Girl Character

Jakub

Hello everyone, 

I am working on a character, so I thought I might create the topic for sharing some stuff and getting crit/ideas/fixes along the way. 

Main concept(by Eryc TSang): https://www.artstation.com/artwork/2nn2y

I am doing a realistic version, but that concept serves as an overall idea about clothing. Check out the other works, they're spectacular! 

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For this point I am done with the body proportions and HP for the body/face. In fact I already textured the head, as I felt like doing it more than sculpting during weekend. I know that it is going to be a separate mesh in the end, so I went for it.

My plan for this moment is to create all the meshes that I need to pose the character, like shoes, gloves, hat eyebrow/eyelashes cards. After the posing is done, I'll get the base for cloth in MD on already posed mesh to get better result. I know that normally, I'd finish character in A Pose, but I just want to skip the part where I have to fix folds because of pose change(I can't rig)

Hardsurface will be challenging for me, but I gotta learn it after all

Thanks in advance guys!

Weaknesses that I can see atm:

- I did not work on eyes texture a lot, they're a big WIP
- Errors underneath the fat folds(eye), gotta fix them manually on normal map. 

FreemanH

Looking really solid. I love the texture work on face, freckles look great!

Jakub

Thanks!

Mr.Moose

I don't think you gave enough to the ears, that sharp edge is doing a number on the bake! But very nice otherwise ;D

ETA: Though looking again, I think you just didn't do much to the ears at all XD

apllana

The skin texture looks good so far and her face young enough. If I were to nitpick, I'd say her freckles could be a tiny bit more subtle and reduced towards the cheekbone area. The concept art doesn't seem to have any but it's always nice to see different interpretations!

Jakub

@apllana I am changing concept a little bit, but leaving the overall idea for cloth in Good point about the freckles, I'll check it out when I go back to texturing

@MR.MOOSE Yeah, gotta fix that ear :P
 
Some work on her gear )

Jakub

She's gettin dressed up )

Jakub

Worked on some textures for the clothing. Screengrab from Marmoset

Jakub

Done some updates to colour they seemed too dark

AgelosAp

Nice progress so far, I like how you sculpted some parts of the clothes, pretty sure you got Last of Us in your refs!
The bulls shirt is too distracting, unless you desaturate/lighten it a lot and even then I wouldn't be sure it won't be the center of focus.
Overall the concept has more saturated colors(which neutralize the red shirt a bit) and more of a bad girl vibe, while your girl looks more innocent and more of a survivor than an outlaw.
Also in case you are still revising geometry, her thighs are a tad too thin and unshaped, it looks a little better on the nude images on your first post.

Jakub

Thanks @AgelosAp

Yes, The Last of Us is playing a big part in my reference sheet

You're right about the jersey, when I looked at it in work this morning it kinda stood out way too much for me. I gotta play with saturation, it doesn't look washed out like the rest. 
I will see how the "vibe" looks like when I give her gun, knife and some pose with smirk on her face. 

I'll be revisiting the legs, thanks again! 

Jakub

She's not bold anymore ) Doing hair for the first time, damn, that is time consuming, nerv wrecking thing.
After im done with the hat, I'll push the hair on the back/neck to make is seem like they get squished there.

Jakub

Worked on the eyes today Tearline, caruncula and some blend between it. Also the colour change, green didnt go too well with black hair imo.

yukonwanderer

Face looks awesome!  Is it just me or do her legs look unusually long and skinny and feet way too small compared to the rest of her features?  

Jakub

Thanks @yukonwanderer !

I made some changes to the colours of the skin, some people suggested she lacked a bit of colour and they were right  

Regarding the legs proportions, I changed them a while ago, same as you, I noticed that they were too long for a teenager. I will work of them more after I get her to the pose I want  

Jakub

Had some fun today, using tranpose master. Not a final pose, just wanted to see how she looks like atm(outside TPOSE)
Body has no texture at all, beside colour, so I know it looks like sh... ) 

Jakub

Wishing that one day the quality of my work will be better

Brian "Panda" Choi

I'd get the eyse polished more.

items like eye wetness, flattened out iris, etc. will definitely help.