[Character]Aquamarine - Marina

DeeKei

Hey guys,

I'm starting a small project for my portfolio. It's called Aquamarine, and it has to do with deep sea exploration and excavation. I finished drawing up the concept for the main character, which I will get into 3D modelling real soon.

I don't know how big of a project I'm going to make this, but I'm looking into making 2 human characters, a ship, a sea creature and a level asset. So this will be the first character and then I'll move along to the other ones.

So far, all I can show you are some of the concept arts I did for the main character. I'll probably make a new thread for each different asset I'm going to do.

So without further ado, here I go. Crits are always welcome.

KazeoHin

This could be really cool. You have solid concepts, and it looks like the character will easily be made low-poly. Lets see some 3D!

DeeKei

Awesome, thanks! I'm planning to including this in the UDK, so around 6-8k for her, and maybe 2-3k for the equipment on her back.

DeeKei

I haven't been working on a lot of stuff over the weekends had to do a few errands. Anyways Started to sculpt the body layout, and now i'm off to export it to maya to model out all the clothes and metal bits and what not.

Before I do that, I wanna hear crits and improvements before i move on so fire away

DeeKei

Progress so far. This is just the blockout mesh where I'll start adding armor and boots/gloves on. But yeah, modelled the hair out, that im going to keep =3=

MrHobo

The shoulders are looking kinda masculine to me. I'd either pull them in a little or give her more hip to counter it.

Joseph Silverman

I gotta say, the rather sexualized/stylized figure with the super childlike build and face strikes me as a little bit off. But if that's what you're going for i can't criticize it.

Also, the sculpt is lacking some of the charm of the concept so far, needs more curve (but not more mass) in the hips and ribs and thighs.

Quasar

This is a neat concept, but I think the design could use a bit of tweaking. She's very dainty for someone who went through SEAL training, but I suppose the proportions are your choice. I do think that she can have a more intense demeanor though given her history and current occupation.

SnaFuBAR

very neat concept, but the backstory really lets it down. no way does seal team accept women, nor does it accept minors. breaking suspension of disbelief there, so perhaps refine it to some other involvment with seal team?

Seal team is responsible for killing extraordinarily high value targets and are renown for physical and mental capabilites, and there's no way i'm going to believe she was accepted to seals.

DeeKei

Uh yeah. That's what I meant. She enlisted in a training program offered for SEAL, but since they dont accept women they couldn't enlist her.

And yeah i was thinking that she might be abit lean for what she does so I'll tweak it abit. I might change it so that instead of SEAL she did a marine enlist program, or something.

DeeKei

Modelling the boots in maya. Once everything else has been modelled out ill move it to zbrush to put the finer details in.

Time for the gloves!

DeeKei

And in hindsight I'll probably rewrite her background once I finish this 3D character. It's part of a larger project of mine so the ideas arent completely set.

Lastly I'm not sure if its a big problem but are shoe clip thingies usually on the outside of the shoe rather than in? Dunno if it would make a huge deal tho.

BrontoThunder

I'm pretty sure the latches are usually on the inside of the foot so you've got it right.

DeeKei

oh thats cool

DeeKei

Finished Hi Poly Gloves. Now off to model out the suit =3=

I'll put it in zbrush later when im done maya modelling out the other parts of the suits for the smaller details.

DeeKei

Progress so far, Just need to model the mechanical bits off her armour and then pretty much take the thing into zbrush for final touches.









As always, comment and critque is very welcome!

DeeKei

Fixed a few proportion stuff, added the parts of the back, maya part is pretty much done, do a few touch ups on zbrush and then... I'm not sure whether to start polypainting it or do the retopology and then texture afterwards. Anywho, break for now and comment please getting a bit sad by the lack of them

DeeKei

Oh yeah forgot to post the screens, lol:





Comments, critique and stuff is very welcoming.. please

DeeKei

Retopped and Wireframed. Its around 9.3k, i might size it down further.