Faun

createdbyi

It's been some time since I posted a thread on Polycount. I would love to share a newer sculpt as well as get some feedback from the community to help push me to finishing this project.

My goals for this is to get better at the things that I struggle with... hair, anatomy, and various details. I would love to make something that looks as realistic as possible and, hopefully, this one will be.

First three images are what I have already done over the course of the last month (in my spare time).

High poly sculpt of the face.


Topology of the face (I have not retopo'ed the horns)


Render in MT2 (with maps that I am mostly happy with)


If you feel so inclined, drop a suggestion!

cookedpeanut

I wouldn't mind a mini-tut for that hair, it looks fucking fantastic..!

ComatoriuM

Wonderful work man!

createdbyi

cookedpeanut- Thanks! About the hair, I was thinking of making a mini-tut for it, but it would be in vain. I learned (recently) how to do it from a great tutorial by Glauco Longhi. Here is a link to the tutorial.

ComatoriuM - Thanks! I hope to keep my momentum and make it even better. I've been sculpting on the body, and some clothing/armor pieces. Just making it up as I go.

cookedpeanut

Hi there, thanks for that!! Great tutorial, although I still wonder how he did the hairs in Photoshop, what kind of brush did he/you use. Sorry maybe I missed something but I didn't see any information on that.

InvertedVantage

This looks awesome!

createdbyi

InvertedVantage -- Thank you.

cookedpeanut -- I made a quick mini-tut based on Glauco Longhi's tutorial and a few things I already do. Hope it helps

createdbyi

So I worked on the body for the last couple of days non-stop. There are some things I still want to do, but I like where its going.

cookedpeanut

Mini-tut, lmao that's substantial - I can't thank you enough, a real help!! Awesome work

createdbyi

Haha, I didn't want to waste your time! I hope it helps

createdbyi

I dropped the low poly version of the body into MT2 with a normal and ao map (baked out of topogun) with pretty good results.

programmer23

Really great work!

I would say for a guy that fit he is probably just a bit to thick around the midsection, but I'm probably wrong.

Thanks for the mini-tut

createdbyi

programmer23 - You're probably right. I still don't trust my eye for those kinds of proportions yet. I'll make some adjustments and post some results.

dimosM

Hey, looking good, but you may also want to take a better look at the quadriceps and their common tendon. Not all the heads come down to the level of the patella.

createdbyi

dimosM - Thanks for the heads up. I am looking more critically at the muscles of the legs, and using some better references.

createdbyi

Dustin - Thanks for the suggestions! I've been sick the last few days, so I haven't done any real work... except for collecting some more detailed reference of anatomy to apply to this character.

Also, posing the character (or at least having him in a more relaxed t-pose) is something that has always been difficult for me. I'm going to keep at this guy until I get it looking right.

createdbyi

Here's an update. I re-positioned the arms and did some general pulling and pushing to try to make the gesture seem a little more relaxed, as well as make the silhouette more interesting. I used some reference for correcting some issues with the muscles of the back. While certainly not perfect, I feel like I am getting closer.