[Completed] Stylized Female Head Bust

Piffles · Oct 2018

Hello friends!

Back again with another project. Working on a stylized head bust based on artwork created by Anzka Nguyen.
Full art: https://www.artstation.com/artwork/w8A0V6

Bust I'm focusing on:

Image: https://us.v-cdn.net/5021068/uploads/editor/qc/6ooey6yrbafu.png

Completed Sculpt:

Image: https://us.v-cdn.net/5021068/uploads/editor/49/nozpcbq45e7t.png

Piffles · Oct 2018

Progress so far~

Still feel like the likeness to the concept still needs to be pushed. Struggling with capturing that and would love any critiques!

Image: https://us.v-cdn.net/5021068/uploads/editor/7w/dxf1g3fabphr.png

Image: https://us.v-cdn.net/5021068/uploads/editor/co/i5c2d44ta2g2.png

Piffles · Oct 2018

Made a couple changes to the width of her face and pushed that eyebrow ridge a little more. Feeling like the face is representing the concept a bit more.

Image: https://us.v-cdn.net/5021068/uploads/editor/pu/gn5bhv5zqabh.png

Image: https://us.v-cdn.net/5021068/uploads/editor/2r/46pwxwmssjyy.png

Piffles · Oct 2018

Little bit of hair and clothing progress. Been tweaking the face proportions further and I think I've hit a spot where I'm happy with how it looks.

Image: https://us.v-cdn.net/5021068/uploads/editor/9a/y2nwx213qr2n.png

Piffles · Oct 2018

Hair is done! Now back to working on the clothes. Unsure as to how i'll tackle that fur on the coat just yet. I do plan on re-topologizing the character so I might stick will simple sculpted shapes and nothing too fancy.

Image: https://us.v-cdn.net/5021068/uploads/editor/bn/2n3nhrhebmoh.png

[Edit: changed the size of the gif and brought down the file size quite a bit]

Image: https://us.v-cdn.net/5021068/uploads/editor/xg/25wcztyzlqia.gif

blueblur22 · Oct 2018

Looks pretty much spot on to the reference pic. I like it. Keep going and update us when you've got more.

Piffles · Oct 2018

Final sculpt before heading over to maya for retopo~

Image: https://us.v-cdn.net/5021068/uploads/editor/c9/z3a1dmtfez00.gif

NinjaSocks · Oct 2018

Nice work man! from the middle image I feel like the area under the cheek is too narrow when compared to the concept. Nice work on the hair by the way.

Piffles · Nov 2018

Retopo progress. Need to work on that chin topology a bit more and see if i can find a better edge flow to retain the sharpness of the chin better. Would love any feedback or suggestions!

Image: https://us.v-cdn.net/5021068/uploads/editor/n7/26pofbmgwhwp.png

Image: https://us.v-cdn.net/5021068/uploads/editor/1k/45a7yzdyr4o0.png

blueblur22 · Nov 2018

I'm probably not the best one to comment on face topology as I need some serious practice myself, but maybe keeping the chin to the basic straight edge flow and then fiddling around with vector placement to get the flat-ish bottom from the concept would be easier?

Image: https://us.v-cdn.net/5021068/uploads/editor/ly/6vukz2myuydw.jpg

https://www.pinterest.co.uk/pin/558235316298866602/

Piffles · Nov 2018

Thank you for the suggestion @blueblur22 ! I made quite a few changes to the topology and your comment helped me out

Here is a texturing update! I threw this into marmoset and set up the lights in the scene. Still need to get her into pose but I'm open to any suggestions on adjustments!

Image: https://us.v-cdn.net/5021068/uploads/editor/7w/hqqke7px8vs9.png

akiratang · Nov 2018

Looks great . I like the texture on the skin.
What about if you made her fluffy part of her suit with real alpha cards instead? Altho thats alot more work and might not be what youre going for.

Piffles · Nov 2018

@akiratang - Thank you! I really appreciate it! I was thinking about adding a couple extra fluffs via alpha cards but haven't really played around with it. But I did consider doing the whole fluffy part as alpha cards. I'll play around with it and see how it comes out! Thanks for the suggestion.

vavavoom · Nov 2018

Looks really good~
My only suggestion would be define the brow a little more. Perhaps, a little more planar maybe, or it could be achieved through more defined texture painting yet to come?
Anyways, great work

Image: https://us.v-cdn.net/5021068/uploads/editor/u7/wuqa558r5jva.jpg

Piffles · Nov 2018

Posed! For the most part.
Adjusted the lighting a little more to brighten up the scene a bit more. But I think it be playing around with the textures and lighting to saturate the clothing and hair some.

Image: https://us.v-cdn.net/5021068/uploads/editor/bd/cqmzxwi1j2fo.png

Carabiner · Nov 2018

Looking good!

blueblur22 · Nov 2018

Wow that came out really well! If you're still playing around with the textures on the face, try darkening the area around the eye (like the concept art) to give her more contrast in the face. Also consider adding a bit of gloss to the upper eyelids.

Piffles · Nov 2018

Decided to call this done!

Thank you all so much for all the help and critiques. I truly appreciate it.

More images are up on ArtStation: https://www.artstation.com/artwork/8leA3E