[Mixamo Contest] - AA3D - Evie (WIP)

AA3D

hello
im a mere hobbyist
wanted to participate in this contest to improve my skills
plus i need to make a bunch of these ( game ready complete models )
to make my portfolio with .

so i just really hope i can keep up with the guys here at this awesome forum

so to start off
here r some of the refs i gathered for my character
its all subject to change since im really not that good at not working from a specific concept :poly122: .
http://postimg.org/image/4h5boq5ln/

AA3D

almost done with the base mesh
thought im really not sure about the cloth at the moment ( winter coat with shorts )
crits r always welcome

AA3D

update :



having a hard time deciding which cloth type to go with
i believe itll effect her personality greatly :poly141:

nacertag

i prefer 1 and i like number 3 good luck

AA3D

thx for the feedback nacertag
i indeed went ahead with number 1

update :



almost done with the modeling :poly142:
it was a bad decicion defining the character's cloth an gear as i go in the modeling phase ..
i hope i can make up the time i lost in the sculpting phase .. looks like a lot of guys already close to finish their character :thumbup:

AA3D

update :
a little bit of sculpting
im kinda new to zbrush so i havent figured out or used all the tools yet
there appears to be a ton of them
and man look at those stitching
feels good working with a program that can handle more than just 1 million polygons .

AA3D

update :

Alara

For a hobbyist you're making a sweet girl! I suggest you to work some more on her proportions, but you're moving in the right direction.

AA3D

Alara wrote: »

For a hobbyist you're making a sweet girl! I suggest you to work some more on her proportions, but you're moving in the right direction.

thx alot Alara
please feel free to point out the areas where i should fix

update :
( sorry for late update - something came up kept me busy the last 2 weeks )
back on track now - 7 days to go . so ill have to work on it for late nights to finish in time hopefully

high poly : ( cant spend more time on it )


some details : ( that beetle is an ancient Egyptian necklace )


low poly : ( almost done with the retopo )


im not sure how exactly to measure the triangles ( r they the same as the faces ? i got about 3k quad faces so far oh and i got a few triangles as well )
oh and i was not able to sculpt the inside of the mouth properly .. and now im not able to retopo it becuase i cant see it ( how do people work on that area

nacertag

MULTIPLY IT BY 2 AND YOU WILL FIND YOUR TRIANGLE FACE COUNT

AA3D

nacertag wrote: »

MULTIPLY IT BY 2 AND YOU WILL FIND YOUR TRIANGLE FACE COUNT

thank u ...
about 6 k then ... sweeeeeet
i was afraid of not being able to put much detail

chudork

this looks really good! you sure you are just a hobbyist?

AA3D

chudork wrote: »

this looks really good! you sure you are just a hobbyist?

thank u sir
well iv been learning for about 2 years
still far from calling myself a decent 3D modeler

AA3D

update :
low poly done -


after i finished retopo i found myself with a 27k tris count
so yeah .. it was a pain reducing it to 20k
right now i got 20864 tris

and well .... having trouble baking maps from the high poly
xnormal keeps giving me an error ( external component has thrown and exception )
my guess would be its because the high poly obj file is to big in size ( 900 MB ) i didnt go this big before so not sure

Anais

Yo AA3D, just a quick reminder that the deadline for your submission has been extended: you have until tonight (Monday July 8, 11:59:59 pm PST) to email us your entry. Would love to see it finished!

If you have any issue with the Auto-Rigging or Animating, our awesome support team is here to help out so feel free to email support@mixamo.com and use the word "contest" in the subject of your email so that we get back to you before the end of the day.

Good luck!