Character: Lion

[the_real_cabal]

this image looks great but the lion's face looks like a "human" face ....

if you look at this one ...

[colt]

Wow, I love the lighting and the colors.
His face has some touch of a hyena, but I can't really say way. Maybe those reddish lines and marks have got to do with it.

I guess you had to convert those hairs to geometry, must have been millions. How long did it take to render in Brazil?

[ErickG]

Thanks for the feedback.

Render took about 4 hours and then I spent another 5 or 6 hours in photoshop painting in some more hair detail and fixing transition areas. I don't need to animate this, only need a still so the photoshop work was the faster choice, although I may go back for a second pass of the 3D version.

What expression do you think he has. I am really trying to see what people think. Is he going to eat you or is he look proud, etc. Emotion is a tricky subject. I am going for a specific emotion but I don't want to say just yet until I get some more feedback.

-Erick

I'll post some wireframes and progress so you can see the process. I took the photoshop route to handle any 3D errors.
But the model and textureing work were all 3D.

[Faraguay]

It looks like if it was waiting for something, or afraid of something. It's static and almost unexpresive. The composition of the pic is telling the same thing... Very static: a front view of a lion placed in the midle of the image...
the_real_cabal posted an image where the lion is in a more menacing pose (its face is unexpresive, as it is in your lion, but the pose is transmiting an attitude... I think).

Well, this is my opinion and of course It's only what I see, so may be others will see something different.

Anyway, you did a nice work.:thumbsup:

[XerC]

He looks proud an superior.

Nice picture, really like it! :thumbsup:

[Savage_Henry]

I think it looks realy good...but I do have a few comments.

I think the muzzle of the lion is too thin, which gives him the humanistic look....also the partially open mouth makes him look a little drugged IMO.

Keep at it!

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