Sculpted Dragon Head (wip)
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So been working on this dragon head. I was able to sculpt it, retopology it, uv and bake it and it turned out well. Now trying to texture it. Thought I show it here to see if I could get any feedback on what I could to improve it. I haven't gotten to the eye and tongue yet so it still wip. I'm including references i used to help me out with texture below it.
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It could have been good to post your very first steps here, to get feedback before heading down the full baking path. I feel like the overall design of the head is not working as well as it could.
Just my 2 cents though. I know it’s hard to put the genie back in the bottle, once you’ve gone pretty far already. But I think you’re struggling a bit because you’re fighting against the foundations you’ve laid.
Right now, it seems to sit below or even in front of the eye while it should be a good bit behind it. See your references (the blue dragon at the top left might be a bit hard to read, but the same is true, there).
As for the textures, some of the smaller scales seem to run through the bigger, sculpted ones and anatomical structures. See for example the vertical bands running through the snout and from the cheeks across the eyes and brows. Ideally, they would follow the anatomical features a bit more, like following the brow or bending around the eyes.
Keep up the good work!
Will look into that for the scales. Thank you for bringing that to attention to me.
It would likely mess up the teeth and any detail work, and techically, you'd then have to worry about creating enough space for the muscles, but it would improve the overall impression.