(Murakumo: see post #117)
icon (updated 2016-02-07)
stuff from the first post:
all of my recent stuff has been NPR/anime-inspired, but I venture into realism from time to time.
starting out with something original:
and hereās something from yesterday (Pure Flonne from Disgaea D2, ~8 hours of work). Still various kinks to work out, needs a bigger smile, hair isnāt done, and other than the eyes she isnāt textured.
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Disgaea - Prinny
This is actually from late 2013, probably the only old thing Iāll post in this thread.
Some changes to the character in the first post (updated the icon, also)
Changed pose, tried adding some texture to the clothes (just to have more control over shading, really, not to add a bunch of detail), and hopefully she doesnāt have quite as much of a thousand-yard stare now.
I need to practice expressions, hopefully Iāll have time in the next couple days for that.
Less visible stuff here is that I fixed some rig problemsā¦ still need to actually get around to adding IK stuff, though.
I really like your rendering style, and your modeling is top-notch. Are you using Blender internal or cycles?
Thanks! Iām using BI for most things. Iāve been experimenting with Cycles, but itās a lot more work than BI for NPR stuff. The Prinny in the second post was using Cycles.
BIās GLSL view is really fantastic for setups like this, too, just look how close it is to the renders:
Not entirely sure where Iām going with this yet (as far as hair and clothes go), but I like how the body turned out.
Iām also trying to sort out some topology problems that are bugging me on the face, namely two triangles on the cheek and a pole Iām not sure I want at the corner of the mouth. Iāve been thinking about running a loop from the bridge of the nose to below the mouth like so many people seem to do, too.
Fixed some of my topology problems, still working on some some improvements around the mouth and nose suggested by KHorseman on IRC.
Iāve also rigged the eyes, since that was low-hanging fruit.
I should fix the shoulder a bit, the topology doesnāt follow the deltoid like it should so it looks funny.
Almost totally happy with the topology now (thanks again KHorseman), Iām just not 100% happy about where the poles are on the jaw. They mess with the profile a bit at some angles when subsurf is off, but Iām gonna spend time on other parts of the model now. The UV seams are placeholders Iām gonna redo later, I just needed something to paint some shading on really quickly in a few places.
If anyone knows how to make alpha-mapped stuff look less bad in the viewport that doesnāt involve selection, thatād be pretty awesome.
sheās (at least mostly) rigged now.
sheās also really upset that nobody gives any feedback poor thing
Yeah, thatās been my feeling as well. Seems like only a few folks actually get feedback of any kind in the sketchbook section.
I, however, really enjoy seeing your progress, but I donāt have anything critical to say. Keep up the great work.
Thanks! Yeah, itās a pretty quiet section in general, just felt like poking fun at it.
Hereās a quick (~1.5hr) model and another render with a reused prop and a few changes to the character (new hands, bigger ears, new feet, ā¦)
about another 1.5hrs tweaking and modeling a face. after about this point things take a lot longer. I might leave this one alone for a while now, I just wanted to make a quick model while a lot of the stuff from my previous model was fresh in my head (so Iād remember better).
Wow, such a nice style and presentation!
i would very much like to achieve results like yours, but i am very much at the beginning yet.
and since I own, c4d and zbrush and naturally blender iam a bit torn on which path to concentrate to reach a standard like yours in the most efficient way.
i would like to be able to make these posed beautyrenders but also to prepare models for the usage within unity.
Any advise would be most welcome.
Thanks a lot!
i would very much like to achieve results like yours, but i am very much at the beginning yet.
and since I own, c4d and zbrush and naturally blender iam a bit torn on which path to concentrate to reach a standard like yours in the most efficient way.
i would like to be able to make these posed beautyrenders but also to prepare models for the usage within unity.
Any advise would be most welcome.
A lot of people work in Zbrush but sculpting never really was for me. The best advice I can offer is that you should (at least try to) draw every day and learn to model realistic humans with good topology - if you can do that youāll be able to use that to make just about any style of character, and pretty much anything else there is to model, too. If youāre going to sculpt, drawing is even more important, but I recommend it in any case.
I highly recommend Daniel Kreuterās tutorial and Humane Rigging, I learned a lot from both of them. CGCookie also has a lot of useful tutorials, particularly relevant here are the topology review videos for stuff like shoulders. Iāve found redrawing/modeling things from artists I like is a good way to learn and improve, too, especially when you havenāt quite mastered the human form. Also, donāt be afraid to throw something out and start over (but try to finish what you were doing - you can do it better next time!)
As for Unity, the only differences for your models are that you should take advantage of things like the Mask modifier to remove extra polygons that are covered by clothing, you donāt need to add extra volume to the mesh to compensate for subsurf taking some out, and you should try not to have any areas with vertex weights for more than 4 bones assigned at once (most game engines limit to 4, I think).
Finally, bind smooth vertex to a key. I use Q. Itās something I picked up from Daniel Kreuter and itās probably the biggest time saver Iāve found in years.
EDIT: If youāre into books, check out Stop Staring by Jason Osipa, too (ISBN: 0470609907)
I changed the style of her face a bit, redid the hair (as alpha planes) for game usage and made most everything work without subsurf. I totally redid the UV mapping on everything, but thatās not particularly visible.
I also have been playing way too much PSO2ā¦
EDIT: re-took the first image
I scrolled past the image and my brain took a moment to say āWAIT! Is that something from PSO2!?ā, awesome!
I donāt have any thing āusefulā to say either except keep up the awesome work, and this thread is very inspiring. Canāt wait to see more!
Iāve been particularly busy with work since July, so I havenāt had a lot of modeling time!
Hereās another head model to at least attempt staying in practiceā¦ a bit less stylized than my last few.
EDIT: ninja-fixed some anatomy issues (nose) and added side view