Wonder Woman Fanart

slosh

Alright, it's been a while since I've done anything remotely close to this in my personal time.  I have mostly just done small fanart busts for fun outside of work.  I figured it was time to really commit to a long term project and make a full on character to the best of my abilities.  I hope to learn and utilize a few software packages that I have not in the past...at least not for personal work.  As for the project, I am going to recreate Wonder Woman in my own flavor and right now I'm sort of leaning towards a more modern, military look.  I will still use colors and themes that resonate with her character, while changing her outfit to feel more contemporary.  I plan on blocking her out in maya, sculpting her in zbrush, doing some clothing elements in marvelous, texturing her skin in mudbox, using quixel to do all of her remaining materials, and rendering her in marmoset toolbag.  I decided to create a thread as that sort of pushes me a bit more to update it more regularly.  So far, all I have is a small paintover in which I started to block out elements for her outfit.  The proportions are not final as this is just a screenshot of a previous character that I am solely using to paint over for ideas.  I'm probably going to move onto blocking out her proportions next.  As always, critique and suggestions are always welcome!

erroldynamic

Cool man, excited for this! 

DanBullockArt

Looking forward to following along with this right from the start! Sounds like a cool project

Nuclear Angel

This is going to be cool! Subbed. 

slosh

Thanks guys!  Started roughing in some proportions and anatomy.  Still in symmetry mode.  Just trying to get to a happy point, then go back and reconcept the outfit.

slosh

Little bit of progress.  Gonna start blocking in her outfit soon!  Oh and I've been pretty much streaming every session I work on her so if you wanna check it out, please hop in on one!

www.twitch.tv/taco_wednesday/

slosh

Still slowly making progress.  I am fiddling with Marvelous Designer for the first time on her jacket so that is taking some time hah.  I sculpted some base geo for her undersuit and started going back to the concept to detail in her outfit.

slosh

Finished up the concept and blocked in the vest.  More progress soon!

slosh

My first real garment attempt in MD.  Damn frustrating at times but you can't argue with the results.  Hope to do more with this program soon!

OctoKube

Ive been curious about MD myself, in your opinion is it worth the trouble for a small piece such as this jacket?

slosh

OctoKube said:

Ive been curious about MD myself, in your opinion is it worth the trouble for a small piece such as this jacket?

I think for something that has any significant portion of folds, its worth it...you just can't replicate that level of realism in a short amount of time sculpting from scratch.  I prob won't use MD for skintight stuff or accessories like pouches but for larger garments, I absolutely will start using it more and more.  

karytsukino

Great work on this one. MD can be very stressful sometimes, but for sure its a great help in design clothes. You're doing great, I really like her design, I'm looking foward to see where it goes! 

apllana

MD truly does wonders once you get familiar with it. I'm not sure what fabric you're going for with the jacket, but at the moment I think its material is a little too soft which might explain some of the thin wrinkles you're getting and how quickly it falls down to the sides. It might be worth looking into the physical properties of the material and slightly turn up properties like its resistance to bending (warp/weft). It is at this stage that you pretty much have to decide what type of fabric you're going for in the end and adjust the physical properties of each garment's material accordingly, unless you want to make big changes later on, which sometimes can work too!

The overall design works well and I'm looking forward to seeing more of her!

DanBullockArt

Nice progress so far. Agree with Apllana, definitely worth having a play around with the material settings to try and get it more to your liking. Especially if its a thick fabric like leather that you're going for, you're going to want to be looking for much thicker folds than are there atm. 
My experience has been the same in MD - it's very easy to make something, its much more difficult to make something you're happy with :P Looking forward to seeing more!

slosh

Yea, I set the entire jacket except the collar to the leather setting.  The collar I wanted much firmer so i set that to leather belt.  May have to play with the sleeves more to get the folds thicker.  I also tried inflating them in zbrush which I think could give me somewhat of my desired effect.  Appreciate the feedback guys!

slosh

Alright, a tad more progress...leg armor!

CrazyMoon

Its awesome seeing you work on it on stream! Love the process!

slosh

Thanks Crazymoon!

 Here is another WIP shot.  Blocked in her backpack, belt, and lasso.  Still have to do her utility belt but after that, I can finally start sculpting!

FourtyNights

Before you get too far ahead with clothing, this is actually one of the reasons what makes female legs so attractive (at least for me):
http://i.imgur.com/39F2bAh.jpg

So, briefly said, emphasize the plane change between quadriceps and adductors. And maybe adding a bit of the femoral triangle, but not too much. (;

slosh

I'm not totally sure what you're referring to but I'll take a look when I do another anatomy pass.  I assume you mean the roundness to flatness between the upper muscles on her leg?  I can work on that but I don't really want it to be too ripped or segmented.  If you look at naturally built women, their legs don't get very segmented between upper leg muscles.  Still, I appreciate the feedback!

slosh

dustinbrown said:

Looking good man. My 2 cents.

