Young Girl

Rojo

Hello. Its been five or six years since the last time I did any sculpting/modeling. The last tool I used was Modo 101 so it feels like stepping out of a time machine.

Here is the start of my first character. I was hoping to get some initial feedback... I feel out of the loop. I was studying the Left 4 Dead 2 models and thought this would be a reasonable step up in mesh density for the following generation of game engines. That seems like a good target for a character modeling portfolio. I don't have much experience in the area. Thoughts?

Jon Rush

Hi Tim,

Hard to really tell from this angel, but the back of her head appears to be really small.

Any chance you could post a front and side shot?

Rojo

Ah, yeah there's no back of the head yet. I wasn't sure how to tackle the area.

She has a thick head of hair, so I was thinking of constructing it purely out of hair planes. This would likely consist of an opaque base layer, with a lot of curly waves (alpha masked) covering the base. This may or may not be a good idea haha, it sounds like a nightmare to manage already.

DoomiVox

She's from Let the right One In, am I right?

Rojo

Hey that's right. It's a struggle to match the likeness. She has a strange looking face... cute kid but a weird facial structure. I haven't studied child/prepubescent anatomy before either so that's also becoming a hurdle.

Rojo

Trying to get the hard stuff out of the way first. Still unsure about the hair, this is the second test run but I'm not loving it.

ralusek

ya i remember her from the movie, very strange looking kid. can't say there is a likeness yet, but it's hard to say at this point. are you going to be sculpting this later?

i also laughed at jon rush back of head comment. pretty funny stuff

Rojo

The mesh as it stands now is what the engine is rendering verbatim. I will also do an image-based sculpt to work some surface details into a normal map.

duncan

hay Tim.

I never thought I would see Eli in 3D good going . As he/she stands at the moment I think the head could be a little taller from the hair line up. Also it is a hard call but I think the face might be a little too plump. I guess try to think "BOY" while you model "GIRL" hahaha what a weird expression. Either way Eli is looking awesome and I am keen to see this one through to the end

Just a little extra ref





Keep up the good work.

Malus

Awesome film.


I agree about the hair line.
Also she seems to have a little extra fat under her jawline, in the ref images she has a pretty prominent transition from her chin to neck.

I'm not sure if its the render but I think her eyes and lips could be a touch small compared to the images also, makes her look a year or 2 older.

Great progress though and a really cool subject.

woogity

hey tim, first off, sexy mesh, really awesome edge layout. as for crits, i think you could tighten up her under chin area a bit, right now im getting the slightest bit of "old" from that area, with the transition from jaw to neck. again nice modeling sir.


-Woog

Sauron

wow, great start!

ScoobyDoofus

I think you're doing a great job here and can already see the likeness shaping up. Get a body modeled STAT and start textures.

Rojo

Thank you for the critiques, I agree.

I have quite a bit of reference, over 100 screenshots from the disc. I wonder if the film was shot over a long period, because she looks different between scenes. Sometimes her cheeks are chubby, sometimes not. I swear the size of her nose changes. Perhaps I should stick with a smaller set of reference.

killingpeople

Fantastic start!

achillesian

some people just have alot of different faces,

Sage

I think it's the lighting that makes her look really different and creepy. That movie was great. You better finish.

Nizza_waaarg

hehe, that chick does look kinda hard to match. You could try doing a quick sculpting pass and then try throwing some textures down, textures help add likeness a fair bit (photosourcing would prolly work well if you can find some similar ones :P)

Rojo

I spent some time reworking the topology. It was producing weird shading and deformation headaches, so that's resolved, plus it isn't as heavy. The eyelids are still a little weird at the moment, unsure if I want the eyes open or peering down. Still learning the software as I plod along, so progress isn't speedy.

I was experimenting with a couple different poses and outfits and settled on the jungle gym sequence. Those 80s pants are so amazingly ugly I love them.

mLichy

yeah, the lighting is the thing that changes everything. But yeah, good start . Never watched that movie...keep seeing it on Netflix.