Hey guys it has been a little while since my last update. I made a weapon for Sejuani, the textures still need lots of work. I had to redo Sejuani's rig and skinning but I'm able to pose her much better now. The mount still needs a rig but I want to get all the textures close to a finished stage before I start.
I'm really digging how well it meshes over the new map! it looks literally like something I might see on the game. Your way of handpainting meshes really well
Just awesome! I would love to see some variation in the boar's icy parts to make it feel more translucent and icelike. Are you gonna pose the boar's head at all? a little rotation might be nice...
I Just finished Rigging the boar mount. I made a few changes to Sejuani, I removed the gems from her waist & belt buckle. I also scaled down her buckler. Over the next few days I will be refining textures and tweaking the pose.
Well great job as always Mafubash! Looking at your work has been inspirational to my own, particularly for this contest. Keep up the good work and interested in seeing what you do next!
I think I am done! Going to wait until this evening before I submit because I have a few small tweaks I would like to make.
I would like to thank everyone in the polycount community for all the kind words! it's very motivating. Thank you Slosh, KOS, Artquest and Manreeree for the feedback!
Hey, this is really well done. The colours and models are all top notch.
My only criticism is despite this looking nice, I don't feel like you really stuck with and tried to capture the essence of her character. For example, you gave her long hair, bare thighs/bare skin and a slim build...which is kinda the opposite of what her character is. In Riot's visual update of Sejuani they deliberately chose to go against her original concept (which was essentially fanservice; plenty of skin showing, armor that didn't make sense given her environment) and chose to use her visual aesthetic to better portray her actual character, which is akin to a hardened, battle-loving Freljordian warlord.
For example, her thighs are bare, why? She goes into battle mounting a boar, and conducts most of her combat there. Bare thighs thematically makes very little sense. Also, long hair that's down? Long hair in itself is ok, but if anything wouldn't tying her hair, or pleating it into a braid so it doesn't get caught or easily torn out during battle make a bit more sense? And, while this is a more of personal opinion, I don't really think her 'dollface' particularly matches her personality. I understand that a lot of anime-styled artwork frequently gives doll-faced young girls contrasting personalities such as merciless killer, or whatever, it feels a bit uninspired and generic IMO.
Anyways you did a great job the actual artwork and model, but I think your design could use a little branching out.
Oh my goodness, this should be one of the finalists! I love all of it, but I love Sejuani the most! If someone could actually make this into a skin where it's just Sejuani alone! 10/10!
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I made more adjustments to Sejuani's textures and have her rigged.
I haven't touched the mounts textures much. Now that I have Sejuani roughly posed on her mount I will focus on the mounts textures now.
Well this may be one of if not my favorite entries so far! Good job
Belfaux
Thank you!
D_Wall
Thank you sir, glad you like dem sexy boar furs!
Goldo_O
Thanks
I'm really digging how well it meshes over the new map! it looks literally like something I might see on the game. Your way of handpainting meshes really well
Only thing I'd comment on is the texture on Tuggles' ear - looks a bit stretched and blurry (not detailed enough?)
I won't be surprised if this skin is in the top three. Awesome work.
Amazing work so far!
I think I am done! Going to wait until this evening before I submit because I have a few small tweaks I would like to make.
I would like to thank everyone in the polycount community for all the kind words! it's very motivating. Thank you Slosh, KOS, Artquest and Manreeree for the feedback!
My only criticism is despite this looking nice, I don't feel like you really stuck with and tried to capture the essence of her character. For example, you gave her long hair, bare thighs/bare skin and a slim build...which is kinda the opposite of what her character is. In Riot's visual update of Sejuani they deliberately chose to go against her original concept (which was essentially fanservice; plenty of skin showing, armor that didn't make sense given her environment) and chose to use her visual aesthetic to better portray her actual character, which is akin to a hardened, battle-loving Freljordian warlord.
For example, her thighs are bare, why? She goes into battle mounting a boar, and conducts most of her combat there. Bare thighs thematically makes very little sense. Also, long hair that's down? Long hair in itself is ok, but if anything wouldn't tying her hair, or pleating it into a braid so it doesn't get caught or easily torn out during battle make a bit more sense? And, while this is a more of personal opinion, I don't really think her 'dollface' particularly matches her personality. I understand that a lot of anime-styled artwork frequently gives doll-faced young girls contrasting personalities such as merciless killer, or whatever, it feels a bit uninspired and generic IMO.
Anyways you did a great job the actual artwork and model, but I think your design could use a little branching out.