Megaman-Austin H

[A_GAME]

Here is my take on the blue bomber so far. Concept is wip.

[dabu]

that is pure awesome.

[Gary]

greatness my, friend greatness.

[rburke]

why do i keep thinking of "streets of rage" when i see this.

[A_GAME]

still exploring concepts here. I kinda want to do something cartoon-ish with this. I think im gonna stick with the finger cannon motif though.

[DrEvizan]

Normally I side with any decision to make things cartoony, But I think this concept was actually a lot more fun in a realistic style. It looked like the hero of an indie sci-fi movie.

[dabu]

yeah, wheres your progress on this austin? Also, you could go for a low poly version, totally allowed within the specs of the contest...

[A_GAME]

Hey I have still been working on this. Here are some silhouettes.

[parker]

cool concepts. would be neat if you pulled off this style with the modeling and texturing.

[A_GAME]

Here are my favorites. The one on the far left is the one Im going to the next level with.

[A_GAME]

Here is a more developed version of the concept.

[dabu]

not sure why you would take this on when your original concept was SO KICK ASS, but hey, its a free world...

Looks a little loose and cartoony to me... is that what you're going for? if so, how about some tight line drawn orthos?

you can do this low poly if you want as well...

[CNecron518a]

Original concept. I vote "yaa".

[A_GAME]

I respect you people's opinions, and I know when to take criticism. So I am excorcising my right to go with the crowd on this one. Here are the new orthos so far.

[dabu]

cool. Tracing over photos of an actual person will do you just fine as well...

[A_GAME]

yeah that's what I did here, to speed up the process a bit.

[A_GAME]

Here is the model of the body so far. I haven't really done a character before, so If anyone has some tips on the topology, I would appreciate it :)

[dabu]

this is a sculpting base, yes? Feel free to check out my threads in character and hero props in terms of topology. Also, I would double post this on polycount to get a better feel for quality, and spread his feet a little wider apart., feels knockkneed.. and pull his feet back a hair

[A_GAME]

Here is the head sculpt so far. I am going to start on the body pieces tonight.

[Gary]

seems a bit narrow, the head i mean.

[graduisc]

nice start, some quick things i would say with my menial amount of people sculpting-in-zedbreuche-and-misc-character-knowledge would be (in no order at all)

gather all the reference ever what youre trying to do,

with likeness sculpting, i guess sculpt in mostly perspective because thats how were going to see things in the end?

get the big things like proportion and silhouette down then slowly move down to the finer details like eye brows i guess.

http://characterdesigns.com/index.php?sitepage=home

has a bald man in their photo section has similar proportions to what you be doin up in the badassery you call your concept.

if you want i can do a paint over too...

[A_GAME]

If you want to do a paint-over, that would be cool. You should do it :)

[graduisc]

okay sure why not. hope this helps

1. i drew some arrows to help with the planes of the profile of the face.

2. flesh out the area around the eyes kinda? flesh out the muzzle area? and the back of the head too.

3. i guess try working on the boney land marks i marked an example area

4. widen the jaw area i guess, it helps make the head not look as narrow, like gary pointed out.

misc stuff
round out the sides of the upper area of his head, they seemed a little faceted.
then i suggested somethings in middle drawing.
enjoy

[Shon Mitchell]

what ref are you using?
if you're going for skinny punk rocker kinda feel grab some photo and likeness ref and use that as a basis, right now this is seeming like modeled straight outta head, rather than based off a likeness

[A_GAME]

good advice, I will do that. Thank you for the paint-over darrel

[A_GAME]

Here is the torso sculpt, as well as the reference i used...

[dabu]

damn, better hurry and you might finish on time.

post more updates...

[A_GAME]

I redid the head sculpt to make him look younger. In the interest of time I am going to consider it done

[A_GAME]

Here is the gloved non-gun arm + reference and an glove-less arm

[Gary]

looking nice, though the thumb looks off to me.

[A_GAME]

woah. Good eye. whoops

[A_GAME]

here is the high poly gun arm

[A_GAME]

here is the mega man's boots. I am going to add in the shoe laces during the texture phase.

[A_GAME]

here is the low poly model. I guess i have some baking to do now.

[dabu]

cu razy. Looking forward to seeing this finished. You could optimize the lo poly a bit, but will work fine as is.

normal maps!

[Shon Mitchell]

Final Reminder!!! Character sheet needs to be posted in the Final Submission Thread by the end of today in order to be eligible. Specs for final submission on in the first post.