Dylan - Anime character

ZeroCartin

Well, Im doing a freelance work for a small 3d game project, in which i have limitations of 5000 tris for this character, and 2 diffuse maps for it. Its gonna be cartoon render style, so the model has to really stand out, rather than the texture itself.

So, basically heres where im at.

Anyways, im kinda hoping you guys can help me out with the topology, where i could work on it, and where i could add more polys.

Its 3864 tris atm.




This is a small test I made for proportions just painting a screeny of the model *later changed the proportions just a bit



C&C Welcome!

ZeroCartin

NEw update, added some more polys to pants and arms, removed some polys here and there, made belt, bag, and some detailing. C&C welcome!

kodde

Looks pretty nice to me so far.

I'd add an extra loop or two around his neck. If that guy was to turn his head as it is right now that neck would collapse horribly. Also you seem to be having smoothing issues at the neck as it is now, probably partly due to the long polygons you have there now. As a rule of thumb it's usually a good idea to have pretty equal polygon density all over models to avoid different issues, especially a deforming object like a character.

Neox

hopefully you can get the same look and feel of you overpaint, love the lose sketchy style

Xenobond

Looks cool so far. Although I think he needs a little more this-

ZeroCartin

LOL Xenobond, hahha, aaahh the old days ^^

Kodde: Ur absolutely right. Im gonna add a bit more polys to his neck so it doesnt look ugly.

New updates coming soon

Ninjas

The nose is too pinched:
https://images.tfaw.com/covers/400/11/11737.jpg

ZeroCartin

Ninjas, Ill post the concept art when i get home, its pretty pointy there, heh

Ninjas

The profile view is fine-- I mean the space on either side of the nose. If you look at the scar crossing the nose in the image I linked, you see that the face is wedge shaped from the bridge of the nose back to the cheekbones-- this is very common in anime characters.

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I imagined you were working from existing art reference, so it is really the concave areas you have to worry about.

neosorcerer

head seems kind of small for an anime character, you might need more polies for hair later on.

achmedthesnake

for deformation/riggings sake you'll need more topology/geometry loops around the elbow and knee areas - and as previously mentioned in the neck area

ZeroCartin

New update 19/04/2009

Listened to you guys and decided to put more loops on his deformation areas, took some polys out, some in, etc. Also, moved the arms a bit higher since a friend noticed the neck looked weird. I think its uv time. c&c welcome!

ZeroCartin

New update!

I finally got time to finish the UV map, and now its texturing time. Just a little work on the texture, c&c welcome!

sama.van

You are really lucky, it's a very cool freeLance job!

Neox

hmmmmm while i agree on making him a bit fleshier and give him a bit more shading i can't agree to the other changes you did, he was way more appealing before, after your changes he is looking pretty ugly to me

butt_sahib

That back is WAY to heavy poly-wise Why not use tris to cut off some loops where they are not needed,i doubt you need that many tris for the back,or heck,anywhere?

p.s.
I agree with neox to some extent

But its looking naice

ZeroCartin

butt_sahib wrote: »

That back is WAY to heavy poly-wise Why not use tris to cut off some loops where they are not needed,i doubt you need that many tris for the back,or heck,anywhere?

p.s.
I agree with neox to some extent

But its looking naice

Ur probably right Im gonna reduce a bit the polycount on the back

About the mockup image by sama.van: I dont agree with alot of the changes here, it changes the style too much. I have to keep in mind that this is gonna be toon shaded as well, so I have to be kinda minimalistic on the texture. BUT i still do have to put in more detail on it, since it was a really fast texture to see a fast result. Thanks for the paint up!

ZeroCartin

Well, heres a small update i havent been able yto work on it cuz of a lot of freelance stuff, but here's a bit ^^

Worked on the textures a bit, just mainly sketching out forms and color, and afterwards, im gonna get everything detailed down

Keep in mind, this is gonna be kind of celshaded, so i have to mantain a really simplistic texture. C&C welcome

Neox

very nice so far

butt_sahib

I still think you could do more warmer colours like sama suggested,even if it is cellshaded

Eclipse

Wow Zero, nice to see you working again! This is really looking good. I can't wait to see more

Scyfon

I'm loving this.
Is there by any chance that I can see a higher resolution of the wire frame for the head?