[WIP] Shark Creature

Artwork Works in Progress
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Hi blender community !

I got a wacom tablet for my birthday and decided to explore the sculpting possibilities of Blender. This is my first real sculpt and I don’t know what you guys think of this, but I am pretty proud :smiley:

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The feet were supposed to be like frog feet. But I never managed to get something that even remotely looked like that… So I decided that I would do that in the retopology phase. Also if someone could tell me how to make perfectly flat surfaces that would be wonderful ! I tried the flatten brush, the polish brush, the scrape brush, the smooth brush… But I could never get an even flat surface.

I didn’t include a lot of details in the sculpt. I had no idea if it would survive the retopology and to be honest, I was also a little bit afraid to destroy my sculpt :spin: Also I have close to zero knowledge about anatomy and therefore apologize if it looks like crap :rolleyes:

All critique and tips are welcome !

Mathieu

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My first try at retopology. Trying my best to understand edge flow. It is soooo slow, but I kind of enjoy the progress :o

Are there any big mistakes? :confused:

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Does anyone have pointers for the tricky parts? Like the gills…

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If you want to open his mouth, it’s important to add edge flow around that area for good deformations. As for gills, inset a few strips of polygons, extrude them in and you got it. Hope it helps.

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Great ! Thanks for the tips. I will try that tomorrow :slight_smile:

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Is this better for the mouth? I made the gills, they turn out pretty good with a subsurf but I have no idea if the topology is decent… :confused:
There are also some parts that look weird (talking about the edge flow) but I have no idea how to improve that.

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