The Strange Talent of Luther Strode (character art)

Shiniku

Howdy! I'm working on a character model based on the character 'Luther Strode' from a comic of the same name. It's a very cool comic, and I've been a fan of the artist Tradd Moore for awhile now and I wanted to try to adapt his style to 3d.

Still a WIP at this point, I'd say the high poly is at about 80%. Any feedback is appreciated!




(ignore the missing hand and foot for now)

Grubber

Cool! I thing his arms are a bit short. But maybe its just me.
Keep going!

Kabendji

I think it's the bust who is too short

Shiniku

Thanks for the feedback guys! I tried to adjust his arm and some other proportions. Here's some more ref:
Luther Strode Reference image
In his early appearances he got pretty bulky, but not near as huge as he looks now. So I'm going for his comparatively lean physique. I did try to make him a bit bigger though, and also shrunk down his head to make his proportions a bit more heroic. I may push that further still.

Sorry for not posting more updates, but I've pretty much wrapped up the high-poly, low-poly, and I've just started texturing. There is still a lot to do, and my workflow is pretty experimental right now since I haven't done a stylized texture in awhile. But it's fun!

Synaesthesia

Saw this on Facebook the other day. It's coming together pretty well, man. Even if the reference shows him with black eyes I'd rather see you break from it and paint his eyes with black veins or something to make him look a bit more ominous. The black on red isn't scaring me enough.

Shiniku

Thanks! Yeah, I'm going to have a couple variations with the eyes, they seem to change a bit in the comic. Here's some more work done with texturing:

Synaesthesia

Pretty damn flawless as far as I'm concerned. The eyes actually look better now that he doesn't seem like he's some demon-possessed kid out of the big hair 80s.

Nefarius24

Love how the texture is turning out. Keep it up!