Cute!

Hey this looks like a cool concept! I'll follow it.

Thanks, guys. Finally I have something to show. 4100 tris. Texture is very rough by now, and I'm trying to figure out how to use colors in a more vivid way than they are at moment. Crits, tips and tricks are welcome.

Your metal and steel work is soooo sick!!

Have you considered posting small tutorials? I would love to see your process

Interesting artstyle with the textures. It somehow has a strange feel to it, but I can't put my finger on it why that could be. I love the hat though!

I'm not a huge fan of the yellow blotches on the face, and something feels really off with the values in your texture. I think it's got too much lighting information baked in!

Try adding cools (magentas) to the shadows (specially on the skintones) so it compliments the warm light. It might just make the whole pop better.

Originally Posted by shotgun

Try adding cools (magentas) to the shadows (specially on the skintones) so it compliments the warm light. It might just make the whole pop better.

totally agree, just more subtle gradients of colour from light to shade in general would be nice, by all means keep the cool brush stroked look you got going on but you could overlay some gradient maps or something to get the look you want.

Thanks guys. As I said, this is very rough yet, I just projected the concept over the model and adjusted some parts. I had some time to apply some of your tips tough. I hope you agree she looks a bit better now.

@TheTurner: Thank you, but I don't think I'm good enough yet to make tutorials. Anyway, there's nothing really special here. I just use the same metal color for highlights (brush in linear dodge mode).

The face looks a bit puffy now. Almost as if she's been stung by a bee. Otherwise, keep it up.

You have too many loops/sides on her body and not enough on the hat/skirt. The skirt edge has 3 times as big a radius as her hips, and 4 times as big as her waist - yet it has only 16 sides whereas the body has 18? Along the same lines, her skirt and hat really need some more pixels.

It also looks (though I can't judge very well because of the skirt) as though her legs are a bit short, and her arms a pinch too long.

Thanks, guys. I tried to fix her face. And I'm adding ortho views too, so you can judge if proportions need to be fixed.

Snader: Body and skirt have 16 sides. I´ve added 2 more loops on skirt, on height... How many sides do you suggest I put on width of skirt?

Her face gets rounder with every new picture you post, it realy lacks the cute look it has on the concept. :/
On a positive note, I love the texture progress so far.

Huhahahah.. I was thinking it was better. Maybe the problem is not with textures, but with the model itself, then. I'll try to fix this later.

It's strange, it's like if this model is not flowing right. Maybe I have to start from beginning again.

lip corners feel unnatural, both on previous and current version. they seem too sharp and probably there's too much highlight below them and not enough shade above them. check this out: http://www.stanprokopenko.com/blog/2009/07/draw-lips/

btw, i like the older version as well.
current version's eyes make me think of husky dogs, they feel artificial. face has become pretty baby like or doll like, it has indeed lost some of the original charm.

strong lines on the nose gives her that slightly disgusted look, was that on purpose?

Thsnks, Blaisoid. I put more efforts to make her face closer to the concept.







Let me know guys what do you think.

Hey dude! Looks nice. I really like the painterly style you have going on in the last couple pieces.

I think some of her features are bit harsh? I did a bit of a paintover. Pretty crappy and not sure if it's the direction you're going but maybe it can give you some ideas.

Yeah I think LRoys paintover is getting there, though I personally am not a fan of the angle of here eyes there.
God I hate it when I just can't tell what exactly is bothering me, when something just doesn't 'feel' right... :/

Thank you very much for your paintover, LRoy. I've made some changes on her face shapes and textures, trying match your suggestion. What do you think?





And some more work on textures and polycount magical artifacts.

Woo!! Nailed it! Face looks super cute now Maybe try making the lips darker like in your concept? Gives her that more 'witchy' feel.

Couple things - She is too short below the knees, and I think her shoulders are a bit wide. Also her arms are a bit thick beneath her armpits, making it look like she has flabby arms.

Really, really love the design of this char, and the textures are amazing so far

Yeah man great improvement. Lookin loads better. I think maybe go a tiny bit easier on the shading on the chin area? making it feel a bit chunky.

I agree with jessica on the proportions.

Yes! That's it. Now she got the cute face, the cheeks look a little bit 'puffy', but that kind of helps the look.

And these polycount fireballs look pretty amazing aswell. Could we see I wire of them, please? ^^

Thanks for your tips, Jessica, Lroy, Seirei. I'll make corrections, and next up probably will the the last.

About the balls, nothing fancy. A simple sphere, and some planes, with transparency and their rotation tied to the camera rotation. 120 tris, and a 256 map. I tried 128, but it looked too rough in comparison with her texture.

I luv your style of painting textures, the face of the woman looks very nice. good job!

Almost there.. I Have to find some time now to make good presentation shots.














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