Memory Trees: forget-me-not

happybell

Models update: 
Aiden


Ava


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Hi all, this is my first feedback thread!!!

Here is a piece that I've completed recently. He is called Aiden and is the male protagonist for a game inspired by Harvest Moon. The game is still in the works. 

While me and my client are happy with how he turned out, I would really like any advice on how I can improve this piece so that I can apply it to my next piece. Thanks for looking! 

happybell

I tried to improve the textures, thanks the people at slack for their feedback!

happybell

A little texture tweak on his belt and bag and pants.

FInally rigged and posed him, and made a quick grass texture to go along. Ready to move on to the next project! Thanks for looking

Artstation: https://www.artstation.com/artwork/1105921

Leinadien

Eww anime, but nice painting job.

aceofspades230

Nice work! It actually reminds me of a harvest moon character.

happybell

@Leinadien Thank you! It's an anime game so I can't help it lol.
@aceofspades230 Thanks, the game was inspired by harvest moon, so you will be seeing some similarities there!

aceofspades230

@happybell Another game that could be good to look at would be Ni No Kuni, for art reference purposes if anything.

happybell

aceofspades230 said:

@happybell Another game that could be good to look at would be Ni No Kuni, for art reference purposes if anything.

@aceofspades230 Thanks for the ref! I wasn't aware of this game till now.


This is the 2nd character for the game. This is almost the final version, there will be some minor tweaks but I'd appreciate any comments! At this point I am just noodling on small stuff. Also I think I need to rename this thread.

samwoodart

happybell said:

aceofspades230 said:

@happybell Another game that could be good to look at would be Ni No Kuni, for art reference purposes if anything.

@aceofspades230 Thanks for the ref! I wasn't aware of this game till now.


This is the 2nd character for the game. This is almost the final version, there will be some minor tweaks but I'd appreciate any comments! At this point I am just noodling on small stuff. Also I think I need to rename this thread.

I absolutely love the painting so far! Beautiful hand painted textures. Her eyes feel a little bit off to the sides of her head though. Realistically, the Iris lines up with the corner of the mouth. She looks a little stretched ;p

happybell

samwoodart said:

I absolutely love the painting so far! Beautiful hand painted textures. Her eyes feel a little bit off to the sides of her head though. Realistically, the Iris lines up with the corner of the mouth. She looks a little stretched ;p

@samwoodart thanks for the kind comments! I dont't get what you mean with the iris lining up/stretched (looks very fat??). I adjusted the eye position so it isn't so off, she looks better now :pleased:

Gave her lashes and lipstick, corrected minor errors etc... going into rigging now

happybell

Did up a posed version of her!

I posted wires, maps and a marmoset viewer on my artstation: https://www.artstation.com/artwork/memorial-trees-ava
Thanks for looking

Yoji

I'm loving this to bits! Harvest Moon is still top fav in my .
Both models came out great! The only thing I hate is the eye symmetry, the light should come from the same direction
favd!

happybell

Yoji said:

I'm loving this to bits! Harvest Moon is still top fav in my .
Both models came out great! The only thing I hate is the eye symmetry, the light should come from the same direction
favd!

Hey Yoji , thanks! I saw you at Slack earlier right? 

You are right about the eye symmetry, guess I got a little lazy there. I won't do that next time =P

happybell

Reviving the thread with the next model... this time I try to show some WIPs, for anyone who like to see progress shots instead of a straight out final. 

This is a rough colour test and I'm trying some ways to do fur!

happybell

Progress update... I tried to do defined fur outlines but it didn't work out very well. So took another direction and smudged the edges to get a softer look. 

happybell

Still chipping away in between projects......
 

happybell

Popo is done! Posted some shots

Artstation link: https://www.artstation.com/artwork/LldoR

Gazu

Like the Artstyle!
Superb Work!

AtticusMars

The red panda is super cute, great work

Wendy de Boer

OMG, Popo is soooo cute! XD

happybell

Thank you everyone! I'm glad everyone loves Popo so much Popo loves you all too! Stay tuned for the next character ok ^^

happybell

New year, new post

There was a change in the style so I spent some time tweaking faces. I referenced heavily from Unity-chan which was a free asset in the store.

Eye shading idea was from the Miku tutorial made by Hazardous. It was quite simple to make.

Couldn't get transparency to work well in TB as it either gives a ugly line (cutout) or fuzzy noise (dither), so I had to plugin everything into Unity and test!

 

Ratman

I'm going to have Patrice Rushen stuck in my head for the rest of the day now. Awesome work on these, they look great.

Would it be possible to see some more wireframes? Especially of the adorable Popo.

Magihat

Good job so far! The new style is definitely more charming in my opinion. The eyes are a bit funky tho, like the opposite of cross-eyes. Just moving the irises together a bit helps with that a great deal.

happybell

@Ratman Thank you! I have a small breakdown on his wireframe and texture here. Also, a marmoset viewer at https://www.artstation.com/artwork/LldoR Hope this helps!



@Magihat Thanks for the crit! I altered her eyes Yeah I thought this iteration was an improvement, happy with how it turned out. 

happybell

Hi guys, I will be starting on a new character for this project. Really excited to work on this one!

She will be one of the marriageable characters in this game. 


A quick screenshot off max to show you where she is now. Hair isn't my strong suite and it took me a long time to get this right. I'm trying out the transparency method on hair + a few hair cards for the first time ever. *throws confetti* 

I've been referencing many anime models to reverse engineer the thought process behind building the hair mesh. I would really like to know if there is any available resource out there that can point me in the right direction. 

happybell

I'M BACK after 9 months!

I finished the mermaid a long time ago but life caught up and I didn't update. I figured I should at least end this project properly, so I posed her and made a small scene.

This project has been my favourite so far, unfortunately I don't know when I will work on it again.

Artstation link: https://www.artstation.com/artwork/kvbXl

Thank you for accompanying me on my journey!!

FreneticPonies