Normal Guy Next Gen
Been busy recently but finally got some time to work on piece for my portfolio. My attempt here was to create a real person into a next gen character; and by real person, I avoided celebrities, people with obviously interesting facial features, etc. I just chose one of my friends (thanks Hai, you're a good sport) and tried to get the character as close to him as possible (I felt getting subtle features right was more challenging). These are still WIP but most of the textures have been made (color, normal, spec, gloss, SSS). I tried to keep the count low as well; he's at 4422 as of now (although I know I can add a few more here and there probably). Crits and comments appreciated!
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Maybe bump it up to like 10,000 Triangles, give or take.
You should at least have the toes modeled, and the fingers rounded, you know?
Also, the shirts arms should hang a bit....
Other than that, it is ok... I wouldn't call it next gen at this point though, as I said
Also, the silhouette is rather boring, and it lacks life...
sorry for being so harsh on it, but its true
-Andy
(thanks for putting up with it, haha)
don't concern yourself with SSS
also, as mentioned already, for next gen you might want to get it to minimum 7-8k tri's.
in fact all the stuff joopson/andy said already applies, guess I just repeated most of it.
joopson: I read you on the shirt hanging lower; as for the silhouette, what do you suggest? I modeled the form as I saw from the references... I'm not sure what I can do to add life to him, as you mentioned.
bounchfx: why no need for SSS? also, the extra loops I felt were needed to get proper deformation... but you think I don't need them?
many thanks to all, will be posting updates soon
I build my base low poly mesh in Maya and then add the details in Zbrush, then get the normal map thru Zmapper. I don't work straight out of Zbrush and import the lower subdivided mesh into another package, if that is what you are suggesting (just not my workflow, and also like I mentioned this is "next gen" as you guys are mentioning, I'm really starting to lose track of what people are considering next gen nowadays... might just repost this thread with a new name next time)
No body shape
No skint texture varations
No cloth weight and strechness.
Here is good sample where to go:
Check how eyes are done, ears face skin, hair.... and look at your model.
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Goodluck!