Suri

[EricChadwick]

Looking great so far.

Unless the character is going to have a change of clothes, he should be modeled as one mesh, no chest/belly/butt underneath the clothing.

An even texture distribution is a smart thing to do, so the pixels are all the same size across the model. For the best in-game performance, we try to put all the textures into one bitmap. Depending on the hardware, specifically how well it handles transparency rendering, the hair and other transparent bits might use a separate shader and a smaller bitmap, so you aren't wasting all that blank alpha. Another reason to split maps would be for interchangeable bits like armor, clothing options, weapons, or pieces that need to have different texture sets (like team colors).

The proportions seem a bit odd to me. His legs are very long for his torso. The fingers are not in an arch, they're running straight across the palm. His hips and buttocks are very small.

It's coming along great, keep going!

[PONRHartman]

slow progress, i havent had much time to work on this

does any one know how to get multiple objects with different uvs into marmoset?

http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b85/TRSS/suri_01.jpg

[EricChadwick]

Proportions still look really odd to me. Have you adjusted them?

[PONRHartman]

strange, this is actually my first time seeing your first post, anyway thanks, its very helpful, ive made a few tweaks since the last update, let me know what you think

http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b85/TRSS/suri_04.jpg

[EricChadwick]

Fingers are shorter, but they're missing the curvature across the width of the hand. All the fingers seem to be placed in a straight line along the edge of the palm.

And the fingers and their knuckles are all nearly the same length as each other. If you look at your own hands, you'll see the 1st knuckle on your pinky is much closer to your palm than the 1st knuckle of your middle finger.

Butt also seems very flat, hips are still a bit odd. What reference are you using?

[PONRHartman]

i see what you mean with the fingers now, and ill try to plump up the butt a little, it used to be a little bigger but it looked to big, ill try to find a happy medium, im not using any kind of reference though, besides a few muscle charts when i was building him

[EricChadwick]

im not using any kind of reference though, besides a few muscle charts when i was building him

That's the problem! You NEED to use reference. All the professionals do it, for a very good reason.

Try http://3d.sk

[PONRHartman]

thanks for the suggestion i will definitely take that into consideration on my next character, honestly though i always assumed that pros were to good for refs :p lol.
ill be making more characters in this style,
im attempting to make a game using the UDK, so your input is very helpful and appreciated :D

[Bouke285]

Some are good enough to go without refs but thats just because they have spent years building up the process in their minds and have mastered it completely. We have a long way to go untill then :D

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