My 3D Character Improvement Thread

alifarsangi

I decided to make more personal work rather than playing games so i opened this thread to show my process and get feedback,
I am aiming to model characters from existing popular games such as WarCraft, Tomb Rider, Darksiders .... . I am hoping by doing more modeling, i can improve my anatomy skills, speed up my workflow, learn different techniques and in the end to have more pieces in my portfolio,:)

So here is my first character form World of WarCraft, Lady Sylvanas.I am aiming to make her as much as possible close to the WOW's Style rather than making her exactly like original concept art
here is my ref board:




Latest Update:

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pretty much done with my block-out, i just felt that proportion of the character looks strange compare to the concept, so i adjusted quickly with Transpose Master. here is a a comparison shot:



I am kind of happy with the shape of character, so from now i will make each indivsual pieces of armor.

Itholon

Block out looks pretty good (the right one is obviously better). But the legs are still too thick, if you check the concept the shoulders are actually wider/same width as legs. On your block out, the hips are wider.

Are you going to make it more realistic than the WoW version, or will you stick with handpainted style?

Edit: Also, the cheek bones are too much "exaggerated", female faces are rather "smooth". Sorry for my bad english, I really don't know how to say it.

alifarsangi

Cool Thx Itholon, i totally agree with ur comments, will try to fix it as soon as possible, i will try to make it in wow's style, but a bit too early to get it right atm.

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here is more progress

PyrZern

I think she looks great there! The image is pretty small, but I think her nose could use some more love. Especially around the wings, and where nasal bone connects to brow ridges.

alifarsangi

Thx PyrZern ! I will try to make it look better on her face ! I feel that i need to do more Facial Anatomy study !

spinal

Nice work ALI!

JackNelson

Nice work

alifarsangi

Thanks guys ! I made a bit more progress on this character ! still want to work more on her face !let me know what u think guys !

andrewnick

:)There are role models downloaded from the website?

Blizz_kathyz

You might want to rework how the cape hood wraps around her head or the skull shape underneath it maybe, it's hard to tell. The hoodie looks like it's floating above her head instead of wrapping around it. Also, look at the reference at how the knees are indicated, the wraps are placed intentionally. Love the rest so far!

alifarsangi

Thx saturnkat for feedback! i will try to rework on those areas as soon as possible

blackdragonstory

This is really good
Keep up!

carlobarley

hey solid start, armor looks cleanly modelled.

one thing that stands out for me is the cheekbones a bit flat and the chin could use more roundness.



good job keep it up!

alifarsangi

thx blackdragonstory

carlobarley, thx for feedback ! i am working on the face right now !

alifarsangi

here is some more updates :



still a long way to go !

alifarsangi

so I did re-think about how i can get improved as a character artist then I realized that maybe my weakest point might be anatomy, so i stooped working on my current character and started doing a in depth anatomy study(I will back to that later), so for last five weeks i have been doing a head study, including skull, muscles and surfaces, i did hell of drawings as well, here is some shots of my studies,

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more head study & practice ! training my eyes to see just like a sculptor as well !

alifarsangi

so after doing a lot of anatomy studies , I tried to implement what i learned in last 5 five mounths on this model, most of changes are just simple porpotion adjustments, i hope i can improve it more later,

Tectonic

its pretty hidden by her shoulder armor, but her upper arms look too skinny.

PyrZern

Really like her face now!

... That's very loose legging piece she's wearing.

alifarsangi

thx guys for feedbacks.
here is some update on her overall proportion and armors.

Ged

she looks fantastic very good solid shapes