WARNING: if you're an ultraprude there's a nude character in here but only the breasts are somewhat detailed, while you can see the crotch area due to lack of clothes there isn't even implied genitalia.
So there I was, just smoothing out Red's feet and toes and fixing toenails that needed fixing
when I decided that I should draw Zara in a hive hoodie since I've drawn her in a steem hoodie previously (and Kurenai in a steem shirt). Hot on the heels of that I figured I may as well use the 3d model of Zara seeing as it's more or less finished. So of course I had to fix the proportions of the model first. After a lot of glaring and trying to figure out if the legs were too long or the torso too short, I finally decided on the former and ran it past Sprat who helpfully marked up a screenie for me.
I ended up needing to use the low poly mesh I'd made to speed up collision calculations to adjust things because it was easier than moving stuff around in the higher poly mesh. Now apparently proportionally if you can fold a human in half without the muscles and spine and things getting in the way the top of the head should come close to the ankles (my interpretation of something Sprat told me which may or may not be accurate) and as I'd removed the rig the only way I could think of at the time to check the proportions was
This is how everyone checks character proportions right >_>
Another one just for you @meesterboom XP
Ran it by Sprat and she said it looked all right and so I used it as a reference to adjust the actual model.
I then sent the actual model over to 3dC to fix some retopo around the hips that was really upsetting me.
I'm still having scale issues in 3dC, so I sized it up a lot in Blender and then sent it over again. Each time 3dC complained that the model was too high poly and might lag (even though I'd originally done it in 3dC). When I finally got it in there at a workable size, symmetry would not stay on and I couldn't resymmetrise the model and it may have somehow gone out double sided even though I thought I'd checked the export settings to make sure it didn't.
Pro-tip: always make sure you're happy with the mesh before commencing any texturing, rigging or particle work.
In my defence, I was happy with it at the time and I really should leave it alone now BUT I CAN'T.
It was way past my bedtime (this has been distressingly normal lately) and I lost a bit more of the plot and ended up buying SpeedRetopo and bpainter from BlenderMarket. I'm currently playing around with the former seeing if I can rework that mess without destroying the tattoo and bump uv maps. After that I suppose I better learn how to bake (I've been avoiding it like the plague as it was previously a pain in the system but I haven't looked recently). I think the biggest issue is going to be getting the family tattoos onto other characters. I think that the thing I was doing in 3dC can do it but haven't had a chance to test so I guess I will have to test there if I can't figure out how to do it in Blender.
I may also find it's impossible to do in either x_x
I'll be pretty stoked if i can do everything I need to do in one package anyway. Specialised apps that are amazing at their specific job are great and all but damn I hate pipelining.
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This post made me smile. Not sure if it was the breasts, butt and crotch but I guess that helped. You're doing fine, just wish you'd get some more sleep.
xx
Yay for smiling XD
I feel really, really slow x_x
I wish I'd get more sleep too. I have an alarm set for when I should down tools and get ready for bed but when I'm on a roll I ignore everything and the rolls usually happen at night because that's just when I work best x_x
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Thanks! But I'm not Indian is that okay :O
Lol. Yes, I am sure that is how everyone checks it!!
XD
Yeh, it's not the nude that's the problem so much as that 69 position following it.
What's with you? One week it's pen15 fingers and now this...
LoL! I swear I'm not doing it deliberately! XD
seriously this is the kind of thing I have to put up with just in the course of work and I never notice til someone points it out, only recently have I thought it might be hilarious to blog so now I'm noticing everything x_x
Perhaps that's what's getting all the upvotes D:
Lol! Yes, it must be the NSFW bits that are getting you the votes rolling in!
Forgot to mention with the 69 that I've never had or seen problems with these really abstract construction characters, it's always the detailed ones that seems to get noses out of joint which is why it didn't occur to me to warn about it 😅
#Resteem
It's really amazing 3d art. I am impressed to see you work.
Thank you ^_^
Well I never...
Well you never what, I'm sure you've seen something like that before ;D
This is the first time I see this method xD but certainly looks useful hahah
Sometimes I find out that I'm not defective after all, and other times I find out that yes it's just me XD
Or maybe you're innovative not defective ;)
Ahh, yes everyone checks proportions by 69-ing them so says me who draws///no
Bahahhahahaaaaa XD
Maybe that's what I needed to do to make my proportions in drawing better >_>
very no lol