[Finished!] Catgirl barbarian (game character)

nekromantikko

Hey polycount!

This is my latest game character, Mary the catgirl barbarian! She's loosely based on my Dungeons & Dragons character!

Check out the animation on artstation: https://www.artstation.com/artwork/wR60O

Hope you like it!

Original post:

Hey everyone! This is my current personal project. It's my D&D character Mary, who's a catgirl barbarian She's gonna be an animated game character.

As of now I've finished the high poly sculpt, here's some pictures:


Feedback would be much appreciated! She's also on artstation: https://www.artstation.com/artwork/Xr91n

Next up is retopo! She's going to have a big ass sword as well.

Aiyos

So when you say catgirl, unless it's houseruled, I'm assuming you're character is actually a Razorclaw Shifter? The beauty of Dungeons and Dragons is, of course, that you can make your character be whatever you want and look however you want, and I realise that this is to a certain degree a matter of opinion, but the artwork given for Razorclaw shifters shows them as very muscular, athletic characters and you've opted to give her a tiny waist and thicc booty. I understand that it's a stylisation (one that's a dime a dozen) but for me at least it makes it far less believable.

Also the face seems a little odd, around the mouth. I understand the shapes that you've put there but cats' mouths don't curve up to a point like that. The divide comes down to the top of the mouth in a straight line, but it's all connected still. *Then* it moves outward at an angle as demonstrated by this cutie: It's super difficult to anthropomorphise a snout like that, but I think it could be improved if you work on the shapes of the upper "lip" area. Also consider the curvature of the snout and how that attaches to the cheeks.

nekromantikko

@Aiyos Thanks for the feedback! Her race is houseruled, but closer to a Tabaxi from Volo's guide. Anyway I probably shouldn't have mentioned D&D at all, since I wasn't trying to be faithful to it in any way

Regarding the mouth, it might be a bit hard to see, but the mouth actually IS like that. Here's a better picture:

This is a mistake I've done in the past though

nekromantikko

I finished my thesis and I'm almost done with school, so I've had more time to work on this lately! I finished retopology and UVs, and baked some maps in substance painter. She's 19,739 tris. Textures are next! The bake wasn't 100% clean, so I'll have to do some cleanup as well.



More images can be found on artstation: https://www.artstation.com/artwork/G5LA1

nekromantikko

Textures! I'm entering the phase now where I start to hate my own creation, so I want to finish it as soon as I can

Rigging next!

nekromantikko

Hey everyone!

I finished rigging this character on monday, but something didn't feel quite right about her. I decided to follow my gut and go through a major design overhaul. I worked my ass off all week, and she's finally done! I'm really proud of her! Check it out:

Check out the artstation page for the animation! https://www.artstation.com/artwork/wR60O

I'm still open to post mortem criticism