Tribal Frog
polycounter lvl 18
Did this guy over the weekend. I have been killing myself trying to get on the internet to post it, no internet at home atm. Well anyway, heres my latest finished piece:
I have some more pictures and a beauty render I will post later.
I have some more pictures and a beauty render I will post later.
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The body, and more importantly, the legs deserve that more angular, dynamic detail you put in the arms. Considering you have all those polygons in the head, necklace, fingers and toes, you have to upgrade those thighs, calves and put some anatomic detail in the torso. Also, slightly longer legs with bulkier thighs would help sell the character. Maybe put some of the necklace beads on the staff as well.
And about that beauty render, I brought it here on a disk, but im not sure who made the background I used so I will wait to post the render, but here is the setup:
Slum:
Bad form posting images in other peoples threads. Please make that a link.
- BoBo
He also looks a bit surprised!
I agree with EQ that the brightness of your texture is making the specular blown out here and there... might wanna take another look at that.
I'd also recommend changing the upper arms to match the rest of the body - it looks weird having reddish and blue tinged upper arms when the rest of the body is green and white... it looks like his upper arms are really bruised or something ... you should find a way to integrate that better, or just ditch it completely.
Only other crit is that wooden staff seems really pointless - what's it for? Couldn't it have some decoration like leaves or something on it, add a bit more colour and interest?
Good stuff on the whole though, keep it up
Bobo: Done
The body paint you put on him, make it symetrical, as if its something his tribe does as a sign of which tribe he's from. Necklaces, bracelets, and some sort of head gear would support the tribal feel you're going for.
Enix: I was thinking, this guy may be cool with some type of feathery accessories on his staff. His midsection seems kind of lean for his height. Maybe fatten him up a bit?
it also appears to have the same effect on the inner sides of it's legs.
I'd try to get somethin a bit more tribal goin on about him like brome suggested.
http://sunsite.tus.ac.jp/multimed/pics/animals/tree-frog.jpg - This mofo's sides natural and looks kool as hell, almost like a venus fly-trap at the side from a distance.
Just come up with some kool tribal features to actually make this frog seem tribal rather than called such.
As you can see from those photos, the blue parts also extend to parts of the leg, and sometimes are just on the underside of limbs, rather than wrapping around the whole limb.
So I'd say you should either scrap the blue bits completely, or add more elsewhere to make it look more natural and integrated. Makes sense, eh?
but in fewer, perhaps unclear words
I have been working on the legs and adding decoration, and yea, I am thinking of ditching the staff thing, or just remake it. I have some more pictures I would like to post, but still no internet access at home, so anything I post I have to bring over on a cd...
I will update soon, I really appreciate the help
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MoP: Sorry I could reply to your post earlier, I was posting from a school computer and the period was ending.
I definatly want to keep the blue patches, so I will have to pay closer attention to my ref when I go back to fix it. I added something extra to him that you may or may not think belongs, I will try and post it tommorrow.
The character is awesome, but these tribals don´t look very good on him.
Maybe you could try something like this:
You can find more pics here if you´re interested.
http://www.tomyszoo.de/index2.htm?http:/...iftfroesche.htm
Just a suggestion of course. :]
gj on it! i lik it
I saw this earlier in the week(err. last week) and I very much enjoyed your work. Nice and vibrant colors. Endearing character. I sorta wanna hug and squeeze him you know? Well, apart from that whole sliminess factor, cuddles with froggypants would be sweet.
There are, however, a couple of things I can see improving: First thing I notice when I look at this is the really shallow large and middle scale detail. You have a lot of noodly cool little texture bits and a nice sheen to the character. He looks slimy. He does not, however, have much depth. The area around the eyes is a great example. No wrinkles. No shadows. Surely that bulbous mass would give the head below it a bit of a cast shadow, yes? Work that in. The eyes looks like they are pasted on top, you know? Get in and give that some depth. Same with the area around the lower torso-> leg transiition. No real folds at all. Another thing I am seeing is that the discoloration, while perfectly acceptable, is not quite feeling the same as in the photos posted. If you were to make that discoloration happen to only the outer arm it would look more natural. check out those refs. If you see the green all the way down the inner arm you'd tie it up a bit better. Right now he looks like he cut sleeves off some tshirt and is rocking them solo project. Last thing: Tribal tats? OMGPLZNOGODNO. These are not dissimilar to the worlds least unique "unique detail" on game characters: The SCAR OVER THE EYE. If you really feel the nreed to use them, please, onyl use it on one wrist. Do not smatter them all over. It's just not really fitting. I would suggest trying a more natural frog pattern instead.
Anyway, i really do like this thing regardless of my longwinded post. Top notch, friend.
I need to clean it up a bit.
u told me u were bald
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