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aveon · Jan '17

Thanks you guys! I'll be working on this in about an hour, so you can expect an update later tonight

rath-nikhil · Jan '17

Love your reference board! Very exotic! Going to be awesome!

aveon · Jan '17

Heyo! Posting a body WIP for now, I like where the face is at and the general shape/silhouette, think I'm gonna literally scale up her body a tad and adjust her arms a bit more, but if you've got comments or critiques feel free to throw 'em over I'm definitely going for a stylized look, 90% sure close to overwatch but since the character is gonna be close up and doesn't really need to worry about readability at distances as much, I think I'll be pushing the details more in the design.

Additionally, while I don't profess exactly to be a writer, I wrote up an intro for the character as a way to conceptualize the themes and feelings associated with her. Feel free to read if you want

aveon:

He had been lost in the woods for many days now, but it was on the 4th day that he came near the edge of that peculiar wood that he could see the valley laid out before him. The sun was just starting to set behind the mountains in the distance. The sky was as deep blue as his mother’s porcelain, the horizon bleeding molten reds and steaming vibrant yellows, coating the green of the trees and fields in gold.

Then, he saw her.

Moving atop the crest of the field, no more than some 30 feet off, she stood in the wheat and tall grass, dancing. Her head and hair swaying, turning in pathways from side to side. The sun shown through her hair and the cloth of her attire, while shining off the various gems and trinkets on her person. Her arms swinging and swaying to the rhythm of her hips. Her dance was wild and ever changing, at times moving in the current and roll of her hips, while at other times exploding with energy into long twirls and leaps, limbs outstretched. At times sensual, but at others assertive; at times sexual, and at others gleaned with apotheosis. No matter how she danced though the smile and bliss of her face, eyes closed, easily said that it came naturally to her; her soul flowed through her the same way her dance flowed through the air and into itself. She came to a stop in her dance, her head turned towards him, and opened her eyes. The iris was deep and speckled as the night sky, with tints of the sunset in the corners, a quiet glow around her pupils.
It was then that he embarrassingly realized he had been slowly strolling towards her, the distance between them now close enough for conversation, but he said hello to no reply; she stood there wordless, slightly leaned towards him. Her eyes relaxed and gazed unblinking, her eyebrows raised and lips slightly parted into an “o”. They stood there for what felt to him like an eternity till she suddenly stepped towards him, not but a foot away now. She slowly walked around him, bringing her face to the level of everything she looked at, eyeing every part of his person with the curiosity of someone who had just experienced seeing another person for the first time, ou-ing and ah-ing all the while, the way you may expect of a newborn.
Between his laughter and the blooms of his surprise, he went to speak again, but she grabbed him and ran with him to the center of the field, and began to dance again. They danced together, their movements flowing with each other, connecting and guiding. As they danced the man saw the world change around him; the blue of the night sky showed beneath his feet, the stars around him, and the world he once stood in laid before him, growing and changing, lined by light and flourishing into beauty beyond his imagination. The girl who danced with him glowed with light, her eyes like the sun, and the majesty of the cosmos shined in her presence.

So...yeah haha. While I don’t have a name, the character is a goddess birthed into a human, where in this world the gods are celestial by nature. Design wise I’m probably going to have most of the human form showing to reflect the wild/exotic atmosphere of her character, while using loose but not really baggy clothing to cover the essentials and guide the eye. I want to go heavy in the material diversity, so she’s going to have a variance of clothes, maybe feathers, crystals, golds/brasses, stones/gemstones, etc. As far as the star theme incorporation I’m not sure if I’m going to do it on her actual character model or use planes and alpha’s to fake VFX around her and show it through her setting, don’t know yet, just. don't. know. I do know that the fractal art I incorporated in my mood sheet is heavily going to influence the designs for her magic. Feel free to give your input or comments or critiques on it

Rendered using Jon 'Hazardous' Troy Nickel's SUPA old skin matcap for zbrush haha, who'da thunk?

grigouips · Jan '17

great background ! and great start too ! Dont you think the pelvis is a bit thin? Maybe it's by purpose, i only suggest

haZe · Jan '17

Great start! I'm interested to see her outfit design, but I can almost get a feel for what you're going for in your mood sheet. MOAR.

