Blacksmith from Dota 2 (Porfolio piece WIP)

Felixenfeu

[Update 10 April 2013]

Last update.



Hi everyone,
my name is Felix Arsenault, recently graduated from a 3 year college degree in 3D animation and CGI in quebec, and i plan on being a character artist.

So, here's a new piece for my porfolio. I've seen the concept art for the blacksmith in Dota 2, which you can found mostly everywhere on the web or on the Dota 2 workshop website, and though it would be awesome to make it 3D, so here it is !

Concept art (Big image) :


Reference board (Big image) :


I've started working on muscles and general proportions/forms of the big dude. What i've got at the moment :


I'm looking for serious feedback.

Thank you !

TrevorJ

Can't give much serious feedback yet, face has a definite likeness, kind of hard to tell without his beard though. Proportions are looking pretty on to me. Keep at it, start blocking in the clothing. this will be a very cool piece.

Pumpkin

The body shape definitely has more of Mike Mignola's stylized form to it.

Check this out,

http://www.nizza3d.com/hb01.jpg

Baj Singh

Hey, nice start and a really nice style to work from.

I would say that if you want to follow the concept to the ground then perhaps make his head a tad smaller and his neck (not his trapezius muscle) a little longer. This will give his silhouette a bit more character.

Good luck mate.

Felixenfeu

Thank you guys.

@pumkin : Great ref, thanks, surely need more style.
@Baj Singh : Yeah, and pumpkin hellboy's ref pretty much show what you tells me too, gotta work that.

Felixenfeu

Really appreciate the feedback. Corrected the proportions a bit. Looks better this way imo. Now time to retopo, clean the sculpt and put the final touch/details, then block out the cloths.

Felixenfeu

Hi, long time i haven't post it seems. I just finished the details/polish of the body. I'm starting the hair and cloth blocking really soon.

Felixenfeu

Made some other corrections to the anatomy (Yeah.. again!) of the character. Mainly on the upper body.

Felixenfeu

More corrections mostly on the abs. I'm kinda spamming my own thread haha.

Felixenfeu

Started blocking the accessories and cloth. Not going as fast as i want, but at least i could get some time to start this !

Baj Singh

Nice work, ill be interested to see how you handle the beard.

Felixenfeu

More work on this . The beard is still a blocking, and it WILL change. I've started to work more on folds the cloths and general looks of the cloths.

I have made alot of correction on the back too, the anatomy was completly off.



Still looking for serious critics or comments. You can write whatever you have to say on the piece

Avanthera

cool start on the clothes and bits,

some of the folds on the tunic are looking odd and weirdly geometric rather than flow-y cloth.
that beard, it's really not doing it for me,
I like the stitches, it bothered me when I saw they had not 'end' to the actual stitch part, but it looks really nice so far.

Good improvement on the back anatomy! keep going man! And take a look at Ceebee's and Daphz's livestream where they are tackling other characters from the same comic:

http://www.polycount.com/forum/showthread.php?t=101970

MrNinjutsu

Looking Rad man, I agree with Shrew!

Felixenfeu

Thanks guys, and yeah Shrew, these guys did a real good job doing characters from the same comic.

Made some corrections to the arms, and continued to work on the cloths/Accessories and got rid of the beard. It clearly didn't fit the model at all. I'm going to start that beard over with a good base.

Zipfinator

I hope you keep him pantless.

ZacD

Me too.

Felixenfeu

This guy needs more love. Been doodling around with his proportions and face. I've got great feedback recently, and i found that stupid folder back, fortunatly (Because yeah, i lost it).