The Boxer [Character WIP]

gilesruscoe

Starting a new portfolio piece. I decided i needed something with an anatomical focus in my folio, so i'm going to be doing a boxer in shorts/gloves/boots. I want to use slightly exaggerated proportions aswell just to keep it interesting. I really like the way the head meshes in brink are done, so im leaning towards that for facial style. also really dig spacemonkeys sagat model http://badpolygon.com/?portfolio=sagat-marmoset and Mike Kime's street fighter models http://www.pseudo-pod.com/temp/Guile/guile.htm
http://www.pseudo-pod.com/temp/MBison/mbisonfull.htm

I did a brink style face as a practise for this project yesterday, and apart from getting distracted and not finishing it i think its a style i could definately polish up to a decent level


Here's where i'm currently at with the proportions/anatomy. Would really like to get some opinions on it.

gilesruscoe

Update on the anatomy sculpt,

MainManiac

That head is really good


Everything looks really good, id widen the obliques a bit so theres a tiny bit of an hourglass shape from the ribs and obliques

And the legs just dont make much sense

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_cw3nwHF2m1g/S87toyOJHnI/AAAAAAAAPNs/LLRSfDbiL4w/s1600/img_3148.jpg

you can see the thighs in that picture and also how the waist comes out a bit before going to the legs


If you have an iphone/ipod the app "mara3d" is an excellent muscle reference, its quite amazing.

gilesruscoe

Thanks, i didn't really understand what you meant about the leg/torso intersection though, the ref picture has some pretty disproportionate legs and its hard to tell how they would normally connect, i checked my other ref/spoke to other people about it and it doesn't seem off?

I think im done with the body now, need to work on the face and then its onto clothing.

gilesruscoe

Shorts sculpted in, need to add a logo patch to the front still. Also detailed out his head a bit and repositioned his nipples following a crit:

gilesruscoe

Alright, HP is done, moving onto retopo now.

dpaynter26

I really like the style, it's pretty cool, like a new age super punchout

gilesruscoe

Cheers dude!

Here's how the bakes turned out. Just AO+Cavity+Bent normals + Vcols making up the diffuse right now. I'l be writing some info on bent normal maps tomorrow because ive spoken to a lot of people who have never heard of them and their uses, so i'l post that up in here when its done.

Add3r

I love this dude, pretty awesome. One thing I would say though, is that the skin material is a little bit dull. The other materials, like the gloves and shoes seems just about spot on, but the skin needs to be a bit glossier to show the natural oils on skin. Love the sculpt though, I would NOT want to be on the other side of the ring with this guy....... shit.

Jessica Dinh

Whoa, geez, I love it! Nice style :]

gilesruscoe

@Riot, thanks man! This was my first time making shoes in only zbrush and i found it to be much faster than modelling them out like i did previously. So i'm glad you think they look good too.

@Add3r thanks man, those were just my flat bakes straight out of xnormal, i didnt do much to the spec before posting. I wouldn't like to fight him either :P

@Jessica Thanks!

Alright, so i textured him and got him rigged. here are my final renders He's 9k tris and uses a 2048x2048 diff spec gloss normal. I'l upload wires and flats soon.