Thanks man! For reference I don’t usually triangulate my meshes. However because we’re using this character as a base to draw over I had to add a few triangular faces to hold the shape at certain angles like 3/4. I actually work as a rigging td so I’m fairly familiar with what good topology should look like. Thanks for the feedback.
Stay tuned!
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Hmm, are there different colors for different roles or are these ideas for his main costume? Either way looks cool, keep up the good work 
These are ideas for his main costume. I was originally using the blue/gold combo but it felt too x-men to me. So I moved towards the color scheme of the Glaucus Atlanticus. Thanks for the comments, sorry it wasn’t clear.
I meant no offense and there’ no reason to be sorry. After all, this is pre-production and nothing is meant to be finalized yet. I love the idea of taking inspiration, at least in part from nature. As generic and cheesy as it sounds, it’s often our greatest resource and it’s nice to see the renaissance ideal still practiced. ./thumbs up
The costume looks good and I didn’t mean to imply it didn’t, I was just unsure.
**Update: Character turnaround and final 2d expression sheet
Also for fun, the current costume design top contender:
Wow, what you’ve done so far looks really impressive. I love that video clip in your first post.
So, am I understanding correctly that you are actually using the 3D models as tracing/reference and then you actually create the rest conventionally? I think that’s a fantastic idea.
So, am I understanding correctly that you are actually using the 3D models as tracing/reference and then you actually create the rest conventionally?
You got it! Originally I wanted to try and emulate the anime style using conventional 3d rendering. One day my wife turned to me and said, “Why don’t we just draw over the CG?” The thought had never occurred to me but the more I considered it the more I liked the idea. My wife has a background as a traditional 2d animator, having started her career in the Japanese anime industry. We decided to combine both of our strengths and try to create something unique. I’m glad you like the results!
It rarely happens that one finds 2 people in a single household who so clearly has great talent. I will be following this thread.
Alright, a little update on the project is in order. Unfortunately we hit a snag in the story and we decided to shelf the project. Fortunately we stumbled upon some inspiration and I’m happy to say that I’ve been proceeding on a new pilot episode. The flavor is a bit more realistic sci-fi, but it’s definitely and edgier concept than before. I’m really excited to bring you some updated wips.
After stopping the previous story, we were pretty distraught about what to do. That’s when my wife showed me this wikipedia article about a french female pirate from the 1300’s. We both really enjoyed the potential for the story, so I wrote a 10 page script that became our pilot. From there I got to work designing the characters:
Our main character Jean:
cont’d from previous post…
The weathered pirate captain:
The Villain, a perversely wealthy aristocrat:
Finally before I had worked out a schedule, I did some design work for one of the ships used in the pilot. With the help of my friend and fellow CGtalk user svmaerospace we produced this concept:
A little bit of an infodump today…
Last pirate crew member, complete with EVA armor:
and some previews of the secondary antagonists:
Finished the model sheets for the Nobleman’s crew:
I could definitely uses some feedback on these costume iterations for our protagonist. She’s a space prostitute who’s used to servicing “high class” clients:
and a later iteration(my personal favorite is 6D):
Feedback is welcome!
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Hi,
Amazing stuff. I really like it a lot. You just proved what I was considering as a possible
route for animation but I rejected is because I thought it takes too much time but seemingly it
worth the efforts. Great job. Congratulations to you wife too.
