Greetings All ! First time poster :)

Cheez

Hey folks. Loooooooong time lurker, first time poster. Thought I'd finally get off my lazy butt and finally post something on PC. There's always some amazing, inspriring stuff on the forums and that makes wanting to post art you've got kicking around somewhat intimidating :P
Anyhoo, I WAS going to throw in with PC for Dom War 3, but there was just no way to finish in time, so I chose to just finish my entry anyway and post my WIP here, get some C&C (or not
So here's a few links to my concepts, kind of an ethereal, energy manipulating, undead witch...or something:

http://s306.photobucket.com/albums/nn276/Cheez75/Personal/?action=view&current=war_witch_developing_05.jpg
http://s306.photobucket.com/albums/nn276/Cheez75/Personal/?action=view&current=war_witch_developing_08copy.jpg
http://s306.photobucket.com/albums/nn276/Cheez75/Personal/?action=view&current=war_witch_portrait_03copy.jpg

I've got the base mesh all blocked out more or less, started working on just the body/face area. Here's some sculpting work:

http://s306.photobucket.com/albums/nn276/Cheez75/Personal/?action=view&current=warWitch04.jpg

I based a lot of the base mesh on a mesh posted by a fella here, I believe goes by the name arshlevon, but I might be spelling that wrong. Anyhoo, if he (or she) happens to read this, Cheers mate

Anyway, more to come.

t4paN

Bitch looks scary! And welcome!

Piotr

Red wax material, ah my eyes.

Anyway design is cool. Nice colors you got there.

konstruct

looking really good man, reminds me a bit of mumra` from thundercats :P
do you have any fancy work flow tips on how your doing the bandages?

Rens

oeh you actualy sculpt and paint, like you allready.

Cheez

Thanks guys I tried a couple of techniques for making the bandages before I settled more or less on a combination of the layer brush and the clay brush. I started with the layer brush with a square alpha and a pretty low intensity, and started "wrapping" a bandage shape around a section. I followed that up with the clay brush to soften the edges (the square alpha created some harsh edges), fill in the gaps between the wrappings and add some form to the bandages. Also, I sculpted them on a separate layer and increased the layer strength after I was done to "pop" the wrappings out a bit more. You need to be careful with the layer intensity stuff since it can get out of control real quick.

dabu

watch the bicep on your zbrush, it looks a tad too long like its attaching to the ribcage. Should attach under the shoulder.

welcome, good stuff.

Cheez

Thanks for the crit dabu. Here's a quick update. I think I was able to address the bicep length, though the front of the deltoid is looking a little off

http://s306.photobucket.com/albums/nn276/Cheez75/Personal/?action=view&current=witchWIP_03.jpg
http://s306.photobucket.com/albums/nn276/Cheez75/Personal/?action=view&current=witchWIP_02.jpg
http://s306.photobucket.com/albums/nn276/Cheez75/Personal/?action=view&current=witchWIP_01.jpg

Still have miles to go before I sleep...
More to come :P

konstruct

Awesome- *jots down notes on bandages* thanks man

Cheez

Another quick update. Started working on the headdress. Had a few more images, but Photobucket decided they were "indecent". Odd.
Anyhoo, here ya go:
http://s306.photobucket.com/albums/nn276/Cheez75/Personal/?action=view&current=witchWIP_03-1.jpg
http://s306.photobucket.com/albums/nn276/Cheez75/Personal/?action=view&current=witchWIP_02-1.jpg

I'll try to get some images posted from the front, prolly have to "trick" Photobucket. A nice black bar perhaps, or fuzzed out nipples ?

BTW, I am a complete internet neophyte. How would one go about posting an actual jpeg as a link, rather than posting an URL to an image ? Dunno if that made sense....oh well

More to come...

Japhir

looks pretty cool :thumb:! to post images either click on the image in your quick reply thingie and paste the direct link to your image or type: and you should be fine.
keep it up!

Cheez

Awesome ! Thanks, man.

Cheez

Sorry, testing:

steady

damn thats a scary face but id still hit it
nice work dude! welcome!

Cheez

Thanks, dude !
Started working on her clothing, bit more work on the head dress. Folds are still lumpy, back of the dress is pretty funk-tacular. Starting to get there.

Cheez

Quick update, added some wraps for the hands:


Still need to add some nails to the fingers and a tighten up a few things.
Almost home

rebel

thats lookin awesome

artstream

Cheez wrote: »

Thanks for the crit dabu. Here's a quick update. I think I was able to address the bicep length, though the front of the deltoid is looking a little off

http://s306.photobucket.com/albums/nn276/Cheez75/Personal/?action=view&current=witchWIP_03.jpg
http://s306.photobucket.com/albums/nn276/Cheez75/Personal/?action=view&current=witchWIP_02.jpg
http://s306.photobucket.com/albums/nn276/Cheez75/Personal/?action=view&current=witchWIP_01.jpg

Still have miles to go before I sleep...
More to come :P

I think the deltoid is off because you cut it in very deep. I'm guessing its raw muscle, so that line needs to be there, just not so deep in. Also, maybe angle it down a little bit more so that it creates
a rounder feel.

Sweet work by the way, keep it going.

artstream

Also, maybe bring the wrap on the mouth/jaw region down a little bit to really showcase the lack of a bottom jaw (add to the creepy element)

Cheez

Thanks for the crits, Kaotic. I'm gonna give that a shot I also forgot to add some extra edge loops at the bottom of the dress and headress to sharpen the ends. Need to add that and take out the roundy ends.

Cheez

Another update, added nails, a few tweaks and such:



Still lots to do (ends of the clothing are rounded and sucky for example) but I'm going to set this one aside for a spell and start another project, which I'll start posting up soon. Should be fun. In theory :P

ablaine

Absolutely loving it so far. The forearms look a little thick, but she may just be a muscular chick. Fantastic work!