Zbrush Owl girl attempts PLEASE CRITICIZE

Kurodius

The overall concept of the character is a former slave girl who became a wandering street rat after killing her slave owner and running away. I already have some improvements in-mind, but let me know what you think. All criticism welcome, I demand brutal honesty.

Shiniku

Cool idea.

Lose the red wax matcap. It accentuates details in strange ways, you're better off sticking to something more basic.

It looks like you jumped too quickly to fine detail/alphas. A lot of what you have seems somewhat blobby and lacking form - resist the urge to jump into small details too early, really nail down the overall structure, and then spend time adding secondary forms first.

skodone

i would also look at some reference sheets for anatomy
eventhough the character is not human you should still go a lot
with correct anatomy

i always recommend using this:
https://www.anatomy4sculptors.com/anatomy.php?menu=184&sub=186

here you can find nearly everything for human anatomy!

Kel-Shaded

That is freaking terrifying

PyrZern

Umm... Use multiple subtools.

Say.
1. Body + limbs
2. Head
3. Shirt on top of the body (1)
4. Arm wraps on top of the arms (1)
5. Leg wraps on top of the legs (1)
6. Hands/Claws
7. Pants on top of the lower body (1)

etc.

Kdawg

I very much like her face, it's beautiful in a creepy kind of way.
Do you have a concept you are working off of? I find that the only thing owl-like about her right now is the face. She's very tall and lanky, Owls are more compact. Maybe Puff her out a bit, with her body, or clothing. I understand if that's not what you are going for though.
But yeah, as has been said before, anatomy!

BagelHero

Important things you should immediately implement in your sculpts:

1. Switch from the RedWax MatCap to Basic Material, Basic Material 2, or MatCap Grey. This will help you understand the shapes that you're sculpting better, it gives a more accurate representation of the surface forms and is easier on the eyes.
2. Stick to the lowest subdiv you can until you've bulked out all the major forms in your sculpt. This will prevent the kind of wobbly stick-figure base form your current sculpt has, and make it look more like a solid form with bones and muscle and innards.
3. https://www.anatomy4sculptors.com/anatomy.php < --- Use this for reference constantly.

Right now, this is a cool start because your idea is original and endearing, the face is quite well done, too. But the underlying construction is painfully off, your A-pose is quite stiff, and the sculpting and forms are wobbly.
While I think what Pyr is suggesting is something that will come to you, a personal preference in workflow that you'll develop naturally much further down the line, do make a habit of separating the clothes from each other and the main body sculpt, to keep things non-destructive.

Keep it up, looking forward to seeing more! :poly124:

Kurodius

I just wanted to stop in and say I really appreciate all the fantastic criticism, and I will post an update as soon as I can.

Brian "Panda" Choi

It's easier to make good forms when you're at a way lower resolution than a couple million points.

air

That's an interesting character idea. I think you should focus on the pose before getting too far into detailing. It looks kind of slouchy but I can't really tell. Maybe get a picture of a straight-on front & side view without the cape and compare it to the front & side view of a person. I think that might help because your character is humanoid-like. Good luck with this!