Have lots more geo. Imagine your mesh with some subdivisions, and without that problematic vertical sharp detail - once everything looks correct, you can easily get that vertical sharp detail by pulling an edge without much support loops.
Not sure what you mean by the polygonal artstyle. I assume its the sharp edges? So maybe add more padding or bevel for softer edges? But yeah I was going for a realistic approach. I agree though the armor looks like its laser cut and too sharp, definitely needs some hammering. You're right the color of the leather kinda…
I added the fog a little bit, ambient occulsion, and sharped the image in photoshop. Personally like sharp pics. I will fix the wire after, and it's probably gonna be my final render, but still, all critics are welcome. Thank You very much.
Looking very good! What trickery are you currently doing to get the textures so very sharp? Im not talking about the detail textures here, the transitions of the cloth layers for instance are very sharp. Or is it just really high resolution textures for the cinematics?
Looks very nice in the lit shot. Are those firm lines at the side of the forehead from ref? Looks a little to sharp, but I could see that happening for some people. Ears seem a little soft -- accurate, but not as sharp as the rest. Nice sketch, congrats.
Nicely done! Though I feel like the model's top has some overly sharp corners on it that distract from what I assume is supposed to be a round shape. There seem to be some texture seems right along these overly sharp corners as well.
@mettigel, They come from having sharp right angles and are just more artifacts from having a high and low poly with sharp angles and a different number of edge loops. The first page of this post talk about this in detail, provides pictures, and offers solutions.