I decided to restart the challenge and choose Yann de Preval, Buri concept. You can find the original concept:
here is the first wip after a few hours in 🙂
I am trying to record the progress as I go along
ArtStation - Patrick Evrard - BURI WIP 01
Second wip on Yann de Preval, Buri concept. You can find the original concept Yann de Preval (@yanndepreval) • Instagram photos and videos
next up I did hands, After this I continued nudging everything for a couple of hours till I was happy enough. Then I needed to move on rendered a turntable in zbrush and one in Maya where it will be rendered in the end.
Next I'll retopo everything where I'll clean up most parts that have awfull topology at the moment.
Some turntables movies on my blog
ArtStation - Patrick Evrard - BURI WIP 02
It's looking so good! Great job!
Third wip on Yann de Preval, Buri concept. You can find the original concept Yann de Preval (@yanndepreval) • Instagram photos and videos
So spend almost the same amount of time retopoing that I did on the first two wips and the sad part is it is barely to be seen...
But I have workable topology now which is better for texturing and rigging.
After I retopoed,uved everything I used advance skeleton to help me pose Buri, I prefer giving it a quick rig on the body alone as it is way more controllable then posing in zbrush.
Once I found the pose I send the posed geometry back to zbrush where I will give it a final pass en correct my poor rigging skills. After this I decimated the meshes and render out a new turntable. This is where I am now...
Next will be shading and grooming which still might be quiet a challenge...
the extended deadline comes in handy 🙂
Finished the groom next up final rendering
https://youtu.be/tO3vgkOB4RI
Texture and fur are so cool !!! I love it.
Final render done, but I forgot he is born out of a block of ice.... I really hope the ice melts before the deadline ?
Thx @fabianorrego !
In the end the ice melted pretty quickly and I am gonna call this one done. I wrote a small making off and some extra turntables on my Artstation page. Please check them out as the are a part of the final wips 🙂
ArtStation - BURI, Patrick Evrard
Good luck to everyone 🙂
Its super cool! I love the character and ice block render, really neat. Great job 😀 !