The design of the character baffles me. Why does a bird character have mechanical spider legs? The top half looks medieval and the bottom sci-fi. It'd be nice to see some of that high tech-ness on other parts of him (the head, that massive collar, his armor, etc).
The texture could benefit from some contrast. Right now his body/clothes/armor/feathers look washed out (unlike the metal legs which "pop"). Also on texture, the legs have a noticable pixel density difference than the rest of him.
Aside from that, the head rocks and has tons of character. It'd be nice to see more of that style throughout the model.
I agree with what's been said already, just want to add that the little emblem on the piece of uhh cloth? hanging between the legs looks completely odd.
It looks like you pretty much filled in an area with grey, then used a bevel on it (which I'm guessing is just what you did). It looks completely out of place, and makes what I'm guessing is supposed to be a cloth texture look more like stone.
To me it looks like big bird from sesame street, with some wicked implants.
The emblem does look solid, so applying a normalmap to it, to make it look like a piece of metal would be a good idea IMO.
heh, while Dark Crystal is one of my favorite movies, I didn't plan for it to come through in the model. Guess it did anyways. I posted this on cgtalk as well and have gotten some of the same critiques. I'm going to remake the UV layout as well as texture sheet. Also, I have started to remake key parts of the model as well.
Reworked the armor as well as the arms. That way it isnt so much just thrown together. I'm going to redo the seater as well although the legs will remain the same
i really enjoy the shape of the face, but the body kind of bothers me, seems bland. overall though its a pretty cool critter
The texturing could use some work. Something to always keep in mind is to not only create the textures to work harmoniously with the mesh, it also needs to work with itself, including seams and all. The level of desaturation is consistent, and surface texture is consistent (although low), but there arent any transitions between surfaces ie:
His shirt just kinda 'stops' at the uv seam. you could continue the flesh down a bit onto the chest, and rip the shirt up a bit, or pull it down a little so it has a smooth line instead of a harsh line. also with the feathers on the side of the cheek, to have them move into the face a little bit. easing transitions, and having transitions between surfaces is good, whether is a clean break as flesh to cloth/leather and metal, or a dithering type thing between scaly skin and feathers, it will really help out.
I'll echo what everyone else has already said: Head is great, the rest sort of 'blah'
You might consider releasing the head in the 'Release the Heads' thread, so we could all have a shot at texturing it.
The legs need to be connected in some semi-believably way to the body/base dealie... even if they just had some sockets to go into, it'd go a lot farther than the slab sitting on ball joints. I think the overall design could work, you just need to put a wee bit more thought into it.
yea, i think the form of the model is great but the texture isn't pushing it.. in fact it's actually flattenning it, like sectaurs pointed out.
those eyes are sitting pure in those sockets but the rendering doesn't support the structure. it's like it's there.. but it's not there. so like he said ^^ push the form with the light and the curves. and adjust levels in photoshop isnt enough .. gotta paint
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The texture could benefit from some contrast. Right now his body/clothes/armor/feathers look washed out (unlike the metal legs which "pop"). Also on texture, the legs have a noticable pixel density difference than the rest of him.
Aside from that, the head rocks and has tons of character. It'd be nice to see more of that style throughout the model.
It looks like you pretty much filled in an area with grey, then used a bevel on it (which I'm guessing is just what you did). It looks completely out of place, and makes what I'm guessing is supposed to be a cloth texture look more like stone.
Also I'd add more shading to the texture and some less harsh transitions between materials, at least some AO shadowing.
The emblem does look solid, so applying a normalmap to it, to make it look like a piece of metal would be a good idea IMO.
Reworked the armor as well as the arms. That way it isnt so much just thrown together. I'm going to redo the seater as well although the legs will remain the same
lol.
i really enjoy the shape of the face, but the body kind of bothers me, seems bland. overall though its a pretty cool critter
The texturing could use some work. Something to always keep in mind is to not only create the textures to work harmoniously with the mesh, it also needs to work with itself, including seams and all. The level of desaturation is consistent, and surface texture is consistent (although low), but there arent any transitions between surfaces ie:
His shirt just kinda 'stops' at the uv seam. you could continue the flesh down a bit onto the chest, and rip the shirt up a bit, or pull it down a little so it has a smooth line instead of a harsh line. also with the feathers on the side of the cheek, to have them move into the face a little bit. easing transitions, and having transitions between surfaces is good, whether is a clean break as flesh to cloth/leather and metal, or a dithering type thing between scaly skin and feathers, it will really help out.
You might consider releasing the head in the 'Release the Heads' thread, so we could all have a shot at texturing it.
The legs need to be connected in some semi-believably way to the body/base dealie... even if they just had some sockets to go into, it'd go a lot farther than the slab sitting on ball joints. I think the overall design could work, you just need to put a wee bit more thought into it.
Some quick photoshop on what I may change in the walker
I'll have o check out this head forum you speak of. It'll be neat to see what people post in it as well.
Went with the walker concept without the chair. Woooooooo
I still need to beef up the legs though.
It also feels like you're wasting a chance to use some really fun colors, instead of the drab caucasian skin tone you've gone with.
those eyes are sitting pure in those sockets but the rendering doesn't support the structure. it's like it's there.. but it's not there. so like he said ^^ push the form with the light and the curves. and adjust levels in photoshop isnt enough .. gotta paint