So, I am a huge fan of Fairytail, those of you who doesn’t know, it’s an anime… and perhaps only anime I watch.
There are few miner ones, but they are not the case, anyways!!! the cartoon…? Manga…? (I think people called it manga) recently is over, marking a period to the entire franchise (which I hope not)
I already have Erza Scarlet, one the female character in FT, almost done ( just requires minor fixes and tweaking), why not make another main character?
This time, male?
so, without giving much thought, I decided to make the main protagonist, Natsu Dragneel.
Natsu Dragneel is a fire dragon slayer, only kind of mage who has capability to slay dragon. As mentioned, he’s attribute is fire.
and just like previous series, I am aiming to make it semi-
-https://blenderartists.org/forum/showthread.php?414556-Imagining-Erza-Scarlet-in-3D
This is the current progress of my new male model
Obviously, I’ve added some twists of my own, making him taller, more ripped. I personally think it’s awesome…and it had been quite a while since I sculpted male body, so I am little rusty
As you can see, I haven’t baked normal maps on his hands yet, but I am feeling quite lazy so I decided to go straight to his hair.
I think the greatest challenges of making anime characters into character like this is the way, or how to implement those anime charateristics into them appropriately. Like you see above, I am still not getting that certain, Natsu Dragneel look yet.
I have some reason to believe that Natsu Dragneel is asian, it’s just a speculation. But there’s no reason not to say he’s european either. I may opt for half-asian if the changes are possible.
I would love to get your opinions here, and direct me to the right direction!!!
The pciture of Natsu Dragneel in anime for reference:
https://www.google.co.kr/search?q=natsu+dragneel&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwilvpagyr_VAhWDpJQKHQeEB-YQ_AUICigB&biw=1536&bih=774&dpr=2.5