Thanks Dustin!  I will definitely be paying attention to this stuff when I do my zbrush pass.  The head is definitely WIP and you're right about the eyes.  I've gotten that crit from a coworker as well so I need to address it.  The eyelid shape was intentional but I'll have to make sure her eyebrows can balance it out.  I was using one of the Witcher characters as ref and she had the same eye shape which I liked.  The jacket is very WIP but I'll be adding lots of details as I go to address areas that are too empty for sure.  Any suggestions for the top of the kneepad that would work better?  Thanks man!

slosh

Alright, I'll play with some ideas!

Nguewt

That Donna Troy costume is awesome!

Caiterade

Ahhh it's coming along super cool

slosh

After getting feedback, I re designed and re modeled the knee/shinguard armor.  I did a lot of tweaks to the face and modeled some upper lashes and brows.  I still need to bring in some lower lashes.  I started modeling the utility belt.  Got a few more items to model for the utility belt and then it's finally zbrush time!

Cosmo85

Looks cool, man. I like the grounded approach you took and your concept/references are great.

slosh

Here are my last couple updates!  Did a major pass on the face and anatomy and started detailing the face a bit.  Started sculpting on the undersuit shirt as well so hope to post more progress soon!

artofmars

 The giant Knife really helps the backpack feel balanced and those abdominal muscles are so nicely done.
Cant wait to see the textures!

Dethling

Really nice work.
Only thing what bothers me is the leg armor, it looks to "square" compared to the rest.
But maybe it's only the light/view.
Neitherless maybe try something more rounder I think this would fit better (like the one from the movie picture above).

slosh

Thanks guys!  Dethling, I appreciate the feedback.  Yea, that's my second redesign as well but you could be right.  As of now, the leg armor sort of mimics the gauntlets so not sure if that helps align it better.  If I get more opinions of a similar nature, I will try another go at it when I get to sculpting the armor pieces.  

Kid.in.the.Dark

I agree with Dethling, maybe just use the matchmaker brush and have it follow the contours of her shins more. lovely work and improvement on this so far though (Y)

CrazyMoon

She's looking super cool.. Agreed with Kid in the dark, the feel a little flat from the front. But damn awesome stuff cant wait to see her done, all the different materials are gonna look amazing!

slosh

I will mess with the shinguards when i get to sculpting them!  thanks for the feedback!  I sculpted the boots and the vest armor and now I'm onto the jacket!  I originally did the jacket in Marvelous Designer but I hated how the sleeves were turning out so I just decided to keep the chest portion and resculpt the sleeves.

RogerP

Loving the progress dude!

slosh

Worked on her jacket and gauntlets.  Next up, the backpack!

wester

This is awesome Satoshi!  How do you get geo to conform to underlying geo so well?  For example her gauntlet, the star and the little ornate design.  Is there any zbrush magic there that can conform geo like that?  

slosh

Hey Wes!  Thanks man!  No, I used the good ole deformers in maya.  I'm sure max has an ever better solution.

slosh

Marching on!  backpack done!

gfelton

Everything is so well done dude, great job on her! Especially the anatomy, that by itself is outstanding!

Brian "Panda" Choi

Jacket Wonder Woman is best Wonderwoman imo

tda

Amazing stuff dude, loving how this is turning out

Tits

HI! looking great as always, love the detailing, shes looking very badass.
Only thing that caught my eye is how small ( vertically) the backpack look on his back but I'm sure those smaller backpack do exist might just not be used to seeing those.

Blade113

cool stuff (y)

Leinadien

Very cool, only thing I noticed is the area above her kneecap seems a bit too defined. Women have big fat pads over their knee caps, might look better if you smoothed out that area a bit. Her head is also very small but that is definitely what you're going for. Other than that it looks amazing, my personal preference would be to loosen up her shorts a bit, an unnecessary distraction. xD

Tectonic

I dunno, I think the knee looks fine as is. Depends on how muscular you are going for.

Leinadien

The rectus femoris muscle isn't noticable above the knee in your picture either, so I'm afraid you don't have a point.

slosh

Leinadien, I see what you are referring to.  I'll soften that up in my anatomy pass!

amirabd2130

This is gonna be awesome. really looking forward to this.

Mongrelman

Really cool, are you going to use her lasso for the belt?

slosh

Marie, yea the backpack is dainty.  I kinda wanted something compact so hopefully it still works when I texture and pose.  I will be doing renders with and without the backpack too!  

Mongrelman, she will have her lasso attached to her utility belt.  It's shown in my concept and my blockout model.

atreyuroboto

awesome sauce.