The Magdalena

kotter · Aug 2009

Hey guys. I've been lurkin here from time to time and I know you guys are good at giving critique so I thought I'd post my comicon 2009 entry.

I'd appreciate the feedback :thumbup:

MoP · Aug 2009

Very cool! I like how chunky she is, and the colours are nice and vibrant.

Her head feels a bit small and distorted in the "presentation" shot, but it looks better in the others, so I'm not quite sure what to say there. Good work!

Vrav · Aug 2009

The face does look odd from some angles, but this is beautiful!

Sandro · Aug 2009

This is nice, love the proportions. Lighting is a bit too overblown and saturated for my liking, but very cool work nonetheless.

frredd · Aug 2009

this is incredible. love the design.

contradicting what others have said, i think both her face and lighting are fine.

excellent work!

d00kie · Aug 2009

i love me some thick girls.
Love those proportions.
I like how her body reads as menacing and deadly, but her face is just serene and welcoming.
Kinda like Stevie Nicks.

great work!

Pope Adam · Aug 2009

looks great - love the last 2 poses.

face is very expressive somehow!

killingpeople · Aug 2009

i really love this model, great work. i love her proportions. i do love her face. i think there is room for improvement in the textures. they have a dodge/burn highlight and shadow appearance. the yellows/browns are falling flat, like they aren't reading and are easy to ignore. the colors are desaturated and makes the textures feel dry. the composition could be improved with adjusting some of the color.

kodde · Aug 2009

Very nice.
Like many of the other replies mentioned already, but the proportions work well. Nice to see some meat on them bones.

Nice to see you posting your stuff here.

MattBradley · Aug 2009

Excellent work man. I really like this model.

Rens · Aug 2009

far out!

BTolputt · Aug 2009

Love the interpretation... alot. She looks much more how I would envision a sexy italian super-hero. Sexy without the standard "every super-heroine looks like this" proportions.

throttlekitty · Aug 2009

Great work, I also love the vibrant colors! Those are the kinds of swords I'd expect from a character like that though.

buddikaman · Aug 2009

Id hit it!

Looks great dude.

-Buddikaman

Shogun3d · Aug 2009

Fantastic job! She looks stylized yet more realistic due to her natural proportions which breaks the cliche female figure. Love it.

BeatKitano · Aug 2009

Damn nice !

uneditablepoly · Aug 2009

Mmm, I like that body. Very refreshing. She looks quite powerful, as I'm sure she's meant to. Love it! Good job.

conte · Aug 2009

that mom can rock on

kotter · Aug 2009

thanx alot for the feedback guys :thumbup:

Mop: the head might look smaller in the presentation shot because she's looking straight at the camera and there are a lot of stuff covering up on the sides.

killingpeople: thx alot for the input. This time around I set the AO bake to linear burn witch might explain alot

Didn't really play around with it that much because I liked the outcome, but I'll go over it again to see what can be done :thumbup:

kodde: Hey man, long time no see. Still doing the teaching and stuff?

Lampoly: I'll have a look at it

thx for the images, much appreciated.

Raider · Aug 2009

For some reason it really reminds me of the Prince of Persia style, especially the cloth which i think is cool, dunno if i'm the only 1 that see's this or that u were going for that

Great work

Xenobond · Aug 2009

I like what you've got there, but in comparison the spear design is pretty weak.

moose · Aug 2009

this comic was awesome

cool stuff

Nick Carver · Aug 2009

Overall, the proportions/silhouette are very pleasing and I really like the attitude in the poses. I don't know if it's just the rendering/position of lights but the normals and specularity are not very apparent. The surfaces are all reading as a single material, too. I hope you don't think I'm being too harsh. I like the model a lot and I don't think it would take a lot to make it really sing.

Swizzle · Aug 2009

Nick Carver wrote: »

I don't know if it's just the rendering/position of lights but the normals and specularity are not very apparent. The surfaces are all reading as a single material, too.

Agreed. The spec could use a little more variation or the lighting could use some more contrast to make the different materials really feel separate from one another. If you don't want to change the textures, toning down the key light and adding some cooler lights at glancing angles could really make the specular pop out.

Overall it's looking really good, though. I love the proportions.

kotter · Aug 2009

Raider: I love the art in PoP and it's allways in teh back of my mind but it's not something I was going for intentionally

Xenobond: ya I know, that's the weak spot and I thought I could get away with it :poly136:

Nick and Swizzle: Thx alot for the feedback. I'll play around with the light setup and if that doesn't work out I'll try to get some more out of the spec.

I'm just soaking up the crits and comments and will make a final pass at this on thursday so keep 'em coming! :thumbup:

kotter · Aug 2009

ok, I tried some light setups and tweaked the texture a bit.
Wich one of these three would you prefer?

d00kie · Aug 2009

the b, the b, the b, the b, the b, the b, the rrruuauaauauuarururuwuwuwurrrorooooo......

animal collective.

frostymoose · Aug 2009

I also like b.

Slum · Aug 2009

b is for BOOYAH

BeatKitano · Aug 2009

B, the face and bust area are brought back from general shape. I think thats a clue: need more blue in levels

poopinmymouth · Aug 2009

Man this is some killer work. I agree with KPs crits, but once you address them, the model itself has some excellent proportions and execution.

whats_true · Aug 2009

Wow, she looks like she could kick some butt!

Stellar work all around.

Oh, and B

The Magdalena

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