Life is Strange - Max Caulfield

Jean-Pascal · Mar 2017

Hey everyone!

I'm currently working on a Life is Strange fanart that I'd like to share with you. It's inspired by an illustration of Ilya Kuvshinov.
I haven't been very active on polycount in the past few months, so I'm hoping to remedy that!

Here's a few WIP. More coming soon

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Jean-Pascal · Mar 2017

More progress on the pants and the hoodie!

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Jean-Pascal · Mar 2017

Thank you Teriyaki,
Here's a bit more progress!

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snake85027 · Mar 2017

great texture. Can you explain the process of how you did the texture for the pants? I see that you have detailed the stitching in zbrush?

Jean-Pascal · Apr 2017

@snake85027 Rather than doing the stitching in zbrush by sculpting them or using an insert mesh brush, I decided to paint them in substance painter and to export them as a displacement map for this project!

Also, a long overdue update!
(I started grooming the hair and eyebrows as well, but my xgen file got corrupted so some of it will have to be redone)

Image: https://us.v-cdn.net/5021068/uploads/editor/1k/rplstgxpovct.png

Elithenia · Apr 2017

Looking great! Keep up the good work!

Jean-Pascal · Apr 2017

Thank you Sanna!

It's still an early wip, but I started working on the skin shader yesterday:

Image: https://us.v-cdn.net/5021068/uploads/editor/j7/r1g68sfvuh20.png

Elithenia · Apr 2017

Always impressed by your work

Jean-Pascal · Apr 2017

More improvements on the skin shading, and I started working on the hair groom (I'm about halfway through (I still need to do a lot of refinements).

Ps: Sorry she's missing eyebrows in this shot, I wasn't 100% happy with the result so I decided to redo them.

Image: https://us.v-cdn.net/5021068/uploads/editor/34/wv6bd1aau029.png

Magihat · Apr 2017

The elements are surely here, it is just something about her right now that pushes her towards an doll-like uncanny look. Dunno if you saw the feedback posted on slack but here is some suggestions to push her slightly more in the direction of Ilya Kuvshinovs fanart of Max.

Jean-Pascal · Apr 2017

@Magihat Hey mate! Like I've said on the slack channel, I really appreciate that you took the time to do a paintover/liquify. I agree with most of those proportion changes!

I'm taking a quick break from the character (while I work on her camera), but I'll update her face later this week. Cheers!

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Jean-Pascal · Apr 2017

Jean-Pascal · Apr 2017

After receiving great critiques the other day, I did an additional paintover to see which direction I want to go with this character.
Let me know your thoughts!

Elithenia · Apr 2017

The old on looks cuter and a bit sad
the new one looks a bit older and much more fierce

Jean-Pascal · May 2017

Yes I agree. I ended up changing the proportions to be somewhere between my paintover and the previous version. I also relaxed the eyebrows ( I want her facial expression to be fairly neutral since she will be rigged later on).

Now that I'm back on track, I will probably finish the groom and do her eyebrows next.

Life is Strange - Max Caulfield

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