Races of Middle Earth - Character - El Tonio

[Lukashi]

Hey i like his face, but the pose makes it look like his arms would collapse..

[Joril]

What a weird creature.
It kinda feels wrong - the arms are out of place, that and his back is to bent. I think he'll have great trouble breathing.

I would either;
make him stand up straight and keep the arms.
OR
Change his arms with the front legs of a lion(or whatever creature the hind legs came from) and keep him a quadriped.

[janhath]

Strange but beautiful.I likes.Update please,promising work.:bounce: :thumbsup:

[Joel Hooks]

I think it would look more natural (haha) if you arched the back up a bit.

Disturbing concept! I look forward to seeing its fruitation

[Araval]

U yeah...
That face looks very...hmm... aristocratic :thumbsup:
But that body.... You should make other posture... something like centaurs, or human posture with that lions legs.
I think that this creature should be fast, so I prefer centaurs style with lions legs :buttrock:
Greetz

Sorx for my strange english :rolleyes:

[El Tonio]

And sorry for the lack of update !

Many of you point at the strange pose and/or his bad anatomy...
Well, I suppose my drawing skills are the reason for this bad feeling you have . I didn't spend much time on my perspective, and I can see a lot of problems with it right now .


[explanation of the concept] (you can skip if you're in a hurry... ;) )

At the beginning, I wanted to create a centaur-like creature, but wished to go beyond the traditionnal image everybody has . My idea was this kind of 50/50 mix with upper body from one, and lower from the other .
The problem was that he has to use his arms and hands in a human way (tools, weapons, ...), so he would have to stand up for a variety of actions . In this case, the horse legs were a way too "fragile" to support such a weight too long .
That's why his lower body became more of a lion than a horse (larger feet and muscles) .
But then, a second (and third) problem occured : for esthetical reasons, I wanted his legs to be as long as his upper body when standing up, to avoid a ridiculous chimp-style proportion .
That's why his back is sooo bent : longer-than-usual legs !!
The last problem is that he is supposed to be able to run in a four legs position : his arms and chest got to be very muscled, but got to remain in the good "proportion" .

[/explanation of the concept]

So, the concept sketch may seem wacked/bad, but I'm gonna model it on this basis and tweak it until he looks as believable as possible .

Here's my first wip for this model . It's the first time I use Maya (usually use Lightwave and Max), so it will probably take some time at first to acheive my goals .

And thanks to all of you for your interest and feed-back !! :thumbsup:

[El Tonio]

Small update... Still at low-poly level .
Maya is really interesting to work with . I'm at the moment I wish I could have keyboard shortcuts instead of icons or marking menu : good sign, I'm getting faster !! :cool:

[El Tonio]

:wip:

[El Tonio]

An other view :surprised:

[zued]

:beer: :thumbsup: .. but i´ll go with the others.. you may need to bend is back the other way around.. to be more balanced..

[El Tonio]

What, what, what ?

You want to go against my artistic vision !? :D

Ok, I give up : you're so numerous to think he has a prob with his back, that I'll try both postures (even if I'm sure I'm right ! ;) ) .

Thanks for the feedback :thumbsup:

Let's go back to work :buttrock:

[Joel Hooks]

It would just be more natural to have the back bent in upward fashion - if even only slightly. Model is taking shape nicely!

[El Tonio]

Small muscle update...

[El Tonio]

W.I.P. :wip:

[El Tonio]

back view...

[Araval]

Nice modelling, I like it:thumbsup:
That back legs are very powerful... good impression.
Good work... I wait for more
:thumbsup:
Greetz

[El Tonio]

Thanks for the comments !
And sorry for the lack of update...

Here's a new wip . No cleaning up yet .

[El Tonio]

Still got a lot of tweaking and smoothing to do, but as my character is still naked, I'm gonna see what parts need work after dressed up .

[El Tonio]

A closeup .

[El Tonio]

Back view .

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