Glenn l Character Art Improvement Thread

Generic_Human

first time posting here , lately im pushing to improve my character art skills so im going to be adding my current works and hopefully ill get some critiques...

Ill start with this one:
 

concept art is by sueng hoon woo he has some sick concepts be sure to check him out 

I've managed to get this far :




 did a quick base mesh and started to work the clothing on top of that, im going for semi /realistic look



ill try to update as soon as i get some progress
any comments or feedbacks are welcome
(pls destroy my shitty art ).

frodin

good start! can't wait to see more! 

Generic_Human

frodin said:

good start! can't wait to see more! 

hey thanks a lot man nice to see you here !

Kiyamlol

Really like the initial design, The color pallete looks really good, gives an imperial feel. Do you plan to add more minor details into the 3d model? The concept seems to show only the overall larger shapes and colours.

Good luck!

Generic_Human

Kiyamlol said:

Really like the initial design, The color pallete looks really good, gives an imperial feel. Do you plan to add more minor details into the 3d model? The concept seems to show only the overall larger shapes and colours.

Good luck!

Yes Sueng Hoon made some great work with the concept and yes i was thinking of adding some shirt buttons, minor gold accents on the clothing and maybe design a fancy sword (because i feel like she can use one haha) plus the base of the character later on for presentation purpouses

Generic_Human

More progress on this...
- worked on the nose and lips, ears are still missing atm (i dont wanna make them haha) updated the proportions on the head just a bit
-second pass on the chest area
-second pass on the pants made some wrinkle detailing (still needs work)
welp still lots to do

Generic_Human

im calling the hp done here is a quick clay render, im going into retopo now

Generic_Human

m gonna take some time on the retopo sooo in the meantime ill add an in depth look on the model

GeoCat

Nice!
Love the sharp clean shapes, and overall flow of the design. Looking forward to seeing some texture, and marmoset renders... 

Generic_Human

GeoCat said:

Nice!
Love the sharp clean shapes, and overall flow of the design. Looking forward to seeing some texture, and marmoset renders... 

Thank you man, just got back from holiday vacations time to get going again, hopefully ill be texturing pretty soon

apllana

The highpoly is looking good and clean but some areas of the clothes feel a bit unfinished. You could try and sculpt in more seams, stitches and puckering around all edges of leather, as well as buttons and wear and tear effects. The wrinkles you already have are looking great!

Generic_Human

apllana said:

The highpoly is looking good and clean but some areas of the clothes feel a bit unfinished. You could try and sculpt in more seams, stitches and puckering around all edges of leather, as well as buttons and wear and tear effects. The wrinkles you already have are looking great!

YES can definitely agree, i didn't quite understood this before when i started doing this project but after seeing other refs i feel like some of the smaller details are what really brings a sculpt to life, my plan is to model some buttons and solve the sitches of the leather directly on substance this time.
but im going to keep this in mind for the next models, thank you very much for the feedback

Generic_Human

Meh im just gonna skip the boring stuff, here is an update on the textures, still lots to do tho black areas need to be worked, skin is just the base color atm, hair is missing too but oh well at least is some progress.

Generic_Human

https://www.artstation.com/artwork/8zX36 

Finished the last details of the textures and fixed the lightning and presentation i think i can sleep now  x_x

Justo

uff quien ese este, que mal artista esto apesta

naaa mentira, te quedo hermoso bombón! Posalo ahora que así a nadie le llama mucho imo. 

Generic_Human

Justo said:

uff quien ese este, que mal artista esto apesta

naaa mentira, te quedo hermoso bombón! Posalo ahora que así a nadie le llama mucho imo. 

ajajajaja gracias! y usted tiene toda la razón del mundo hora de aprender a riggear D':

Generic_Human

Well its time to get back at it, i've been working on this korra fan art from the awesome redesign done by Den Rodichev 

this is my progress so far still lots of things to refine, hands are still very wip, pants need more detailing, the head is not finished yet, in general all the belts and clothes will need some polishing and detailing.
(FUR = FUN RIGHT?)

Alebrijes

Awe yessh the first model was awesome, and the Kora redesign is looking really cool!! Are you planning on modeling the fur or perhaps making it with fibers? With stylized work I'm always torn between the two.

