Butcher Character

loenskov

So I have been worked on this character in my spare time at home lately. Going for a nice stylized look, with exaggerated proportions and a toony style. Feedback and critique is more than welcome. He will be turned into a game ready rigged low poly character in the end.

RitualSynergY

Really cool man! Looking forward to seeing more

RuiShi

I love his facial profile, especially the dumpling chin! Awesome dude 

lotet

Great style, love it!

Melazee

This is great, and a really nice strong silhouette too. Looking forward to the low poly version!

 Only tweaks I would suggest is that I would change up parts of him so he is not so symmetrical. The belt is great and makes it harder to notice, but on areas such as the boots and clothing creases, it's a lot more noticeable. Mix it up a bit and you'll have a fantastic and quirky asymmetrical character!  

EDIT: And before I forget, I might also add more of a slope between the wrist and the thumb knuckle area (I'm a character artist with a terrible memory for anatomy names!). He has thick gloves, but I feel there should still be more of a slope like these thick gloves, if that makes any sense?

loenskov

Melazee you're completely right about the lack of asymmetry. Something I'm going to add as well. Usually I add it with more varying assets on him or in the textures, but I think some slight variations to his sculpt could help a lot.

I hear what you're saying about the knuckle area, but I don't want it to end up being too puffy though. Will give it a second pass and see if I can bulk it up a bit more.

VeryCrunchyTaco

So goooood! I'm looking forward to seeing more!  

Enalya

Great shape language I'll add this thread to my favorites to follow!

loenskov

So I have been working some more on this guy. Have him retopologized now and unwrapped. Going back into ZBrush and adding some variation to him at the moment and then I'm starting on the texture. The more I look at him, the more I feel like he's missing something. I'm thinking of adding a few new pieces to him to spice up his silhouette some more. I don't want him to feel like a huge fantasy warrior, so I'm hesitant about beefing him up with armor and the like.

I just wanted to post an update on him with a few shots of his wireframe. Been playing around with his normal map quite a bit, and having some issues with mirrored UV's and normal maps, but it seems like some UV offsetting will be able to do the trick.

jsmoreorless

HI I am looking for some one who could be a partner in a quest to fill a dream and our pockets. haha May I have a few moments of your time ? 

loenskov

jsmoreorless what do you have in mind? My quest log isn't too full atm, so bring it!

jose.fuentes

love it, i also agree with adding asymmetry 

loenskov

So i've been a bit strapped for time lately, but I'm slowly getting more done with the textures on this character.

Here's a few progress shots so far.

artofmars

really nice gradient work!!

slosh

This is looking solid.  It's probably too late but I would have kept the butcher knife thin and just had an oversized blade....but maybe that's just me.

loenskov

I'm picturing him in a very stylized universe and I think the cleaver works well with suck a bulky look. I am thinking of adding more kitchen utensils to him as well, so a big butcher knife would work really well.