Is she meant to be a literal child? Her breasts/neck/shoulders are currently looking rather developed if that is the case, which is conflicting with her other more youthful body proportions. I believe slimming her in those areas should help. Check your forearm contours as well, as they're looking the slightest bit noodly at the moment.

aveon · Jan '17

Thanks for the comments! @grigouips I agree, I want her hips to be slightly narrow but I pushed it too far. @haZe haha thanks for the encouragement! She's not a literal child, the term being used only to denote her relation to the gods (aka stars). I'd place her anywhere from 18-22 years old. I planned on slightly increasing the size of her body overall (think she's around 6.8 heads tall, was gonna increase to 7.2-3) so might slim those areas you mentioned down and definitely gonna work on the forearms . Regardless I'm aiming to give her a slender and youthful body but I want her body to feel full, not empty or anorexic. Might not get a chance to work on it today so if not I'll be posting tomorrow. Thanks again!

mandyberryart · Jan '17

sweet!! looking forward to following your progress

FemCharles · Jan '17

Super cute mood board!

I think the torso might be too long and the legs too short! Might be worth getting a body reference from the front and comparing it to the zbrush model to see if it lines up in the same place.

Then you can start paintovers of your concept!

verycrunchytaco · Jan '17

She's looking pretty cool so far, and I'm excited to see where you go with this!

I do feel that her anatomy/proportions look a bit odd at present. The previous comments should point you in the right direction, but I feel like maybe her shoulders could go in a bit, or maybe the hips could come out a bit. She has a very top heavy kind of feel to her right now. It feels a bit masculine-ish.

But anywho! Awesome start so far, and can't wait to see more!

aveon · Jan '17

@verycrunchytaco thanks man! I agree, i went with taking the hips out a bit and smoothing the shoulders

@FemCharles Thank you! I agree; after your comment I found a really good reference body in the "Go Robot" music video, good advice!

I did say I wanted to slim down the body, but I found that it wasn't the push in the right direction that i wanted, so I actually wound up thickening the knees, smoothing the shoulders and moving some proportions around (realized her arms/hands were too long before). I'm not quite done with the body (particularly the shins/calfs), still taking any suggestions, but I'm much closer to being done with her body than before; i'd be comfortable concepting over her currently.

I keep thinking I didn't do enough changes though because the silhouette didn't make any drastic changes xD .

fantasymaster · Jan '17

Cute! Can*t wait to see the clothes.

zyp · Jan '17

Looking real good, cute story looking forward to more and those vfx at the end.

maxloegler · Jan '17

sweet proportions, waiting for the cloths!

aveon · Jan '17

@fantasymaster @zyp Thanks you two, @maxloegler ask and you shall recieve

Anywho morning people! Had a hard time with the designs on this, but I'm much closer to figuring out the direction I want to pull her. Definitely understanding more of which elements of each design I like and will wanna include in the final design (definitely leaning towards keeping bigger shapes for most of the ornamentation and clothing, using detail in key areas).

I don't know, feel free to let me know what you guys think of them so far! None of this is final so I'm open to suggestion.

rafaeldioli · Jan '17

Awesome ideas. I vote for E ^^

klautier · Jan '17

Awesome concept and designs! D and E look best to me

maxloegler · Jan '17

D top & hair, E cloths, reminds me of the princess of aladdin.

bloecher · Jan '17

tattoos and some semi transparent cloth are cool, maybe add some longer cloth on her behind for some more detail, like B added to the others

grigouips · Jan '17

Yes! Super post ! Love the dress suggestions. I do really like A B and E. But my totally fav would be B Dress, with D Haircut and E Bra ! And i love the new proportions !

sarawildeart · Jan '17

Nice range of options! I really love the hair of C and the outfit of E. I feel like they both end themselves to a complexity that could really show off your modelling skillz.