Saran's character art 'n' stuff
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Hey Guys, Ive been meaning to make a thread here for ages but always been overwhelmed by all the talent; finally i decided i need to start things off
http://sarankanart.blogspot.co.uk/2012/06/act-1-bootcamp.html
http://sarankanart.blogspot.co.uk/2012/06/act-1-bootcamp.html
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This is the final result of the aviator which I worked on, all crits are welcome.. although I submitted the work, I will remember it for next time. Thanks
Btw where you studying? My guess considering 3rd year quality and chosen art piece, DMU?
Also I'd personally like to see a bit more diffuse love, especially on the hair.
Has she been working on her plane and gotten grease in her hair or on her jacket? maybe she travels a lot and has sand or mud on her boots, give her a bit of those life touches
Overall cool!
Hey, yep:) from here onward i'm focusing more on characters and an endless march until I get to a professional standard, and you are exactly right...3rd year DMU:)
Thanks for the crit mate! I definitely agree, especially on the hand and I guess im missing some of the finer details that give the character that bit of back story and personality.
My only crits would be on the pose and the leather things on the thighs, and some thickness issues.
The pose lacks a bit of dynamism, but a few images in more helpful than a long speech. Here's a little tutorial thing by great artist Warren Louw.
http://warrenlouw.deviantart.com/art/IFX-Strike-A-Pose-163076761?q=1&qo=1
Also I see that you tried to put her thumb into her pocket but it doesn't really works since the pocket is not really readable on the diffuse. I'd rather put her hand on the wallet she's wearing.
For the leather on the thighs, it seems to be separated in the mesh from the thighs. The result is an interpenetration while posing... Having a single flowing mesh here could solve that problem.
For the thickness it's mainly on the jacket's collar and on the fold of the wallet, they should have about the same thickness as the pieces that hold the leather thigh things.
The two last points are more for future work, I understand that you need to move on to other pieces
and if this is your first post on Polycount then welcome!
other than that it looks gorgeus
@praetor187 - Hey james glad to see u here too, thanks for the welcome!:) and cant wait to see more stuff from you too:)
@Moltazia - The belt actually isn't cutting through the shirt as I intend for it the shirt to be tucked in but if its giving that impression then I guess I should make it more obvious or possibly have the belt come out more:) The scarf I should admit was a n after though as I initially had that orangey/red and I thought partly changing it from that colour to cream/white might complement her shirt, look like I'll need to address that issue to
There are also some other issues that friends mentioned like the holsters with the suspenders and stuff doesn't make a lot of sense and the some minor anatomy stuff.
Cheers guys for the all the great feedback, I'll fix as much as I can before I can call it finally done.
For this I'll be working from pre existing concepts by Calum alexander watt back from 2003, they are all soo awesome. I've always been a huge fan of his work!then again who isnt:)so I'm making 3 characters based from those conceptshttp://calumalexanderwatt.blogspot.co.uk/
For my FMP I was debating over whether I would concept my own characters or work from a concept and I finally decided I would work from existing concepts as I think its quite important for a character artist to be able to interpret from a drawing. Of course this is completely educational and a possible portfolio pieces.
The first step was to do a basic block out of some of the basic features using a base mesh and get a basic overall look.
@mr_ace - Thanks a bunch, I was quite hesitant on how much I could push, glad you pointed it out!.
Well I basically exaggerated his features some more and also did some rough ideas for the heads and narrowed it down. This is still in the block out figuring out stages so if anything looks horribly wrong, please let me know:) and also the jacket I quite like the way it was lower on one side(i know this could be due to the way he's leaning too) but was wondering whether its better to model them static and try to weight them when i come to rig or sculpt it with it longer on one side. I'm initially going for the jacket longer on one side as I also want to pose it similar to the concept...once again please don't hesitate to crit, will greatly appreciate any help:) Thanks
some face refs
I am basically going of a happier dude with slightly softer complexions
Hey guys, I started fixing some of the areas and tiding some of the stuff, If there's anything that looks horribly wrong let me know. for more screen shot please visit the wip blog:)
http://sarankanartfmp.blogspot.co.uk/search/label/FMP%20Character%201
I still need to finish some areas, but this is roughly where things are headed
Thanks!
..long awaited update; this was a university project where i made 3 characters based on calum watt's concepts and these were the final outcome. I've documented most of it herehttp://sarankanartfmp.blogspot.co.uk/ so thers no need to rant here:) Ive got more pictures and wipshots there and an evaluation
Im kinda glad i did that since i lost most of the files after i format my pc. Honestly I cant wait to start on something new. Thanks