Rock Character

WhiteDevil

Hi, I'm doing a rock elemental character for a personal project. I haven't really done any characters before so this is pretty much my first try at this.
I've started basically just by making a base model and going instantly to zbrush to detailing. I'm really struggling with the proportions of my character. It just looks off and I don't know why.

I'm going to add some vines between the rocks to fill the gaps.

LRoy

Are you going off some kind of reference? Kind of hard to tell what proportions it should be if you're just making it up as you go.

WhiteDevil

I'm using these two designs as my inspiration for the proportions, something between those two. Rest of my design is going off of my head.

BertR

Well his shoulders are two massive chunks right now. Either scale them down, or add more volume to the back, so it'll feel more connected / as a whole.
His face isn't really defined, it isn't clear if the left or right image is his front, so either his face consists of four or 2 loose rocks.
The legs look way to small / thin, to support the massive body of him / her / it.
And lastly, maybe think of giving it a more 'bend over' like gesture (like in your references).

WhiteDevil

Okay I made him a little beefier now.

WhiteDevil

some work on shoulders and face

CandyStripes05

his feet should be closer to the size of his hands in order to support all that weight, and his hands similar to that of his feet so it doesn't look like he will be off balanced and about to fall over

also his thighs need to be beefed up a bit

theStoff

it's coming along but I think that making the character perfectly straight like that could take away from the overall sculpt. I understand if you're doing that for rigging purposes but even then having some arch to the back would help.

WhiteDevil

Hey thanks for the feedback. I'll try to tweak the feet some more and get him a more arched posture.