Sci Fi Colony Soldier

tac0m

Hey everyone, I'm making a futuristic female inspired by things like Mass Effect and Oblivion (movie with Tom Cruise). I haven't made a character concept in some time and have found my 2D to be very rusty. So before I dive into 3d I want to have a decent looking concept to refer to. It doesn't need to be perfect but I would like some feedback before I start the 3d.

Here's what I have so far, I realize there's a few perspective issues here and paintovers are extrememly welcome.
I haven't put too much thought into the materials yet. I plan on having a thick cloth for the pants and something similar for the arms/shoulders. I was toying with the idea of a tactical corset that she wears... trying to make it a little sexy yet somehow effective.

The basic story behind this character is she's part of a new planets colony. Some kind of security solider while the development gets under way.

Whalebones

Looking good dude, I'm looking forward to seeing what it looks like in 3D!

tac0m

Messin around with anatomy. Was goin for a stong female build like Michonne (from the walking dead comics)

Something seems a little off to me. Any crits so far?

tac0m

Progress


C&C welcome!

The_Pixel

Hey! You were asking for some crits and you said something was off, I see you've moved onto clothing now. Good start so far! I noticed some small issues with the anatomy construction nothing too serious,I checked your profile and it says you work as a character artist so you probably know best but just in case you missed anything.. (I'm still a newbie though, keep in mind :P)
Her Vastus Medialis looks a tiny bit too short, her middle section of abdominals looks a bit too wide. I'd expect them to be the same or very close to the same width as the bottom section, Also I see you have the top two looking like they're sort of being squished by the rib cage, which is true, If it's a six pack your going for.
But in this case it's only 4 so they would be very similar to the middle two,


Now if you were going for a six pack then the two at the top would sort of look like what you have.

Your Scapulae are looking a little undefined, maybe it's just the angle but they look like they're quite soft like they're pads of fat or something maybe just needs a harder medial border maybe?

Anyway I'm still only learning anatomy so take it with a grain of salt might not be 100% accurate, But I hope I helped in some way

tac0m

Hey The_Pixel, yeah you're totally correct in all the points you made. Mostly i was just blocking in some forms and did a piss poor job on the anatomy. I went back to it a few days later and... my god, i must've been on drugs. I gotta admit i've never seen a 6 pack on a girl that symmetrical, looks pretty awesome.

Update



A lot of this stuff is just blocked in. I'm goin for some kind of tactical pants material and a thick leather material for the coat. It's kind of a nice contrast between small tight folds and thick flowy.

JoshVanZuylen

Your clothing folds need quite a lot of work. At the moment it looks like she's waring crumpled paper as pants. Look for tension points and really make the folders prominent.

tac0m

I was using this as a basic reference.


Now that you mention it. it does look like crumpled paper.... shit

tac0m

Back to the beginning. I didn't like the way this was looking, too many things were bugging me. So i'm going back to the basics and starting over.
I didn't like how built she looked with some of the tighter clothing i started to add. So i went back and gave her a new body. She's still in good shape, just not so ripped.

This is the before render (posted above as well)



This is the new anatomy