Lilith
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Large renders:
http://www.planetquake.com/polycount/cottages/souldesigns/lilith_01.jpg
http://www.planetquake.com/polycount/cottages/souldesigns/lilith_02.jpg
699 tris. 256x256 for the body. 128x64 for the wings.
More or less modeled after the Succubus in Castlevania: Symphony of the Night... just not as slutty. The original design had her wearing just a corset. I did most of the textures for her today at work and I could not rist getting caught painting her cunt and tits all day. Hahahahah
Here's an interesting tidbit about Lilith (taken from The Castlevania Dungeon = www.classicgaming.com/castlevania )
"Probably known more amongst video gamers as Morrigan's jailbait succubus sister in Darkstalkers, Lilith is actually an interesting story in the "original" version of the Adam and Eve story. The Hebrews had two anthologies of the Bible - the Torah and the Talmud. The Torah is much of much of what became the Old Testament in the Christian bible. However, the Talmud contained various bits of folklore. This particular story was found in Talmud. Apparently the first woman, she was created as a mate for Adam before Eve came along. However, she was very independent. The story goes that she refused intercourse in missionary position (guy on top) and would not become subserviant to man (or God.) She was either kicked out of the Garden of Eden, or she left on her own will. She then become a demon. She shows up in various other cultures too, such as the Babylonian Goddess Lilitu (which translates to "the monster of the night".) She is also identified with the defiance of man, which is why she is the symbol of empowered women everywhere. "
The anime-style face was by far the most difficult to paint. The first run through I didn't have enough pixels for her face. Her eyes were literally 4 pixels high. It just didn't look right. So I shifted some UVs around and gave the face about 4x the original space. Went better the 2nd time, through.
I did all the modeling Sunday... then took her to work and finished her up here at home.
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I'm not sure if I'm diggin' the alpha mapped hands, though it really does make the model look like a much higher polygon model.
The wings are incredible!
I once heard that Eve was actually infertile and any children Adam had were descendants of Lilith. Though the bit about Lilith becoming a demon confuses me since Cain is generally considered the first demon. Either way, those stories kind of imply that white men are descendants of demons...
Though, wasn't the woman declared inferior to the man after Eve gave Adam the apple?
And who's next, Dracula?
I'm starting to think you don't ever sleep
I know how youre loving the non filtered thang, but I think its being taken a bit far on the thong. I dont see why you couldnt have at least one mid colour pixel between the thong and skin. After all, youve softened stuff around the eyes.
very nice work
throw off your normal maps! it's a low poly revoltution!
If I remember correctly there was another female created between Lilith and Eve, I forget her name though. All that pre-biblical stuff is always good fun. I particularly like the original version of the Sodom and Gomorrah story, where god wiped out the cities because they were fall of fallen angels who were interbreeding with the humans creating a race of half-angels called Gamors. A useful one to remember if you're arguing with homophobic Christians.
The alpha mapped Hands remind me of Bushido Blade 2, I think the developers did the same thing, which is nice cause it really looks a lot better than using boxes for hands. Though speaking of alphas, you gonna alpha the hair to? Or leave it with flat hard edges at the ends
Maybe ea can publish it
also this is my favorate hair from you so far. One small suggestion, (coming from someone who has been doign hair for the last 2 months) is that specular on hair isnt just white, it has a sort of bleed on the top side that is like a 2/3's specular, that is heavily colored in the hue of the hair. its the translucency of the hair folicles drawing the light of the specular upward. minor crit really
as far as i know , lilith was made an "equal" to man , and coz man didnt like it she was thrown out .... but i never really paid that much attention ... i think all the bible "torah" storys are alot older metaphoric tales.. but make for great inspiration ..
The alpha'd hands seem a really kool idea, though there are clear alignment issues.
I've often found tryin to paint anime style faces, much more difficult than a more realistic attempt. You done a great job on the hair aswell.
Definately seems like my kinda chick
Awesome how you can create such nice and detailled skins with so little texture space.
I would make the shading in the face a tiny bit darker though. Might be my monitor too
Good to know that folks are liking it. A much better feeling that being flamed
I would love to work on a 3d Castlevania game. But that's never going to happen. Not unless I happen to be working for Konami USA and they decide to hand us their precious Castlevania franchise. I think the US studio does Contra and other "low profile" games.
The last 2 models I did had alpha mapped hands. I was fairly happy with how they turned out so I did it again for this one. From far away it looks pretty good, I think. Obviously you run into the problem of having paper thin fingers in certain angles.
The face wasn't painted with anyone in mind. Was a bit of a fluke to be honest. I had this idea in my head where I only wanted the eyes and mouth to be visible with a suble hint of the nose... something very similar to the original drawings of Ayami Kojima.
The alpha hand textures is a pretty cool idea.
I agree with poop and daz. The pantys could be a bit smoother, as well as some of the lace bitz. And the hair is a bit unsatturated in some spots along the top.
One more thing. The leather doesn't have the usual reflect light that you have given on the Crow and the Grissom character. I think that would help add some more color too her. Seems a bit too monochromatic, even for you.
but!
the anti-alias thing is cool in moderation, but on the thong and bra pieces it looks a little tacky and too much. If it was at 160x120 res it'd look sweet, but i think a little aliasing can be your friend sometimes. The wings dont bother me at all, they look cool and have a ps1 quality to them, which is sweet.
Jaggies do allow the colors to be super clean and sharp, but i dont really dig it that much here honestly. I do respect you doing something different though, dont get me wrong
Okay, more of Soul's pics in my 'look+learn' file...
/jzero