Miss Rapture

kimmokaunela

I think it´s the right time to create a thread for this project. Name says it all. We are in Rapture again.

Project started a long time ago when I played the first episode of the Bioshock Infinite - Burial at Sea DLC. Rapture was much more beautiful this time than it was in 2007 when I first visited there. The main idea behind this project was a character study. This is my first human model so there was a lot of learning like topology, rigging, skinning etc... I used roughly two months for all that. I also wanted to learn PBR better. Marmoset Toolbag 2 is going to be the weapon for rendering.

Scene type is going to be diorama and I have some pretty fun ideas like a huge octopus crawling outside. Some neon signs and random ads on the wall.

This is where I am so far. Tools that I use are 3ds max and ZBrush if someone cares

Optinium

One thing that stands out instantly is the size of her hands... they're huge! I know its a WIP but there is also a general lack of genuine AO on the wall behind here, especially where the light is fixed.

Some nice colours

kimmokaunela

Thanks for the feedback. I didn´t notice the huge size of her hands. Maybe because I have a huge hands and I used those as a reference Silly me!

Light was somehow moved away from the wall so ambient occlusion and shadows didn´t work. I also tweaked lights a bit so there are bright highlights now.

kimmokaunela

A little more background modeling and fixing textures. Sounds like my life story

Synaesthesia

Looks good for the most part, but the feet are really off. The heels are clog-like in that the shoe is sitting up too high above her toes, and the shoes themselves look like they're made of wood with how rigid they appear on the sidewalls. The proportions of heels can be tough to get (I don't often see people draw them well either, honestly) so I'd really focus some attention down there. Her feet look like they're a bit wide, on top of that.

/To add a bit more, I'd say go for a stiletto heel. The 1960s was still in that fashion and block heels weren't as prevalent then. Here's a great example. They still rise up on the toes but it looks more proportional and less like the toebox was just carved into the shoe.

kimmokaunela

Thanks for feedback. It´s hard to model something that is unknown. I´m going to fix those issues or at least try

Project is going forward slowly. A lot of texture fixing. I also add bioshock style advertisement on the wall. 3 month for this kind of project is way too much. I guess testing takes time.

Synaesthesia

Yeah, that's definitely a lot better. The toebox on the right foot is still somewhat clunky looking, but that could be perspective. She was probably better off with the sheer stockings instead of the fishnets, but hey, whatever works for you! Good job either way.

kimmokaunela

I saw a pic of a girl with fishnets and I had to do that. Maybe a little hardcore but makes her feel a little more sexy I think.

Added gloss maps to make it more realistic. I´m not going to add any more stuff there but instead fixing what´s already there. I also wanted to test some stuff with Photoshop.

Synaesthesia

I'm digging the caustics. Definitely feels like Rapture now.

kimmokaunela

I just did some minor tweaking for this one.

kimmokaunela

I decided to test my Bioshock themed assets with this diorama.

Ignacio_G

This looks really good man! Do you have any breakdowns of either piece?

kimmokaunela

@Ignacio_G Thanks man! I don´t have anything to show really. It´s a pretty basic stuff in the technical point of view and I´m too lazy right now to collect anything