Tree humanoid - Very new to modeling

Sylei

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Edit : finished work ! Mental Ray render


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Hello, this is my first post here !
I started a 3D school last year in October and we are just beginning to learn ZBrush. This is my very first scuplt and I am not even close to master ZBrush, it was just for practice at the beginning and I didn't intend to go that far but now I am willing to finish it





I don't have any concept sketch to show you but I plan to add some jewelry things in her branches and ivy on her body (and a clear separation between bark and skin like I did on the arms)

I welcome any crits !

Erafic

One of the things I can see straight away that could use some work is the legs, I can somewhat see you've taken a plantigrade pair of legs and tried to make them into digitigrade legs. I think that bit is something you could work at since the second bend should begin with an ankle. Here's a picture I googled quickly to illustrate how digitigrade legs look versus human plantigrade.

Other than that I think that you should try to check some references on anatomy and tree folk/elementals, its a bit hard to see what pieces might be human skin and what are wooden parts. Also I cant help but feel that the feet are a bit brittle compared in size to the rest of the body. The roots at the bottom of a tree trunk are usually the thickest area.

J0NNYquid

I'm not an expert on anatomy so I can't comment on that. One thing that sticks out to me however is the orientation of the roots. I would assume the roots would all be pointing downwards, or mostly downwards as in a real tree/plant. The roots on the back of the knee point upwards, and at first glance I thought they were spikes. Try looking at the spriggans from Skyrim for reference. As it stands right now it doesn't scream tree-person, but with a little work I think you'll have it. Good start!

Sylei

Erafic you're very right about the feet and legs, I didn't bother much with them..
JONNYquid, I did not wanted the knee roots to be roots in fact but you're right these branches look like spikes, maybe they need to be smaller, their base thinner and have more variation
Thank you both for your feeback

I did a paintover trying to apply what you told me and I highlighted the parts that are to be skin, and a close up of the bark I did on the arm and what I intend to do (maybe the bark doesn't pop out enough ?) :

Erafic

The bark pops out, but mostly just on the arms. if you work in the same skin-bark transition onto the head and legs it would be more clear, cause that part was just smooth before.

Sylei

Please tell me if you see any anatomical mistake, then I'll move on to the face and details

Sylei

Hey, I finally finished it and here it is ! Mental Ray render

Gray Wolf

Really good work! It looks like something you'd see in Skyrim.