cartoon human wip

Artwork Works in Progress
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Hello all :slight_smile:

Today I started making a human cartoon character which I will eventually use in the 11 second club Please critique on anything you see every step of the way please, I don’t have much experience modeling particularly human characters (even though this one will be a rather cartoon one) and I will need every tip/correction I can get :slight_smile:

first rendered image:

character.png960×540 57.3 KB

checklist for what still needs to be done (for personal purposes):

  • Further body tweaking
  • face/hair
  • any texture/specularity tweaking that will come up
  • full body, and face rig
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His neck seems too far backward and at too severe an angle, and the collar coming right up to his neck enhances the effect.

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thank you @modron, I fixed the neck and I think it looks great! :smiley:

I also took in the stomach a little bit, it looked a little awkward to me.

render.png960×540 57.1 KB

checklist for what still needs to be done (for personal purposes):

  ✔ Further body tweaking
  • hands
  • face/hair
  • any texture/specularity tweaking that will come up
  • full body, and face rig

4

just an update :slight_smile: please give any crit where needed

render3.png960×540 57.4 KB

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There is not much to crit here, the model is very simple, and it looks very blocky. The body looks like a block of cheese. I believe character design starts with the eyes and head, and should look good on paper before going 3d. Good Luck.

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Isn’t the 11 second club more about animation , why don’t you use some of the free rigs and characters that float about. Unless you have a specific reason to use your own character.

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Loolarge did a Blender version of the Norman Model, in fact (which is what they give the students at Animation Mentor)

You can get it here:

Norman Rig

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I’m creating my own character for the 11 second club just as a way to kind of learn how to model and rig a human (well cartoon human). I only started using blender a few months ago and this will be my first human with a decent rig, I only worked with the rigging system once before and it came out horrible, so I’m just using this as an opportunity to learn, and of course get better. That’s why I really want any criticism, thanks everyone even though it isn’t much yet.