Low Poly 500 Tris WIP - Opinions please!

ViktorSan

Hi.

I'm working in a under 500 tris model of tennis player Rafa Nadal and I could use some feedback.

What do you think about it?

Thanks!

ViktorSan

One test animation... What do you think?

http://v7.tinypic.com/player.swf?file=67pb8k&s=7

gsokol

Cool. I think you can do a little work on the texture. The areas on his arms between the various muscles looks much darker than the skin and makes his arms look segmented, instead of like they have lean muscles.

ViktorSan

Ok... it's softer now... Thanks for the crits.



I tweaked the animation too... I think it's more natural now.

http://img130.imageshack.us/img130/8008/saquec1.mp4

As before... crits wanted

Snader

On assets with textures this small, you don't want JPG textures - use PNG instead.

His head's a bit small (1/8th of the total length) and he feels emaciated. Either shorten the limbs or thicken everything and upsize the head.

Also - this is a test/assignment that many people have done, use that to your advantage by looking at and criticizing other models:




http://www.rezearth.com/?p=366




http://www.polycount.com/forum/showthread.php?t=41232&page=130

[img]http://fc06.deviantart.net/fs70/i/2010/228/7/a/ Rafael_Nadal_Service_by_IbizanHound.jpg[/img]

If you look at these, several things pop up:
-yours has tight pants, while all the other ones have loose shorts.
-your skin is an unhealthy tone
-you shading doesn't really convey any shapes
-you probably spent too much texture space on the face and arms, and not enough on the rest.

There are a bunch of animations of this guy online, go find and compare those too.

ViktorSan

Thanks a lot!

Looking the pictures and with your crits I decided to turn to a more photographic approach.

Here it is now. 458 tris... Feet and hands still untextured :P

NeoDement

the photo stuff looks ridiculous

ViktorSan

Mmmm... I suposse this is what they were talking about when making the deffinition of "constructive critics", XD

Anyway... I'm the "padawan" here and will listen what everyone has to say, so:



What now? better?