Demon Witch

Dan!

Hey all- A few weeks ago I posted a bust sculpt and decided I want to carry it on to a full on project. So here's the original bust piece


So what I want to do is take this in a slightly different direction than the original pic and push her in a more aggressive direction- basically imagine needing a 5 man team to bring her down- I'm still debating weapons as I imagine she'd have some pretty hefty magic skills but we'll see. Here is the concept and some blockin sculpting.





looking for critiques and design suggestions as always appreciated-

LRoy

Looking really strong dude. I really love the flesh to bone transition in her face. You should try to incorporate that more through her design. Her limbs look more as is she were wearing armor rather than having been eaten away.

Illusive

this looks great! i'll be keeping an eye on this

Tadao215

cool concept! is that armor piece going to be separate from her hips? or is that part of the design?

Dan!

thanks guys- the armors integration is going to be wierd- I want it to feel like the armor, witch and demon are sort of melded together- you know, fantasy stuff.

Dan!

@tadao215-which piece are referring to?

Alberto Rdrgz

DAT ASS! great work man!

dannedadon

cool beans man! like it! now go do some more art

cox

Nice man, I'm not sure because there is no side view. But the arms maybe could be a little bit more relaxed. I mean bending the elbows.

good job

Sukotto

Looking awesome man! I think you could add some asymmetry in the body somewhere since her head is crazy asymmetric

Jessica Dinh

Wow, looks good so farr

Jeff Parrott

Looking great man. Can't wait to see an update.

Dimfist

I love it, I do however think her legs are a bit too far apart near the crotch. Like the shape of her ass is really nice but it seems really spread apart...

Mark Dygert

Awesome, love it.

Dan!

Hey thanks guys- @Dimfist- I'll work on it - I have to find some balance since there will be a tail there and it needs to look somewhat ...unintrusive. Here's an update from lastnight

PaulP

This is looking very cool so far, keep it up! As for crits, I think her neck is looking a bit skinny and well defined, which is contrasting with the 'meatier' look of the lower half of the body.

Kino1428

I completly agree with the post just above, the lower-half seems a bit fatter than the rest which might be a concept but otherwise it's quite obvious.

About the tail, you already have a coccys in place at the bottom of the backspine which could end in a tail (logically) and would be awsum just throwing it out there you probably thought of it already.

Jungsik

i love thhe face! and dat ass..:D

Two Listen

I think the torso is really looking very short/stumpy compared to the gigantic legs. I know it's pretty common these days to have massive legs, but I'd like to see some more distance between where the ribs end and where the hips start. May need to then shorten/shrink the legs a little bit to balance that out depending.

Edit: Maybe instead, you could help the look of it by sort of bringing down the front of the armor torso thingy like this?



That's perhaps more a personal taste, though.

Otherwise I just want to say that's an awesome design, I really like the face/horns transition design, very fierce and powerful.

CandyStripes05

Two Listen wrote: »

I really like the face/horns transition design, very fierce and powerful.

agreed and thats why this is a must follow

Dan!

Thanks for the encouragement fellas!- @TwoListen- Good idea!
Still pushing things around but I think I am about done blocking things in and canmove on to breaking out and retopoing all her components-C+C welcome and appreciated

killnpc

Love the armor design.

Tadao215

i was talking about the part where the cloth is hanging out from, but it is looking much better now.

Dan!

Thanks guys- I've broken her down into her main subtools at this moment but am experiencing random BSOD with ZB4 at random times too.So far this'll be 4 times in one day on 3 different machines.. Making it a bit frustrating going along right now..I'll toss an update tomorrow with the subtool break down. For now I think I'll go stare at pictures of cuddly kittens or something..

Funky Bunnies

oh man that's rough about the ZB woes, this is looking great though! I hope you start having more luck breaking it down

Mrandk

Looking awesome so far dan! Sorry about the bsod's I drew you this adorable kitten to help you in these dark times. hope it brings you joy.

