Working on portfolio bust

artofmars

Working on a new portfolio piece, id love to get any C&C
Just a very rough shape for the hair. i have a few ideas of how I am going to tackle it.
The clothing is still rough and needs some refinement. 
I am mainly looking for any comments on the face. i feel like it is close but not there yet. Anything is more than welcome :]
Here is the original reference
https://www.artstation.com/artwork/LayRl

artofmars

Some Progress! Hair is just a place holder to help me understand how to make the hair cards.
Its my first time trying to texture a face so any comments and critiques are more than welcome :]





Thank you in advance!

artofmars

Bumping this for critiques :]
I was a little excited and posted this pretty late

erroldynamic

Looks good so far. The only thing i can think of is that the concept looks a bit sharper features and higher cheekbones.

artofmars

erroldynamic said:

Looks good so far. The only thing i can think of is that the concept looks a bit sharper features and higher cheekbones.

Thanks! I had her with sharper features before but she was looking too masculine. I can look at it again though because all the micro details are on a separate layer :]
Thanks for the feed back!

artofmars

Posting an update, its been awhile. 
Really tried to sharpen up the features with it still looking feminine, thanks for the suggestion erroldynamic
Trying to make a photo realistic version of the concept above and I have no idea what I am doing. So any comments and critiques are more than welcome!

Things still in a rough state
   -eyebrows are just place holders, to help me place the hair cards.
   -ears are very rough right now
   -still need to make a subsurface texture 
   -need to add the makeup, but I felt it was important to get a solid base skin texture first. If thats incorrect thinking i'd love to hear it!
Thank you in advance :]

artofmars

artofmars

-Made some more updates to the proportions, they feel off especially on the side profile.
-refined some weird areas and added the make up bits. 
- would love any suggestions on the makeup, feels to clowny. I am trying to have the specular carry the eye makeup because the concept seems like old chunky makeup. Any thoughts on this would be extremely helpful.





Thanks for taking the time to take a gander :]

purplekami

It's looking good but I still see some areas that could use touch ups. The eyes for example could use another pass, look at how eyes are shaped up and the forms that make them up, right now they're very flat and as such when looking at a 3/4 view it becomes very apparent. I don't know if it's just me but the lips also appear rather flat.
Very cool stuff though!

artofmars

Thanks for the feed back Purplekami definitely agree with you. As Im looking at it I can't tell if the lips and eyes are too flat or if there is too much stuff around them.
Thanks for taking the time Purplekami really appreciate it!  

artofmars

Last update before the final, hopefully...
  Was working on making haircards using xgen in Maya and the result was alright.
  I am going to be pursuing a different method, so no hair for now. 
  Scarf and Suit textures are mostly place holder. 
Any comments, questions or critiques are extremely welcome as this is my first attempt at a realistic bust.
 

 

Brian "Panda" Choi

The attachment point here for the ears seems off.  There should be more vertical give before the ear connects to the head.  I'd double check your references.

It's looking lovely though!

artofmars

Brian "Panda" Choi said:

The attachment point here for the ears seems off.  There should be more vertical give before the ear connects to the head.  I'd double check your references.

It's looking lovely though!

 You're definitely correct, didn't give myself enough polygons for the ear. Im going to be covering them with hair but if you think I should I should fix it, I can look into it :] 
Thanks for the critique Brian!!

artofmars

Ive been working on the hair for a bit and finally have it in an area where I want to show it and maybe get some feed back :]
Went through 2 different tests as this was my first time trying realistic lowpoly hair.

First text using Xgen in Maya.
Overall a really cool method that allows you to populate hair cards really quickly. I found it difficult to control for the longer hair style I was going for, but for short hair it I can see this method saving you tons of time.

Really rough and unrefined results from Xgen


Here is the Tutorial I used done by Charles Metze
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QVh1K-RfJHc&list=LLi7ROsjMwIh247H3pQeAeQA&index=7
Its is really well done and takes you all the way through the process.

artofmars

Here is Test 2, the method I will ultimately be going with.
Its Tom Parker's method and here is a link to the Tutorial 
http://www.3dartistonline.com/news/2015/04/how-do-i-create-real-time-hair-for-games/


I need to add more hair cards to make it thicker, but I feel like this is a pretty solid result. If anyone has any comments, critiques or suggestion I would be extremely happy to hear them. Feels like I have been taking shots in the dark to get to this point so any help is welcome :]

Side shot where its a little thicker and looking a little better 


Thanks for taking a look!

Alemja

I would also consider giving her some teeth, she looks very strange without them.

artofmars

haha yes teeth are in the plan, I've been focusing more on the hair and skin textures cause I have never done them before.

artofmars

Probably the last update before the final piece:
I feel like the hair and head are in a good place, but I still need to do some tweaking on the clothes.
I am really getting burned out on this piece so as always any comments or critiques are welcome and appreciated :]

artofmars

Finally finished this piece! 
Its done, but I would love to hear anyones thoughts on it! thanks to anyone who commented earlier!





Here is the Marmoset Viewer link as well!
https://www.artstation.com/artwork/4E848