Hey, I just finished my first personal project after months of working and sweating on it, and would love to get some feedback, as it will be the strongest piece in my portfolio for future job hunting. To make it I followed a tutorial on Udemy from Nikolay Naydenov, and the concept for the model was made by Art of Maki on…
Use the character you have modeled as a reference. Decide what you like about the design, research your subject and make a kickass character using this model and what you have learned from it as a guide. Models made from tutorials don't really make a splash in portfolio land.
if it is good art, it is good art. So long as the same character is not seen all over artstation I doubt it's an issue if you followed a tutorial. I think this is pretty well executed, but it could probably be pushed a ways further for it to get in the realm of AAA degrees of polish. The gun stands out as feeling a lack in…