The past three days straight was spent developing the Victim into a turnaround for Alex to model from.
Started off from the initial Victim concept, it needs to be more stylised so that will be worked into at the same time.
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Okay, body sorted. That was easy. I'll clean it up after the face is done.
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Took that first concept into a symmetrical face
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Alex wanted her hair tied back - Inspirations:
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Turning her into a similar structure to fit with the style of the detective's face, as sort of a base to work off - like, chopping off from a block of wood.
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Line Art
After talking to Alex, they don't work. Something looks wrong. Did a few more, and they're still having the same problem
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Looked at ideal facial proportions, they're fine.
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Looked back at Jessica Alba, Cassie, Angelina Jolie and Zoe Saldana
Did more studies with line art
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and more, looks like a masculine alien..
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and more, masculine aliens with wigs..
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Alex, Andriana and Lyn-Dae now tell me she looks like an elf. Bedtime
Gave up trying to approach this facial study from the front, went from the side.
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Finally, they look like faces, I'm progressing. Now to see if I can do front studies based off them-
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Sigh,
Okay instead I'll take the
best side study. The first looks great. I'll focus on translating her into a front study.
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I need to go back to Life Drawing classes.
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After going back to every reference on head and facial studies I've seen and taking note of their cheek and bone structure, I produce something adequate.
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This'll be enough to work from. I refine it, i.e inking whilst trying to line up her aspects with the side view.
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Finally, translating her to her body as well as refining the body.
I'd like some feedback cause I'm doubting this could be adequate for a turnaround that I can clean up and call a final.
I'm not sure if I need to re-do the face..again- to me it needs to be more stylised, its still too realistic. and would be completely understood when its time for texturing- making her look sculpted, more like a faded relic/statue of Old New York.