[Finished!] Thief

nekromantikko

Hey guys, I'd like to start being more active here so I though I'd start posting progress updates on this new project I just started, Thief, based on a concept by Mizael Tengu. Here's the original illustration it's based on:


This is my progress so far:


I'm pretty happy with how she looks so far, although there's something a bit off about the hips still. I started with more realistic proportions and then exaggerated them, maybe a bit too far?

Any comments and criticism is welcome!

nekromantikko

Blocking continues, very happy with it so far!

nekromantikko

Progressing slow but steady (haven't had as much time to work on this as I'd have liked..)
I think I'm just about ready to start posing her

nekromantikko

Started posing. I had to make some adjustments to her anatomy, made the head a bit smaller and the breasts bigger, to match the concept art.

aanselmo

This may come a bit late but I think you should tweak a bit the mouth, it looks a bit duckface but stretched, not completely sure without a side view. And the space between her legs should be more flat and not so inverted V shape. Beside those two I think you are going very well.

Keep up

Koromo

If you want to match the concept:
-Add little sharp wrinkles in the remaining cloth except the pants and also make the sword/long dagger as it have simple shapes and shading in the concept is going to be fast.

-Make sure both feets are in the same height to match the concept, despite that it´s a strange pose as aanselmo say.

-Make her a little smile and/or make the little piercing that have as an optional and small detail.

Aside from that, good representation!

nekromantikko

aanselmo said:

This may come a bit late but I think you should tweak a bit the mouth, it looks a bit duckface but stretched, not completely sure without a side view. And the space between her legs should be more flat and not so inverted V shape. Beside those two I think you are going very well.

Keep up

Thanks! Now that you mention it, the mouth is maybe a bit too duckface-y, I'll probably tone it down a little bit. Not quite sure what you mean with the second comment. You mean the crotch? The inverted v-shape there is formed by the buttcheeks.

@Koromo I'm going to do all of that stuff eventually! I'll probably start working on the knife next.

aanselmo

Yes the crotch area, on the concept and normally women have a larger gap between the legs. It could be the fabric too that looks its too closed and on the concept the fabric looks like it goes between the buttchecks

Koromo

@jpr

Good to know 

nekromantikko

Getting there...
I fiddled with the pose a bit, and added a really rough knife, will refine it next.
@aanselmo Oh I see now, I actually found out that's mostly just a shadow caused by zbrush's weird lighting, but I adjusted the wedgie a bit anyways

Larry

I had to make some adjustments to her anatomy, made the head a bit smaller and the breasts bigger, to match the concept art.

I HAD to make her breasts bigger we all tell that to ourselves, then spending the whole afternoon perfecting that specific area

CybranM

The clothes lol

nekromantikko

Some really quick keyshot renderings:



I think she's just about ready for polypaint!

nekromantikko

Some really quick keyshot renderings:



I think she's just about ready for polypaint!

nekromantikko

A few adjustments to the sculpt and polypaint later:


Artstation link: https://www.artstation.com/artwork/oqG9k

I'm going to move on to new projects now. Some thoughts: I'm pretty happy with the result, in hindsight I could have exaggerated the pose even more to match the concept art better, but it might have looked unnatural.
Even though I don't plan to work on this anymore, I'd still appreciate comments so I can learn to be even better in the future! Thanks!