Dan!

you sexy bastard

Jeff Parrott

Looking great man.

erroldynamic

Crazy awesomeness, love where this is going. Are you gonna make her game rez?

Dan!

Yeah Rion411- shooting for under 30-40k with a weapon and I'm thinking of using max for the final realtime shots- I'm itching to use the new xoliul shader although I may use UDK since I'd like some particle effects for the final presentation. But all of that is a long ways off.

Update for your faces- first and second sculpting passes- Used extractions and dynamesh to break out individual subtools. May toy with some asymmetry at this point- Crits/comments/advice welcome. I'm especially interested in hearing any thoughts for the final low res output regarding whether or not to seperate the armor from the body or retopo onto one piece.

Jeff Parrott

The feet look a little soft. They kinda have that ninja shoe vibe going on. Maybe reshape them some.

The loin cloth thing has some good folds. You really captured the weight with it.

The upper arm armor looks soft on the edges too. hPolish those up a bit.

Dan!

Thanks Jeffro I'll sharpen that stuff up.

Tenchi

Looks really good. Loving the design, especially those horns. I would however suggest looking more into the inner elbow antecubital part... watching oO'

helldiver

She's awesome, reminds of Deneghra from the tabletop game WarMachine.

Checked out your portfolio and love the lil'devil girl!

Dan!

thanks!holy poopsicles it's exactly the same..I was even going to give here a pole-arm/spear/staff..

LRoy

Very cool. I'm digging the skulls on the knees, but I think the foot could be a bit more interesting.

Dan!

thanks LRoy- I'm battling with it-

little update for the weekend- made some changes to some of the horn asymmetry- needed to reign it in I think- the pics are missing the tail for now- crits always welcome, nearing the end of sculpting methinks so I could use em if you got em.

chrisradsby

That is some really sexy work, great progress! I really like the design, I have no crits at all, I'll just sit back and enjoy this one

Jeff Parrott

Get to the bakes and texturing already!

erroldynamic

As far as separating the armor for the retopo, the pieces that you might want to keep separate would be the knee guards/skulls, torso, and maybe the shoulder guards. That might make for easier posing/deformation. Awesome update, oozing with evil demonic-ness.

toxic_h2o

WOW that scult is so sweet. the bone material is reading very well, i cant wait to see the bakes. I'm not sure how i feel about the fish hooks at the end of the cloth but other than that awesome work!

Blaisoid

her baldness seems a little weird to me, it makes me think of bjork's Hunter video clip. maybe it would look better if skin on her head had a more demonic surface or if it was covered by the horn mask thing.

ladyknowles

This looks amazing! That thong doesn't look too comfortable, makes me wince thinking about it!

Sukotto

I agree with Blaisold, the bald head is weird, almost looks unfinished. Not sure if you were gonna add hair cards or not, but scales could be interesting too. Keep this up man! Cant wait for textures!

Dan!

chrisradsbey,rion,jeffro,toxic,blaisoid,ladyknowles,sukotto- Thanks for the feedback- I went ahead and covered her baldness.@ladyknoles- there will be a tail covering that up ..not that that would be any more comfortable. -
I did some polypainting and a little PS post for specularity adjustments to show where I'm going color wise- thoughts?.


tossing the idea of her weapon around- pics soonish.

PaulP

The armour claws digging into the thighs looks great! And quite painful

Jessica Dinh

Yeh, I agree, the thigh-claws are my favorite part xD

Dan!

just wanted to update- been in retopo hell- she's mostly done minus feet and tail- shes currently around 18k tris with some areas still being optimised - tails gonna eat a good bit of polys. I'm considering giving her a wicked carrion-bird pet as well as a polearm- so the scenarios going to be pretty dense compared to what I usually work in. blah -blah- words- polygons-bakes-tacos

papagersi

sexy~~~~>_<

Azkur

looks really great what "age" is she suposed to look like? cause from the waist it looks like she is older at least for my taste i think you could make her waist sexier but those are my 2 scents anyway

Dan!

ummm...30s-thanks for the feedback-i'll see what i can do