Oh no you di-ent
curious about feedback:
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Never took the Digital Extremes art test, but that's the fire hydrant based upon
what others posted here awhile ago (and my own texture interpretation,
since I never saw the resource material either)...
These are DX9 realtime captures from XSI (thanks to cryrid's shader setup),
but I unfortunately don't know how to program realtime shadows so they
aren't on the spin (will this be a big detriment?).
Polycount on the character comes in at 14030 triangles with 2 sets of Diffuse,
Normal, and Specular maps (1 set for her clothes/accessories, 1 set for body).
Love to hear how I can improve this as she'll be going on the portfolio to
land a full-time position.
(quicktimes are about 7mb each)
Never took the Digital Extremes art test, but that's the fire hydrant based upon
what others posted here awhile ago (and my own texture interpretation,
since I never saw the resource material either)...
These are DX9 realtime captures from XSI (thanks to cryrid's shader setup),
but I unfortunately don't know how to program realtime shadows so they
aren't on the spin (will this be a big detriment?).
Polycount on the character comes in at 14030 triangles with 2 sets of Diffuse,
Normal, and Specular maps (1 set for her clothes/accessories, 1 set for body).
Love to hear how I can improve this as she'll be going on the portfolio to
land a full-time position.
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Care to show the face a little bit better? ATM its either way small, or covered with wireframe.
As for presentation - with the current pictures and videos you have you clearly show that your model is realtime-friendly and behaves well. Yuo could totally make a more advanced render now (even if not realtime) trying to replicate current game techniques. I'm not saying go with crazy mental ray setups and whatnot - more like looking at GTA or Assassin's Creed captures, and try to replicate that on your piece through rendering, photoshop effects aso. She would look great with a San Andreas kind of sunset for instance.
Also I think the pose still needs work (go for a slutty contra-posa weight balance!) but that's the easy part.
G'luck!
I can't help but imagine that a body connected to that chubby face would be a bit larger, with more jiggly arm fat and a HUGE ass and thunder thighs. I know you made an effort to make her larger than normal but I think you could go even more.
Stop sign could use some dirtying up on the white parts, and the pavement could use a divider line with maybe some dirty old strands of grass/weeds sticking out. Also make the pavement have dirty old black gum spots.
Other than that, looks great! Really nice job.
Dont know if it should be there, tbh, who is she showing her hand to? A simple pose such as one suggested by pior would fit better.
Also, im having a problem with the relative scale of the entire scene. That stop sign is wayy too big and i think the hydrant could use some negative scaling aswell. Or, you could simply scale the sister up.
And yes, you are wasting alot of polygons in different places which, if reduced, would definitely bring her to the 10k range.THis is game art where you probably have to answer for every extra detail you put into the model. If its not contibuting to the silhoutte or isnt helping the deformations, chances are the geometry shouldnt be there at all.
Most places were you could easily bank on polys is the breast area, the legs(the vertical loops) and somewhat on the belly/arm area. On the legs, if your concern was to have the same number of edges running down from the torso, think agian.Remember, this is where triangles come in handy.Or better yet, the U- termination would fit ok i believe.
How many sided arms are those? though its getting more and more vague on how many sides are optimal, i think having like 10-12 sides is more than enough. I always prefer to add loops "around" the arms as those are more effective in adding to the silhouette and the joint deformation issues. You could probably add a loop for the shoulder.
Looks great
Love the scene, fucking awesome pose and nice clean looking texture work. I lulzed so hard when I saw it. A winner for your portfolio for sure.
But though the character looks good, the pavement seems more like complete stucco, prolly dirty it up like them pueblo neighborhoods would do the trick.
Some unattended growth on the sidewalks and cracks would help too.
I like it.
topology and am still dialing in the textures accordingly:
shaved off 3K triangles in the process (woot!)
as an aside, butt_sahib, I checked the proportions on everything and I'm 4" off
total sign width (regulation stopsigns are 30" across at square edges) and 6" too
low where the sign should be in vertical height (regulation is 7 feet from ground)...
hydrant is 31" and the character stands in at 5'8" in her heels. I've since fixed
the height from ground, but I've left the sign 4" too small. Maybe the curb height
is buggin the overall, but it's at 11" currently. <shrugs>
Anyhow, I'll add some of the other stuff you guys suggested and post up when
done.
Thanks again for the kind werds and crits, gents.
character's polys/textures/whatnot):
The character looks good though.
I like the fact that you chose her to be a bigger woman, and to do her in a more realistic style. The pose and expression work well but I think they can be pushed a little more. I'd love to see her really pushing her hand into someone's face, really extend it out. And twist her body away some more in the opposite direction. If you have time to spare, add big hoop earrings , some beads in her braids, and those long ass, hooked fake nails with cheesy glue-on diamonds.
"Oh yes, Ah di-id!"
tim