Einar - A low poly hand painted character

JensPatteeuw

Hi Polycount,

This is Einar, a low poly hand painted character project which I started.
And I want to share the progress with you guys.

I started out with the design of Einar. I didn't fully paint him out, because the main focus
of this project will be the model and of course the hand painted textures. With this painting I wanted
to get the general shapes and proportions into place. Somethings can still change, once I am sculpting
and blocking him out in 3D.

I am already very excited about this project!
And the next post will be about the first version of the Zbrush block out.

C&C are of course more then welcome.

Friendly greetings,
Jens Patteeuw



Some images from the design progress

jose.fuentes

@JensPatteeuw, first of great start! this seems like a fun project.  I would push for more asymmetry.  Try to make the left and right side a bit so they are different 

JensPatteeuw

First update!

Started with the block out of Einar in Zbrush. This is of course a very early stage,
but I already wanted to share this.
@jose.fuentes Thank you Jose for your comment, the idea I had was to try to push the asymmetry straight in 3D.
That way it is easier to see what works and what not. But I wont go for an over the top with asymmetry.
Also I will put the entire character in the same texture space, so some parts wont be unique.

JensPatteeuw

Another update
Continued to work on the block out. The shoulder pad is still a big work in progress, and more of a placeholder
at this stage.

JensPatteeuw

Work in progress.

Fixed the head position and updated the shoulder pad.
And changed some minor things.

Infandum

i like einar alot. all i could say is the shoes kinda look like heels only a little bit tough

JensPatteeuw

Done with retopologizing and unwrapping Einar!
The entire character is on one uv. Only the sword/weapon still needs to be unwrapped and will have a different uv.

@Infandum Thank you! Changed the shoes a bit in the low poly version.

JensPatteeuw

Started painting the texture.
The software I am using for this is 3D Coat.
Still got a long way to go with Einar in general but learning a lot!
Really enjoying myself with this project heh. It's hard to stop once you are painting.

JensPatteeuw

Work in progress.
Already changed a lot of things, but I still want to push the texture even further.

JensPatteeuw

Finished Einar!
I really enjoyed working on this project and I learned a lot while doing so.
C&C are of course still more then welcome.

JensPatteeuw

modelView Einar also live on sketchfab!