[wip] puckette fan art (original character from makkon)

seimax

hello polypeople !
after (kinda) finishing my female basemesh , i've decided to do a fanart of puckette the faun , who's an original character created by the awesome Ben Hale aka Makkon.(=>https://www.artstation.com/artist/makkon)
i really like his style and characters , so i hope to honor his work  .....

fanart : 


wip : 
all kinds of comments and critiques are appreciated !

seimax

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Vertrucio

Arms are too thick and built.

The feet and ankles are much too small for the character and original concept.

Adjust your base mesh to suit the character. Overall the concept looks like a smaller upper body on a heavier animalistic lower body.

Steve Schulze

It'd be worth taking a look at some goat hoof and leg anatomy too. Her legs have more or less the same structure as a goat's front legs.

seimax

@Vertrucio thanks for your help ! gonna  work on those aspects !
Steve Schulze  i had some references for goat feet , but not legs, i'm gonna take a look at it ! (but they may look more like deer hoof doe)

almighty_gir

something really missing here is plantigrade legs... Makkon drew them if you look more closely at her right leg in the concept. He also did a ton of other drawings of Puckette for you do use.

seimax

@almighty_gir a big name coming to help ! thanks a lot!

i didn't know what plantigrade meant so i've done some research and found this : http://anetintimeschooling.weebly.com/uploads/6/9/0/3/6903461/6851754_orig.jpg

if i understood well , plantigrade is when a mammal use all of his feet on the ground to walk , but in the case of a deer leg it would be unguligrade , so in my case , do you mean the feets feels more human and not enough animal or the other way ? (by the way i've made a folder filled with puckette artwork ,  but the legs looks like human one but more arched like this : http://orig01.deviantart.net/6fb4/f/2014/102/3/1/puckette_2_0__update__by_makkon-d7e412z.png  )

seimax

ok guys , i've done some tweaks on the legs and hoof , but i must admit i have hard time understanding the plantigrade stuff ^^' 

you tell me !

seimax

small update

Maxilator

Hey, good work so far! I think the way the fur on the legs comes of is too long, the concept conveys to me that the fur on the thighs is pretty short and a little bit longer on the lower legs. I think you'd be better off conveying the fur on the thighs with poly paint if you decide to shorten it closer to the concept.

seimax

good point man ! i have to do some tweaks on the legs , gonna do as you say ! thanks for your help

seimax

after some tweaks : 

seimax

and final