Generic_Human

Alebrijes said:

Awe yessh the first model was awesome, and the Kora redesign is looking really cool!! Are you planning on modeling the fur or perhaps making it with fibers? With stylized work I'm always torn between the two.

Hey thank you man! and regarding the fur, usually if i'm sculpting the hair i will probably sculpt the fur too in order to maintain consistency in the model same goes with fibers, but i think you can always break the 'rule ' if you manage to make it good looking 

Generic_Human

Just an update for this model, been working on the clothes.. did and redid and redid the fur going to move on and polish the hair and whatever is left to do  

Elithenia

Nice, coming along great!
Keep up the good work!

Generic_Human

Elithenia said:

Nice, coming along great!
Keep up the good work!

Thank you ! SIr yes Sir! *goes back to the zbrush cave* 

Elithenia

xD

Generic_Human

Long time since the last update but i finally finished the korra fanart ! it was quite the journey never been so obsesed with an artwork

https://www.artstation.com/artwork/bx5ma

Generic_Human

more renders and maps

Generic_Human

a gif of the hp evolution  

CaesarAlbertus

Awesome work ¡¡¡¡¡¡¡

MitchNew

How do you do fur on her collar?

Justo

Te quedó genial Glenn!

pmiller001

Very cool! Always a fan of your stuff. What is that orange looking map in your textures? I don't recognize it. 

ZeroStrike

Awesome style on this Korra concept. I feel like its a cross between Mei from Overwatch and Korra from Avatar. The stylized fur is nice. Did you use the next Zbrush 4R8 or did you just insert mesh or sculpt them? I feel like the eyes and face might be able to be improved alittle bit. Looks really good though.  But then again I am not really a character artist.



https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/d3/a8/fe/d3a8fe351a5f1ab2caa492f0d0d71cd8.jpg 

RealBarenziah

This is an incredible sculpt! The only thing that bothers me a little bit is the belt. It angles upward, but the weight of the pouch would weigh it down in the opposite direction. Unless the pouch section is attached to the pants at the hip, the only way it could stay up there is if it was secured with second strap around her waist. This is a nitpicky realism thing that might not apply to the style of the sculpt, but I think it messes with the sense of weight. 
Excellent work, though! I hope I can achieve this level of skill myself someday. 

Generic_Human

ZeroStrike no zbrush 4r8 for this one, for the fur it was mostly deformed spheres modified to look like strands of hair merged together and sculpted on top of that, and yes i agree with you i still need to improve a lot on the faces! that is and area that i still find difficult to achieve haha, thank you for the feedback
RealBarenziah Hey thank you i'm glad you liked it, i was thinking about what you said of the belt, and i totally missed that  haha you are right the weights are in the opposite directions, i'll keep this in mind from now on, in the end, the good things are all in the details right? and for sure you can do it too, lots of practice and  there are many people who gives good feedback in the forums you can ask them or me its a faster way to improve 

DominoEFKT

Nice stuff man! Can we see a close-up of the head edge flow? 

DanBeU

Geniaaaal!

Generic_Human

CaesarAlbertus  Thank you man   !!
Justo  Glad you liked it justo-san
MitchNew  It was done manually, from a sphere made into a strand shape, duplicate them place them together, do dynamesh + zremesher and polish with trim dynammic all in zbrush, at this point i might as well do a tutorial just for the fur since a lot  ( a LOT) of people have asked me this haha
pmiller001 its nice to know that the orange one its just a map that stores roughness and metalness on the R,B channels for easier management,(at least for me),i prefer this instead of having to deal with a lot of different files to work; its just get annoying after a while 
DominoEFKT as soon as i get home ill post a close up, just noticed you can't really see the face from that distance haha
DanBeU happy to see you like it

JamieMc

Pretty Fantastic.  I look forward to seeing more from you!   Really cool stuff.   I love Kora's design.  It feels authentic to the show but still your own twist.   Really cool.

kreativbloc

Very good job.

eazy

I really like the stylized fur on that collar! Well done

TheRealRyan_

 

Solid_Otter

Noice