Fantasy Assassin WIP

mollsie

Hey everyone, I'm new here but I love these forums and can't wait to meet people and get active I'm currently a sophomore in art school and was hoping to get critiques and feedback on my stuff.

Right now I'm working on a ZBrush/Maya character model based on a fantasy-world messenger/secret assassin character I made up awhile ago. The base anatomy is pretty much done except for the face, hair, and some details, and the clothes are just about done except for ridges and detailing as well.

It's my first time using ZBrush and I've been having trouble adding ridges and detail on the boots and vambraces because they're so low-poly, but when I divide them to a higher poly the edges all separate from one another. Using the masking pen for ridges hasn't worked on them either since it selects entire polygon faces, and the faces are too large 8\ I was wondering if anyone had any suggestions?

Any crits or suggestions you have would be awesome!

Character Turn-around:


WIP Model:

mollsie

Progress! I'm about 3/4's of the way done detailing the clothes, but I have to remake the corset's skirt. The face and hands will come after I'm all done detailing

Feedback would be much appreciated!

ysalex

A couple things:

Some of the forms, in particular the shoulder armor, are just large shapes with very little silhouette or design, and then etched with small detail. Consider the overall shape first, then layer the mid-details, and only when that is all working do the etching details.

The proportions seem decent. The legs are a bit skinny and the torso seems long, although it is largely hidden so I could easily be wrong about that.

The xylophone on her abdomen is strange. I know it's not a xylophone, but I can't actually tell what it is. I assume it's clothing, I think those bars might be fasteners, but it does not read particularly well. If they are fasteners, use wrinkles and folds in the cloth to indicate tension. Give us some visual clues to deconstructing your design.

Keep it up.

iniside

I don't know how this is called, but I painted the part. It should be bit thinner, it look more like guy than girl now.

dirigible

I sort of agree with Inside, but instead of making her waist thinner I would make her hips wider.

She's wearing layers of clothing and armor, so her body should be thicker than if she was naked. I think you have her waist at the right point, but right now she has manly hips.

mollsie

Thank you guys so much!

@ysalex: I can see what you mean about the silhouette. I think the silhouette works a bit better on the character sheet, so I'll try to exaggerate it more. The bars are supposed to be the ribbons on her corset, but I'll see what I can do to make them read less xylophonesque, haha.

@inside and dirigible: I'll definitely make her hips wider, she is looking a bit manly.

mollsie

More progress. The sculpt is almost completed except for the blade (and its placement on her back) and a few other small things I have to fix.

mollsie

My final high-poly model before making it low-poly for a platformer game:

LRoy

Feel like some of the forms aren't too solid yet. Her face in particular would benefit from being a bit softer. She looks like an older woman, which from the concept is not what you were going for?

mollsie

I see what you mean, I did exaggerate the wrinkles in her face a bit. I'll definitely fix that Thank you!

mollsie

Here's my semi-final low-poly character model:

njc6425

i like the design, the legs seem a little weird inside zbrush, not sure why just dont look quite right....maybe the thigh isnt large enough?

mollsie

Now that you mention it, I see it too. It might be because the thighs seem to curve in toward the center of her torso while her hip is going outward when it meets the skirt, so they look like they're offset. Thank you for pointing it out!

mollsie

The final low-poly model: