[FINISHED] Ritz from FFTA

danielacostaavila

Hello, I'm doing Ritz from Final Fantasy Tactics Advance from the GBA by Square Enix.

Original Concept from game

However since the real gameplay is with sprites I want to make it low poly and handpainted. Kind of like this reference from : https://www.artstation.com/artwork/9yKVW

Alice by Yekaterina Bourykina

So far I did a front view with similar proportions to the reference.

I'm planning on just doing everything on 3DS Max and then paint the textures in photoshop, not touching zbrush,

I don't know if it will work or I do need to make an ambient occlusion map with the detail, I don't think it needs normals, etc.

Skinner3D

I havent touched 3DS Max in awhile. Does it have a model paint function? Unless you are going for the whole 2D texture building, I dont recommend avoiding 3D painting. I understand the idea of trying to conquer a problem using limited or not normal toolsets, but one thing I learned is if you get really stuck do at least that small piece in the software you know and love. (Or the software that does that piece best). It keeps you from getting frustrated.

danielacostaavila

HI Skinner, thank you for commenting.

3ds Max doesn't have a painting function, only materials.

However as you mentioned, it turned out I reached a block with the organic shapes, so yeah, I changed my mind and I'm making the basic shapes and export them to Zbrush, I'll make the retopology and bake Ambient Oclussion maps, heck maybe even normals if its worth it.

It will be a bit more tedious and longer process than I wanted it to be, that's why I wanted to skip the zbrush and baking phase but I think this has a higher chance too look good.

So far I've got this. I decreased the width of the shoulders so it looked more femenine. And I imported a basic anime mesh head for now.

  

danielacostaavila

Well, a lot of stuff happened these months but I'm still finishing this piece! 

  


I did the Highpoly in Zbrush, then the retopology in Topogun and baked it in Marmoset, now I'm coloring it in Photoshop, I still need to add another set of pieces like the weapon, hair and cloth. 

danielacostaavila

danielacostaavila

Still painting. I did the cloth parts and staff.  

PolyHertz

danielacostaavila said:

3ds Max doesn't have a painting function, only materials.

Actually it does; Tools > Viewport Canvas.
No one uses it though, partially because it hasn't been updated in about 10 years.

danielacostaavila

PolyHertz said:

danielacostaavila said:

3ds Max doesn't have a painting function, only materials.

Actually it does; Tools > Viewport Canvas.
No one uses it though, partially because it hasn't been updated in about 10 years.

Oh thanks! Haha! I've seen tutorials, either they use 3d Coat or Substance Painter to paint...for now I'm doing everything in Photoshop and will do retouches and clean the seams in Substance Painter. 

danielacostaavila

This is what I got so far...I'm planning on changing the eyes, I didn't quite like them. Also I'm still unsure how to proceed with the hair. I'll probably do half with some panels and mirror them. But so far I'm kind of impresed it's looking good, I wasn't expecting a lot but the handpainted textures really bring it to life. But tt's been more time consuming than I thought, I guess having a really good highpoly really is helpful. Lesson learned I guess. 

danielacostaavila

Hello again. I did the hair and fixed the face a little. Also I painted the staff. The hair I made a low poly mesh in max, sent it to zbrush and baked it in marmoset, added a gradient map in photoshop to the bake in the meantime before adding highlights. I'll dod that probably in substance painter and smooth all the seams .

danielacostaavila

I painted the detail of the hair, I'm still thinking to tone it down, since it looks too shiny, kinda liked the pure red hair first. 

danielacostaavila

I changed the hair once again to a darker tone to make it blend, also fixed the seams. Also adjusted levels and tones a little but not too much. Now I'll rig it, pose it and I think that will be it!

danielacostaavila

I forgot about the little floor or diorama. Made 2 basic cubes in zbrush and started sculpting them, then I baked them in marmoset I added basi effects in substance painter and  painted them in photoshop. 

danielacostaavila

I posed it in 3ds max with bones.

danielacostaavila

And here it is finished. I adjusted some details after posing it. This will be the pieces I'll post on my portafolio. 

danielacostaavila

danielacostaavila

I uploaded it here with the marmoset viewer and a video. 
https://www.artstation.com/artwork/R3dWvv