Okay I lied, guess I will be making my own thread. Decided I'm gonna be posting a lot more than I previously estimated so it was worth making a thread for. For context my scene is going to be a slightly stylized and my pumpkins specifically rotten or old, if that helps any critiques.
thecabbagedetective somewhy it gives me "Django Unchained" vibes :D
So retopoing is fun. No, it actually isn't
Retopo is absolutely fun. You just need a proper music for it! :)
mmalhomsi Sure! Here ya go:
A little dense but I'm mostly happy with it, considering it's my first large scale retopo (except the suit pants on the guy, really off there).
nekronavt Oh don't I know it, I'm sure I'd have a broken mind if it wasn't for my Spotify playlist, not to mention the music I listen to gets you pumped, it's hard not to get energized.
thecabbagedetective ย it's too dense but topology flow seems good ! dense topology is good if u r going for some cloth simulation !
mmalhomsi Well that's certainly good to hear! Only made them so dense so that I could get all the wrinkle detail out of the sculpts, though naturally if these were to be animated I'd bake the details into a normal map instead, no?
Got some textures rockin', not sure what else I could do to them really. Thoughts so far?
The blood on the dress looks a bit funky. This was intentional (kinda) because I originally liked the look but now I think it's dumb, so I'll probably end up changing it. Also tried lighting a little bit again, always important!
I feel the suit could use a bit more detail which is odd because I got the wave texture to simulate the cloth but it's not showing up very well. Maybe I should increase the bump height?
thecabbagedetective This is going somewhere! ๐ never would have guessed it was blood though, I thought it was mud... for the suit trying more bump would be a good experiment, feels a bit flat now. You're pumping out a lot of work in a short time and it keeps getting better. Looking forward to the final image! ๐๐
ssmurfmier1985 Why ta very much! Tweaked around the shaders a bit, I'll upload it tomorrow 'cause the render times are getting baaaaad now, but it'll hopefully be worth it.
So I was looking back at the character I had made for last week's class and I just couldn't shake what I didn't like about the pumpkin. Shortly after I had a browse through both the completed and WIP entries and noticed what I was missing. It appeared a lot of the other pumpkins (*cough* practically all of them *cough*) had both A) More detail and B) More subtle materials, so I decided to rework my pumpkins. Consider them a remake. Now I haven't quite finished as a couple are missing a few finer touches, plus they need to be retopologized, but I'm liking these a helluva lot more:
I'd appreciate some critique on the lighting too! Put some effort into that so some pointers for improvement would be nice, and overall I'd love to hear what you have to say on what you like and what you'd want to see improved. Well, that's it for me tonight, good day all and happy Blending!
thecabbagedetective OooOOoooooOoo these pumpkins awesome!! Look at those faces ๐๐ฌ
You forgot to make the stalk of the left guy green ๐ The lighting is nice for showcasing them! Not for creepiness though but I guess that you will do in your final image ๐
Amazing work Aaron as always. I love those pumpkins and those characters too so great. Love it a lot. Amazing job aaron
thecabbagedetective ย Some good stuff here ๐ค ย But it looks like you forgot to color the stem on the left one.
mmahir07 Glad to hear you like it man. Honestly, you were my main inspiration for upping my pumpkin game so thanks for that!
ssmurfmier1985 Glad to hear you like 'em and thanks for the feedback on the lighting! Don't worry about the stalk though, these are just sculpts, I've been retopo-ing them.
yyukinoh1989 Why thank you much, it means a lot, nice to hear you liked it!
nekronavt Cheers my man! I'm already on the case about the stem, that'll be fixed very soon.
Unfortunately this is gonna take like over an hour to render and I'm exhausted so I'll show you guys what's up when I get up, see you then!
Alrighty, here are the retopoed versions!
Now back to work!