Sketchbook: PaulP

PaulP · Jun 2014

This is a new sketchbook dedicated to improving my character art skills.

My previous sketchbook from 2013 (which was shared with two other polycounters) can be found 'here'.

PaulP · Jun 2014

Study 01 - Dragon Head

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Study 02 - Proportions

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Study 03 - Hands

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Study 04 - Feet

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Study 05 - Front Torso

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Study 06 - Cat Proportions

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Study 07 - Upper Legs

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Study 08 - Lower Legs

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Study 09 - Upper Arms

C0nker3 · Jun 2014

Nice work. The anatomy looks sweet.

ManLasvegas · Jun 2014

that is great.

PaulP · Jun 2014

@C0nker3 & @ManLasvegas: Thanks! Hopefully the anatomy will keep improving through-out the thread

Study 10 - Forearms

PaulP · Jun 2014

Study 11 - Back

Teessider · Jun 2014

looking good Paul

Hope your keeping well!

PaulP · Jun 2014

@Teessider: Thanks Andy! Doing good man, hopefully catch up in hangouts sometime soon!

Study 12 - Neck

PaulP · Jun 2014

Study 13 - Stylized Bust 01

PaulP · Jul 2014

Study 14 - Male Head 01

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Study 15 - Male Torso Pose

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Study 16 - Arm & Torso

PaulP · Jul 2014

Study 17 - Leg Pose

PaulP · Jul 2014

Study 18 - Arm & Torso

BeanyCoffee · Jul 2014

Any chance you'll be revisiting that dragon head from your first study up there? Looks amazing so far, I'd love to see more! The figure studies look great too!

cgartland · Jul 2014

You're getting pretty sweet at your anatomy, but try to focus on your weaknesses,

Do some more head and hand studies

PaulP · Sep 2014

<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@BeanyCoffee</a>: Thanks! And nah I probably won't go back to that sculpt, it was just a quick sculpt for fun. I might make another dragon head at some point though <img alt="D" height="20"><br>
<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@cgartland</a>: Thanks, and yeah I need to improve on my heads and hands, I'll be working on those.<br>
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I had to delay the sculpts to finish up another project, but I've started back again! You can see my other character project here if anyone's interested:<br>
<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.artstation.com/artwork/fem-thief" title="Link: http://www.artstation.com/artwork/fem-thief">http://www.artstation.com/artwork/fem-thief</a><br>
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Ok, back to the sculpting!<br>
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Study 19 - Head</h2>
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<img alt="Study-19_Head_wip01jpg" src="https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/2772787/online images 2014/Sculpt Sketchbook - 2014/Study-19_Head_wip01.jpg" title="Image: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/2772787/online images 2014/Sculpt Sketchbook - 2014/Study-19_Head_wip01.jpg">

PaulP · Sep 2014

Study 20 - Torso & Back

Crybaby · Sep 2014

Loving these studies, PaulP! You're improving so much with each one, it's awesome! Can't wait to see more.

Karmageddon · Sep 2014

Keep going! These just keep getting better and better.

PaulP · Sep 2014

@Crybaby: Thank you! I'll definitely be doing a lot more

@Karmageddon: Thanks! I'll keep trying to improve with every study :poly142: (don't know what this smiley is but it looks funny!)

Study 21 - Arms

PaulP · Sep 2014

Study 22 - Legs

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Study 23 - Hands

anura · Sep 2014

Those are some really nice studies. The legs might be a little too short in comparisons to the upper body.

PaulP · Sep 2014

@anura: Thanks, I made a few small tweaks between the lower torso and upper legs, hopefully it's reading better now.

Study 24 - Feet

PaulP · Oct 2014

Took a short break to focus on a job opportunity and I'm very happy to say I'll be working at Ubisoft Massive Entertainment, working on Tom Clancy's The Division!

I'm going to try my best to keep up these studies, so here's the next one!

Study 25 - Head

PaulP · Oct 2014

I've been experimenting with the Panel Loops and Group Loops features recently, and thought I'd try them out with creating seams and hemlines for clothes.

