Faf's Wip YSERA (Fan Art Wow)

Faf

Hi
It's been a while I haven't done any real personal project so I wanted to do something super challenging for me and try to make a character in Zbrush.  I decided to change the concept a little bit compared to how she currently looks in the game. 
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WIP : 


Please feel free to let any comments and critics, paint over or anything you think that could help ! :pleased:

Grusti

how I like this style ... can't wait final)

TomGT

Looks awesome! I like the changes you made to the horns.

tomenjerry

@Faf great to see some work again fanny! I really like the horns, looks really organic. The eyebrows are a fun idea too. It's gotta be said the colors on the original are really cool, the green parts especially, with the more desat and blue shade. 

btw can you take a look at my texture work I've been doing lately, and maybe give some tips and critique?
http://polycount.com/discussion/172755/world-of-warcraft-fanart-undead-starting-zone-image-heavy#latest

AtticusMars

Looks good so far, have to say I'm not a fan of the hard edges in the face. Given how hard the rest of the surfaces are I think it would help to keep the main body and especially the face at least a little more soft than you have it.

Your call though, might work better once the texture is on it.

PyrZern

Digging the sculpt so far. Would love to see some more cheeks, but that's just my taste.

Ps. TIL that Sylvanas, Alexstrasza, and Ysera wear almost the same outfit... except shoulder pads and the headgear...

Faf

Hi
I made some changes on the sculpt following some of the feedbacks ! (thank you everybody for that !)
More cheeks, less hard edges on the face, changed the anatomy a little bit. Definitely a fun challenge for me !
Please don't hesitate to give any feedback !

Cremuss

yes! the face is much better like that. Great sculpt!

GravityBwlast

Hello

This is cool, I really like it, especially the lips, hair and armor parts which are really clean.
The face is already looking nice, the only thing I would tweak is the upper nose area, which seems a bit large to me. I think a slight spacing between eyes and upper nose would make it seem less large.
I made a quick paintover to better explain what I mean, hope you don't mind.



Also the neck seems a bit thin in my opinion.
I hope it can help, but it's just my two cents.
This is already great anyway!

(Ps: Never had the opportunity to thank you for the Vertex tut, so here it is, thanks! )

tomenjerry

@Faf The face is much better now! I have one thing for feedback. But this is more of a humble opinion tbh (I'm not a big designer). The round parts, on the front of the shoulder pads look a little too sci-fi to me. I know it's in the original, but still, I don't think it fits the rest very well, which is much more organic in shape. But again, just my opinion, so take it with a pinch of salt.

Aluvay

Hey @Faf This is looking really great! I like the controlled use of shapes in your sculpt, exited to see an update!

amirabd2130

she looks good. looking forward to this

Faf

Hi guys ! I'm trying to find some time to finish this one ^^
I'm using the sculpt to bake a base for a "handpainted" texture. It's obviously still very WIP.
I think I still have a lot of work to do especially on the shoulders, hairs, gem, chest etc ...
C&C welcome !!

TheQiwiMan

Looking really nice, I hope you're planning on colorizing your AO bakes!

NateMasterFlash

Loving the the shapes on the shoulder pads.  Are those renders from the most recent post in Zbrush? If so which material?  I like the design overall but the straps on her back look like they might put a lot of stress on the front of her neck.  I feel like connecting the top of the breastplate to either the choker or the shoulder pads could even it out.  Looking forward to seeing more!

Faf

@NateMasterFlash : It was actually a quick render made in Keyshot !
And thank you so much for your critics, I think you are right and I will probably add some straps on the front as well

Faf

Hi Guys
I finally managed to finish her ! Thank you for all the critics and comments I received here



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Dragonar

I love it ! like usual when you make something :-p Really good job , do you plan to make the body ?

Mateus

What an awesome piece of artwork! Love it so much, the style and the texture are great. Could you tell what is the texture size?

RocketBryan

Very cleanly executed, mate - well done! Already looking forward to the next one.

Faf

Hey
Thank for your comments ^^
@Dragonar : No I don't think I'll do the body, at least for now. She was a very fun project but I kinda want to move on something different now
@Mateus : Since it's a portfolio piece it was actually showed with 4 diffuses 2048X 2048 ( yeah I know I went crazy lol)
It can be reduced to 512 if needed ^^
You can see the maps on my artstation : https://www.artstation.com/artwork/lKQ9J
(btw I loved the artwork that you did in your avatar )

Mateus

I didn't think they were that big, interesting to know..
I'm glad you liked it
Thanks!