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"Dryad" WIP
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15 Apr 2008Hey everyone,
I'm working on modeling a Dryad... Dryad usually refers to a tree nymph, but I am making mine more like a higher res version of the dryad creatures in Warcraft (there I go talking about Blizzard again...). In Warcraft they are more like half nightelf, half deer. She is not fully posed yet, but she will be holding a spear. After I finish posing her I'm gonna fix/detail in ZBrush and texture if I have time. Oh and I'm making clothes too
Description for dryad from WoW wiki:
"Dryads are daughters of the demigod Cenarius. They monitor the health of Kalimdor’s forests, ever watchful against the depredations of evil magic. The creature has the head, arms, and torso of a beautiful night elf woman, but the lower body of a gray woodland faun. A gentle calm is evident in her eyes, but she hefts a spear with practiced skill. It doesn’t look like she wants to use the spear in her hand — but if she had to, she could."
This is what I have so far:
UV Layout:
Some concept drawings done by my friend Whitney Pollett:
Here is what dryads currently look like in game:
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15 Apr 2008hey looking really good so far, the first thing that i see in the render is her face seems a bit chiseled around the jaw, maybe 'manly' isnt the word but i cant think of any other way to say it, she has a manly face haha. also, the hands look a bit slender in your render.
i'm excited to see your texture work on this
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15 Apr 2008Haha! Yeah you are right she does have a pretty manly jawline I will def need to soften her features. Looks a bit better in 3D view, the way I rendered it shadows her face and makes it even worse
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mahmoudnahmad 1,159 posts15 Apr 2008look good mate how did u do those uvs amazing work till now male elf with boozem ^_^ -
16 Apr 2008Thanks, I used Headus UVLayout for everything except the head
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16 Apr 2008Yeah the current WoW model is a bit manly isn't it? Looks cool, I agree the face could be a little more womanly but the model looks like it's going to come out pretty nice. Are you going to do the textures yourself, or at all?
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16 Apr 2008Thanks Jay
I hope that adding hair will help make her more feminine also.... she's a little GI Jane right now... but then again, Natalie Portman pulled it off pretty well...
I would like to do textures, but it will all depend on time right now. If I don't have time before my senior show (in 3 weeks--ahhhh!) I will probably work on it later for my reel. -
16 Apr 2008Posing progress...
Here are some notes from my friend Matt that I'm going to use to fix the pose....
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Jonathan 480 posts16 Apr 2008That UV layout needs to be A LOT more squeezed in, as you're just wasting space.
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16 Apr 2008Hey Jonathon,
Yes I did end up packing the UV shells better, but did this just to show the layout. I ended up making a separate sheet for the head, ears, and hands so I could make them bigger for better texturing. -
16 Apr 2008Looks awesome so far, Karnage! What did you do most of the modeling in? I know you said you want to clean it up in Zbrush, but did you do all the modeling there? And your friends pose ideas are definitely going to make it a much more dynamic pose! Great work so far!
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16 Apr 2008Thanks Hype! All the modeling so far was done in Maya. Today I will finish posing and then start on the Zbrush work.
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mechis 520 posts16 Apr 2008How closely did you want to follow your concept? I think your model looks great and a zbrush pass will help a lot too, but I think the concept is more exaggerated than your model. I'd say yours has more realistic proportions, but the concept looks more comic book like-- for example in the concept, the torso is super thin and the head is squashed and has very definite angles in it. Like I said, your model is great, but there are differences btw what you have and the concept.
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16 Apr 2008Hey Mechis,
I definitely wanted a more realistic approach for the dryad than the concept drawings. I mostly wanted some ideas for clothing and features from Whitney's drawings (she just did them in a few minutes for me to get a couple ideas). Her drawings are amazing, and she is really good at drawing women is her website--she only has a temporary image up now (and it is realllly good too), but it will be finished soon!
Thanks everyone for your comments so far! -
16 Apr 2008The wrist looks broken in that pose, it seems like you have the bend a little to far up the arm, which makes it look strange. But you probably aren't done with it yet, just wanted to throw it out there. Try to avoid having it be so close to a 90 degree angle, which makes anything look static.
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16 Apr 2008Ohh yeah... the wrist that is holding the staff? It will be bent and her hand will be around it. Since I am pressed for time I didn't use a skeleton or anything for this model. I am just using lattices to pose it... lol.
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16 Apr 2008the model is lovely, and the concept sketches look promising. Looking up for updates!
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Claymation 600 posts17 Apr 2008Hey this is pretty sweet! I think the upper body might be a little small though, either that or the lower half might be too long...either way, the lower half looks more horse than deer right now to me compared to her upper half. Can't wait to see more! And those concepts are awesome too.
By the way Karnage, I just noticed your joined date was the same day as my wedding -
17 Apr 2008Hey Clay,
Thank you for your comments. I have been worrying about it looking to horse-like. Are there any specific details you see that I can fix when I bring it into ZBrush to make it look more like a deer? My proportions are pretty stretched out, but I felt like shortening her legs made her look a little too stout.
You were married on May 5, 2007? Awesome! Coming up on your one year! Belated congratulations and early happy anniversary -
Claymation 600 posts17 Apr 2008Thanks!
I think the legs are fine. I would try maybe either bring the whole front part, upper and lower, back a little bit, and maybe thinning up the deer torso a little as well. OR scaling up the upper half.
To me the difference between a horse and a deer is the size. Horses are both taller and thicker. I like the length of the legs, the middle just looks a bit too thick and long compared to the humanoid part. Your tail is longer like a horses as well.
Actually, taking another look at the concepts, they all have very curvy deer torsos, both the tops and bottoms, while yours is fairly straight. I know you said you wanted a more realistic model than the concepts, but I think curving the back and belly a bit more would help. -
17 Apr 2008Cool, I will try to rework the middle and make her more currrrrrrvaceous
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21 Apr 2008looks sweet man.............
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