary details (blurring alone can't fully accomplish that) for a further exercise and try to find the defining secondary shapes and perhaps try to analyze which shapes the muscles under the skin would have.
And then some of the more random details you are seeing right now will come back organically and more naturally looking once you do your tertiary layer.

Hello there! Looking nice!
I wonder if her shoulders/chest area is too wide on X-axis (compared to concept)? In the same vein, the boots seem a bit too small.
Maybe it can benefit from exaggerating the contrast between her narrow silhouette and big boots?

Looking forward to following your progress

I could look at this all day! Really enjoying the small details, like the cloth pilling

Creating a character based off of this concept by Fabio Cacciola (link to his piece on ArtStation here: https://www.artstation.com/artwork/L94gK).
I decided to create this post partly to document what I've gotten done so far, but also to gather and action any feedback anyone has
I'm planning to create hair cards for the hair, eyebrows and eyelashes but have sculpted in some very rough temporary ones just to get an idea of shaping, flow and (in the case of the eyebrows) make it easier to see if things are looking ok. In terms of texturing and details - i.e. skin pores and the like - I want to try and do all of that in texture rather than baking detail down in order to try and keep it as adjustable as I can when I get this into UE.

Sculpt/HP Detail Turnaround

Some closer shots of the top half

Trainers... I forgot how annoying shoes are to make

Reference Sheet - facial reference is the actress Valorie Curry


If you've taken the time to have a look through or leave feedback, you have my thanks! Hope wherever you're seeing this from you're doing ok

Concept Art (in case the link doesn't work): Nadja - Fabio Cacciola

Been wanting to join in on the challenge for a while now, decided to go for the hard surface environment. Currently building out the rough blockout to get an idea on the dimensions and the modular pieces I'll need. Also building up my ref board as I go. Luckily I found a victorian staircase (Kimmel Hall Staircase) that matches the concept a lot. Going to include elements from that staircase into my scene.