Study 26 - Cloth Study Boxers

pmiller001 · Oct 2014

woah! your improvements were drastic. Great stuff partner. The faces are turning out wonderfully

PaulP · Nov 2014

@pmiller001: Thanks! I hope I can keep working on these and improving.

I might side track a bit with these next studies, moving from character sculpting to things involving hard-surface and cloth as these would better compliment what I'm currently doing at work.

I've been quite busy recently, but I managed to fit in a speed painting and speed sculpt!

Study 27 - Lion Statue

PaulP · Nov 2014

Another quick study, decided to try out some hard-surface shapes this time, only ZBrush primitives and Dynamesh Master (no modeling).

Study 28 - ZBrush Hard-Surface

PaulP · Jan 2015

I'm working on a new personal project atm so I'll document my progress here. I still have plans to continue the studies, but it's about time I created a new folio piece.

Here's a high-poly WIP of a Maliwan SMG, I still have a fair bit of modeling to go, and once that's done I'll bake it to a low-poly and create a game-ready asset.
WIP:
MaliwanSMG_WIP02b_wipjpg

Burpee · Jan 2015

Dope Anatomy ! Keep the good work

PaulP · Jan 2015

@Burpee: Thanks! I plan to get back to more character work once I finish this gun I'm currently working on

WIP:
MaliwanSMG_WIP_04ajpg

PaulP · Feb 2015

Finished the highpoly for my gun:

Project: Maliwan SMG, High-poly

PaulP · Mar 2015

Progress on my Low Poly, mostly working on NDOs, Emissives, LED displays, and making sure the forms are reading well. Still very early on in the texturing phase. I plan to get some colour in soon!
WIP:
MaliwanSMG_WIP_18jpg

PaulP · Mar 2015

Finally added some color to my gun!
WIP:
MaliwanSMG_WIP_21ajpg

PaulP · Apr 2015

Mostly worked on the materials in this update. I tried a new technique with painting in metal scratches on the edges, I found it worked quite well and offered a lot of control

WIP:
MaliwanSMG_WIP_22ajpg

Burpee · Apr 2015

Well, your anatomy study are really good, i'm kinda jealouse now

PaulP · Apr 2015

@Burpee: Thanks again, just wrapped up a modeling project so I might get back to characters soon.

Project: Maliwan SMG, Game-Ready

Image: https://us.v-cdn.net/5021068/uploads/editor/5z/rph1bax21wjf.jpg

Image: https://us.v-cdn.net/5021068/uploads/editor/eg/1fyqjgxk3uu6.jpg

PaulP · May 2015

Finished (version 2!) plus a link to my gun in Marmoset Viewer, which is at the bottom of this artstation page: <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://www.artstation.com/artwork/maliwan-smg-game-ready" title="Link: https://www.artstation.com/artwork/maliwan-smg-game-ready">https://www.artstation.com/artwork/maliwan-smg-game-ready</a><br>
<br><h2>Project: Maliwan SMG, Game-Ready</h2>
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<img alt="MaliwanSMG_WIP_28a_1080jpg" src="https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/2772787/online images 2015/Maliwan SMG/MaliwanSMG_WIP_28a_1080.jpg" title="Image: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/2772787/online images 2015/Maliwan SMG/MaliwanSMG_WIP_28a_1080.jpg"><br>
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<img alt="MaliwanSMG_WIP_28b_1080jpg" src="https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/2772787/online images 2015/Maliwan SMG/MaliwanSMG_WIP_28b_1080.jpg" title="Image: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/2772787/online images 2015/Maliwan SMG/MaliwanSMG_WIP_28b_1080.jpg">

PaulP · May 2015

Back to my studies, I tried something a bit different this time!

Study 29 - Squigly-Puff

Study_29_Squiggley-puff_wip_0420-20Copyjpg

PaulP · May 2015

WIP:
Study_30_HeadStudy_AlexanderSiddig_WIP_08ajpg

PaulP · May 2015

Update: refined the forehead, added skin details, and small tweaks like thickened the eyelids and improved some of the facial hair.
WIP:
HeadStudy_AlexanderSiddig_WIP_10ajpg