[Portfolio character] Knife thrower

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--- LATEST UPDATE ---

Texture flats added (post 21)




I began this character for the Mixamo contest, but as I joined the challenge pretty late I ran out of time. So I thought I would take some more time to really polish it and make it portfolio material.

Here's the sculpt



Face close up



What the retopo currently looks like



Any critics are welcome, I'm even willing to go back to the sculpt if it's worth it

Laze

She's pretty cool, could do with some more love on those folds near her crotch. I would definitely re do the presentation though, it's just not nice to look at.

That massive black outline is killing it for me as well, I don't know if you were going for some Borderlands type style, if so I'd make the outline a bit thinner.

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I'm not really fond of that presentation either. To be honest I didn't really spend a lot of time getting a nice set up for the sculpt as I wasn't planning to use this background in my portfolio.

And I agree too about the folds around the crotch, thx!

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Small update on the retopo. I don't really know what I'm doing with the hair so if you have any tips, let me know!

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Doing some bake tests. Quite pleased with the results

I'm planing to use 2*2048 : one for the body and the other for the head and hair

AA3D

looks pretty awesome man
i feel like the head is just that little slightly big
also IMO this would look better

ExcessiveZero

Knives seem a bit flat, and to have them on such exposed skin must be pretty blunt if not the poor lass will nick her thigh with every step, but maybe im just picking holes but these are the more type of cases throwing knives come with.

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AA3D andExcessiveZero : Thanks for your suggestions!

The reason I chose a piece of cloth to hold the throwing knives is that I wanted to make it look like the character made in it a hurry with what she could find, to give this adventurer look.

On the other hand I am now a little too far in the character pipeline to made such small changes. I wish I had heard such ideas a little sooner but I really have to finish this character ^^

Here's what she looks like right now :

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Small update

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Update on the texturing!

I've been just slapping flat colors to find a color scheme that I like. I'm quite satisfied with the torso and pants area. But I'm really not sure about the leather gloves and boots. Any suggestions?

Still have to add variations to the skin and chose a lighter color for the hair to draw the attention to her face.

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Second update on the texturing.

The face is next!

JordanLeigh

I prefer the leather gloves and boots tbh, breaks it up abit. And when you could see her legs I think it looked better. I'm no expert though, just my opinion

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The reason I covered her legs was that the skin is very light compared to the pants and boots so it draws the eyes to her feet, which is not what I what. I want the her face to be the center of attention first and then torso and finally feet.

And I agree with you about the boots and gloves. I'll make an alternative version with brown leather.

JordanLeigh

Yehh I suppose. Just think it looks abit odd with her legs covered like that. Could always make her boots higher to cover more of her legs but it's up to you

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Update on the face

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Back on this character!

I'm having some problems rendering the hair planes with the Xoliul shader =/ So I'll bring this character into UDK to see what it really looks like.

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Revived and finished this character!

Still working on a more dynamic pose for the beauty shot

Yilativ

WOW, looks very good job.

So nice topology, and the knives in the leg.. nice detail. In general so detailed.

Azaraen

awesome! Nice lighting too! Really shows off your model well. I like that specular pattern you got going on with her blouse!

ANDEWEGET

Pretty awesome!
Any chance for some texture sheets?

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Yilativ, Evolvyn, ANDEWEGET : Thanks, glad you like it!

Here are the flats :

TheQuietPotato

Very nice! Love the UV unwrap of the face, it's super clean looking.