InnerBeauty

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Oliver

He's so tired of the common mythology, the stereotypes, the prejudices, and the narrow minded expectations of beasts and their behavior. He loves art and poetry above all, and would rather spend the afternoon relaxing outdoors reading his favorite poets than rampaging around the countryside being... beastly. His heart longs for a kindred spirit to share the beauty he's found in his books, but knows that if he's ever going to find a mate he'll probably have to get in better shape and go crush a bunch of human skulls with his bare hands. In his heart he knows that's a total bummer. He worries about it a lot.

full frame shot:

close:

bodymesh with 89169 triangles:

pedestal mesh with 3369 triangles:

here's a base color mesh with a UV overlay:

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He's so tired of the common mythology, the stereotypes, the expectations, and the daily burdens placed on beasts. He loves art and poetry above all, and would rather spend the afternoon relaxing outdoors reading his favorite poets than rampaging around the countryside being... beastly. His heart longs for a kindred spirit to share the beauty he's found in his books, but knows that if he's ever going to find a mate he'll probably have to get in better shape and go crush a few hundred human skulls with his bare hands. In his heart he knows that's a total bummer. He worries about it a lot.

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an alternative pose...

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a pedestal idea

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I got a little time this morning to work on Oliver a little. Oliver... olive, get it? He's green.... ok.
Anyway, here's a low poly view at about 83k polys, without any maps applied. Too bad we can't apply the savings to the pedestal. 

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a little more prep work

Pixelgorilla

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Zangief!
aww now I need to watch that movie again   

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Oliver with some preliminary paint.

Dimfist

That'd be a cool 3d print.

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Oliver update: some work on skin shaders. Needs a bit more SSS I think. The previous post had way too much. And if the text is too small to read, it's Plato's Republic. In the original Greek, of course.

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a little materials work. Now the normal and roughness maps need some love.

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I finally got some time to resculpt this guy to better proportion and more in line with the original concept
 

mcgillchris

Great pose and concept, very expressive! 

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a bit more fussing with Oliver. I'm not too happy with the lighting or textures yet.

Spoon

This is so cute :d 
If you are unhappy with the light, did you try having the light from top left, hitting his face? Then getting a rim to frame his body receding to the right?
I really like this one, I think it's very pleasant

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final submission added at the beginning of the thread...