Fire Demon (WIP)

AirmanEpic

So I saw an image on pintrest and was inspired. This forum thread will document my progress. Critques and constructive criticism are much appreciated at every step! Unless of course it's something that's too late lol



Starting from my basemesh I created the head:





Finished the rest of the body:


The legs are pretty long and will be hooved. This is normal. Do not pay attention to this. 

Anyway updates will be coming along as I make changes.

Progress:
- Hair
- Horns
- Tail
- Hooves
- Clothes
- floaty things
- crown like dealio
- texturing
- rigging
- posing
- rendering

AirmanEpic

Well, my first update is in: the hair and horns. What do you guys think? Is the hair flowing naturally?

AirmanEpic

Here's the next level, with tail, side things and hip-things (And crappy-looking hooves)

AirmanEpic

Finished UVing and texturing. Next up: Hair!

AirmanEpic

And now the hair is finished with texturing =D



Am I doing anything wrong here? What can I do to make it better?

tahakitan

you should focus on the body and anatomy before adding things to the body.  most of the character in the concept is just her body and that needs to be the focus on your sculpt.  seems like you just used a low poly base mesh and didn't do anything to it.  A low poly mesh should be used as a starter template to start making the actually body not a shortcut to skipping it. In short, work on the body, everything else is really secondary or not important right now.

AirmanEpic

First off, thanks a lot for the reply. 

I appreciate the feedback. I did use a basemesh, however I retopologized it and modified the proportions a bit. Should I be doing something else/more?

As for stuff being secondary, I really do enjoy working on the extra stuff beside the body... that's part of the enjoyment.

In other news, I just finished rigging and rendering. 

Solid_Otter

Hiya, AirmanEpic.
Cool stuff! I agree with tahakitan, though. Her proportions seem really skewed and some features aren't quite believable. Did you have other reference in addition the inspiration piece?

AirmanEpic

Hey solid Otter.

I only used the inspiration piece. I occasionally looked at some other stuff but only very basic stuff.

I wouldn't even know what's wrong with the proportions/believablility or how to fix it. Can you give any tips?