Ninrod sea lady (3D game character)

enalya 2016-10-19 10:45:08 UTC #3

Hey Malcom, thank you so much for taking the time! Not at all, I really appreciate the feedback!

I agree on most things - I will definitely use more interesting colours and do another paintover before texturing. You're right, the gills are there in her neck but I'll make them more apparent and maybe add them on the belly. I indeed planned to add scales at certain places. Lastly, I'm not sure about adding armor but I'll think about it!

Thanks again and I'll keep this thread updated Still waiting for some feedback from other places.

malcom 2016-10-20 03:12:55 UTC #4

No problem. Armor isn't needed but can be cool. Not all warriors need armor but I just thought it would be cool. Maybe tribal tattoos can work as well.

As I said I look forward to more updates.

enalya 2016-11-17 11:19:29 UTC #5

UPDATE
So the last month I have been receiving critique from all over the web, even an hour long live stream crit session of the legendary HazardousArts
I have done my best to listen to them all and worked on her during streams, so here is where her high poly sculpt is at:

It's time for the retopo. I've been asked to also live stream that painful process, so I will ^^" If you're interested: Enalya Twitch

Hope you like her!

achronic 2016-11-20 14:57:02 UTC #6

Wow this is looking great! seems really interesting as well. Only thing that stands out are the eyes, which I can't quite figure out what is going on.

The material around her breasts and her forearm doesn't really make sense either. Is that some form of fur or cloth? You did an amazing job with the hair on her head, maybe you could define those things a little bit better too? It'd make it more appealing to look at! Great job so far regardless!

Iago_Cavalcante 2016-11-21 01:43:28 UTC #7

Great work with the 3d model.

I think you can find some really solid references with Zelda's Zora concepts, can help you to take your design further.

Here some good references:

enalya 2016-11-21 08:46:22 UTC #8

Hi @achronic, thank you very much for your suggestions! The eyes will be modeled and textured, of course, so it will look a lot different. She will be made game-ready, I forgot to mention.
The material you are asking about is supposed to be fin-like material, since she is a sea humanoid. Hm yes, I agree it's too undefined. I plan to define this better after the retopo phase with a normal map and with texture. Thank you

enalya 2016-11-21 08:48:55 UTC #9

Thank you @Iago_Cavalcante for your many Zora references!
I won't be taking the design any further though, that phase is already over after many adjustments and feedback I received. I also want to avoid her looking more and more like Zora, because she's already compared to them all the time

I will do paintovers for more interesting colours and textures though, and she carries a nice staff.

enalya 2016-11-23 14:08:59 UTC #10

UPDATE
This is where her body retopo is at:

It's going better and faster than I thought, so I'm happy! Here you can watch back some streams: https://www.twitch.tv/enalya/videos/all

enalya 2016-12-05 20:16:35 UTC #11

UPDATE
Topology fully completed! After some feedback I upped the polycount to make her a current generation game char

Next step is UV unwrapping.

achronic 2016-12-05 20:30:33 UTC #12

Nice! Now for the UVs, the best part

enalya 2016-12-05 21:03:10 UTC #13

Hah that was sarcastic, right? :v

schmigel 2016-12-07 11:36:14 UTC #14

Thats getting very interesting!

enalya 2016-12-08 17:50:32 UTC #16

@schmigel Thank you

UVs are done! A screenshot of the process in 3D-Coat:

I finished them up in 3dsMax.

Then I did a Normal Map bake with xNormal and fixes + detail defining in 3D-Coat again. This is the result so far in Marmoset Toolbag3:

I am quite happy with how things are going; faster than I thought! Next step will be texturing.

enalya 2016-12-19 15:00:37 UTC #17

UPDATE
Still some tiny Normal Map issues, but I'm quite pleased about the bake, detail refinement and scales

enalya 2016-12-22 10:20:38 UTC #18

UPDATE
Now that her Normals are completely done, I did paintovers for
colour exploration and received feedback. This will be her final
colours I'm very excited to make this happen!

enalya 2017-01-04 15:34:24 UTC #19

UPDATE
Texturing progress, she's almost done Still need eyelashes, fin texture and a pose!

JennifElizab 2017-01-05 14:58:39 UTC #20

She looks great! I love the colours you chose, really digging the toxic purple

enalya 2017-01-10 19:16:13 UTC #21

@JennifElizab Happy to hear that, thanks (:

UPDATE
Almost everything is done, I'm quite proud! I might add a Flow Map to the hair, but then I will rig/pose her in a simple environment Here's a close-up shot:

enalya 2017-01-15 17:47:30 UTC #22

UPDATE
Rigging and skinning done! I've made a pose test:

To finish up I'll do an animation and environment, can't wait to share it all

enalya 2017-01-18 16:46:01 UTC #23

FINISHED!
Check her out over here: https://forums.cubebrush.co/t/ninrod-sea-lady-3d-character/2697

This topic can be closed if possible!