Stylized girl model (christmas present)

sheckee

I made a digital paint for my girlfriends birthday present. I now want to make a 3D representation, though much more stylized. Something like Yinxuan or Andrew Hickinbottom would be fantastic. The plan is to produce a series of poses of a 3D model and print them all in something like A5, and then frame them all really nicely so that she can hang them in a long line in her hallway.

So I've not put much time in yet (between work all day and spending time with her, it's very hard to find spare time when she isn't around to work on it.)
Something I tend to do in the past is to start on the clothes and such too early. I want to get the body ready to go and at a great level first this time.
Here's where I am, really need some feedback on proportions and such. Any Critique is welcome!

If anyone is interested, here is the painting I produced for her birthday (it will serve as the concept art for this piece.)

As said, this is very early stages but I'm hoping to maintain a thread here while I try and figure this out. The style thing is really a challenge to me too, it's something new
Thanks!





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Tobbo

Sounds like an interesting project!

I would really try and decide and define a style that you want to aim close to before you do too much more work on the actual mesh.

If you do not define an actual style, you might find yourself going back in forth in the middle of production, which is something you really should try and avoid.

Best of luck!

D.Carmine

I've always wanted to do something like this! Great minds think alike. Making a 3D print of her is much smarter than getting her name tattooed on your arm.

I am looking forward to seeing how it all turns out. Good luck!

- D. Carmine

sheckee

Quick update - Did some work on the body and threw on a fast skin to check the deformation.

sheckee

sheckee

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Scruples

Grinch here, I personally think this is a bad idea, the equivalent of giving someone a framed picture of your face, except this one is of idealized proportions she'll never have. Usually girls will drop clues like annoying breadcrumbs everywhere depending on what they want but usually they don't care as long as it's personalized. Surely you know what she's into and can find some sort of inexpensive trinket you can get her name printed on.

sheckee

Scruples wrote: »

Grinch here, I personally think this is a bad idea, the equivalent of giving someone a framed picture of your face, except this one is of idealized proportions she'll never have. Usually girls will drop clues like annoying breadcrumbs everywhere depending on what they want but usually they don't care as long as it's personalized. Surely you know what she's into and can find some sort of inexpensive trinket you can get her name printed on.

Don't agree, I know her well enough to know that she would appreciate this. She's a CG artist too by the way.

Scruples

Thats awesome then, on with the crits. The transition from the stomach to the crotch is a little puffy and the hipbones appear to be about as high as her bellybutton, they need to be dropped down two inches or so. Most of your references have smooth flowing calves, yours has some muscular definition which seems a little out of place, I think that also goes for the arms, gimme flowing shapes!.

Olli.

how do you know your gf doesnt browse polycount
every self respecting CG artist should.

sheckee

Scruples - Thanks for the Crit. -There are some anatomy issues, definitely will look into the ones you gave, thanks! She will be wearing a dress, so a lot of the stomach issues will be hidden, but it would be good to get that stuff right still. I quite like the calve definition, but it might be too much.

Olli. - Haha, she doesn't browse Polycount. She's not into video game art and such. :P

sheckee

Here's where I'm at.
Threw a quick skeleton in and skinned / posed it to see what's working and what's not.

Here it is :

katana

Whatever happened to this?