Advanced Character Modelling

George2346

I am working on my advanced character modelling assignment in my 3rd year of university and I was hoping to get some feedback. This is my progress so far, I have used loads of different references but it isn't based on anyone in particular.

It's very much a work in progress and obviously there isn't any work done on the face yet. Any constructive criticism is welcome

I'm going for a semi realistic look with a bit of a comic book superhero twist.

VanLogan

Your pecs look flat. The pecs are made up of several different bundles that overlap each other before they attach to the arm. The bottom portion of your pecs does not look light it is attaching to the arm.

Also on his upper leg his is missing his sartorius muscle

Great start, keep going!

George2346

Tried to take on board what you said, Inspired me to do a bit more research and gather a winder range of references. I've ended up going through a bit of an overall change, mainly just the torso and the legs. I think it looks better, what does anyone else think??

Old (left), New (right).

George2346

Another update. Been defining everything really and trying to be more accurate with muscle shapes and size. Had some feedback from friends about the pec size and shape as well as the hips and thighs not flowing properly. I think I've fixed them up ok. Blocked out some basics on the face but not really started it. I feel the back of the legs need some attention and the whole neck area is a bit of a mushy mess so I will fix that as I get onto the head.

A friend mentioned that it has a bit of a brink feel to it which is perfect, pretty much what I am going for. What does anyone else think??

George2346

A few more tweaks on the body here and there. I still want to work on the backs of the legs but I am trying to speed things up as I have a set amount of time.

Other than that I have finally made a start on the head. Pretty much just basic blocking in now but it's nice to have something looking remotely human. Still working on the basic form but any feedback is appreciated. Oh and the neck is still not right but I will touch on that more soon.

George2346

Another small update. I think I am finished with the anatomy. The character is going to be almost fully clothed and will have a mask so most of what I have done is overkill anyway. Still all critique is welcome.





Here is a picture of my design. It's actually a realistic redesign of Sackboy for a fighting game, Maybe I should have put that in the title.

Death Octimus

upper body is very good quite close but the legs are not quite right gastrocnemius its to much on the inside think you just need to move it more central. looks like its breaking the flow. hope that helps

George2346

What do you mean exactly. If you get the chance a quick paint over would be great

Boozebeard

The back needs changing, the way you have it the latissimus and the thoracolumbar fascia don't look like they connect.

George2346

Does anyone have any ideas how I could create this thick knit type pattern that sackboy has evenly over my sculpt?? I am aiming for something like this with the hoodie and the mask.

EmAr

Unwrap the base model for the high poly. Import into ZBrush. Apply texture and mask according to texture. Inflate(deformation tab).

The body of vastus lateralis muscle should probably end at a higher position. Its tendon should be visible entering the knee area.

George2346

Thanks for the feedback guys. Unfortunately I am having to move on from the body as I don't have that much time left but after I hand this piece in I am going to work more on it.

MicroMesh Problems

So I am trying to get the pattern on the clothing I want using MicroMesh. I got it working great on a plane but on anything else the orientation is all over the place. Does anyone know How I could get each MicroMesh going in the same direction??

rino

i believe it's by unwrapping. not sure about this one, but as far as i remember.

Greg DAlessandro

That pattern on the micromesh reminds me of a kickball

George2346

I figured it out. I have to make sure the faces all have the same orientation or something. This video shows me how to do it. So I will sculpt the clothes and get the shape and then retop and then do what it says in the video

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8xGlXLn_9bU"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8xGlXLn_9bU[/ame]

Starts around 13 mins in

George2346

Made a start on the clothing, I know the folds are far from perfect but unfortunately I do not have time to get them just right. As always I would love some crits and feedback. Kind of rushing to get the sculpt finished now.

George2346

Another small update. A few minor changes and I have started on the boots.

dvisionvoid

Thanks for that video George! It was very useful to me too!

George2346

Boots are done. All that is left to do for the sculpt is to fix up the hands and the mouth a little and then get micro mesh working for the hoodie and the mask. Should look really awesome it works out anything like my tests. I'll post them up soon.

George2346

The sculpt is pretty much finished now. I got the micro mesh to work pretty well on the mask and the jumper!! There are some issues but my time frame doesn't allow for more sculpting. I'm just happy that after all that research I managed to get it working. Next I will be retopologising and texturing to get it ready to be presented in UDK.

Last thing I will add is some more details on the skin. it's way too smooth at the minute. And then some stitching and finer details on the hoodie and mask to break it up a little.





Very basic colour plan.

George2346

Not updated this in a while. I decided not to use the micromesh in the end. It was a cool idea but I ran into problems with texturing, retopology and overall sculpt details.

Starting to move out of Zbrush and into 3ds Max now, Here is my Polypaint. I'll be improving in photoshop as the material is doing a lot of the work here.

Lokter

Looking good, although the zipper is super chunky.

theslingshot

If you want to learn a lot about micromesh amongst other things, I suggest looking at Mr Drust's videos on Zbrush Central.

Joseph Drust - Zbrush Central