Sumea Challenge #8 - J.I. Styles (6/09/06)

more of todays quick noodles.

I like the over-the-top curled tip hair variant

[img]http://www.sumea.com.au/forum/attached/j.i. styles/20066619622_sc8-sketches2.jpg[/img]

hi I like the top middle head on your second picture, happy to see you create female character , not many female characters there

seems like your website is down J.I Styles

haha fixed [:)]
probably do a few more thumbnails and loose designs before I start to do a tighter concept

Cool concepts dude, I like the grim reaper-ish design. Looking forward to seeing more.[:)]

More quick doodles - starting to refine where I'm heading.
[img]http://www.sumea.com.au/forum/attached/j.i. styles/2006673256_sc8-sketches3.jpg[/img]

I like it lots, am a big fan of that hair style.

Would love to see you keep the vibrant colours.

! interesting skew of genre with european court influenced clothing! not unlike the representation of western characters in some Hong Kong cinema either... could make an interesting result.

Thanks guys, glad the roughs are getting some ideas across! And yeah, I want to try and keep the vibrancy - try and do a design that's quite different from my normal stuff.

Damn John, I didn't think my fashion tinkering was that obvious, you pretty much nailed it :D
I was originally playing with formal/ornate Korean/Chinese designs, but then I started to try some Baroque/Victorian and Chinese mix; a lot looked terrible, but this one I started to like the overall feel of. I think in the end it's going to end up a little gothic lolita-ish since so much of that fashion is just plain cool, but hoping to have it a little more western feel with an ornate chinese silk dress spin on it. We'll see how it goes, maybe I'm just poisoning it with too many ingrediants. Oh, and inevitably I'll include a corset cut into it somehow since no matter what I do, that always happens

oh no joel go away :) .... nah kidding buddy i know you will do a kick arse job as usual. (probably win again).

very kool keep it up.

Okay, okay! Nice start man, I'll be joining the fray when I get back from a short break.

Been getting a few hours in here and there, I've got some more concept pieces fleshed out but not really ready for presentation so I'll get those up later this week (or at least 1). I've got her background fleshed out, and I'll be going for a bit more innocent faced character (looks a bit more baby faced in the image since it's a higher angle shot)I've managed to get the main torso base out and rough out the head. I'm ignoring my nasty loops and messy geometry, and since I'm so impatient, I'd plugged the head into zbrush and started to model and texture a bit [:)] I figure I can scale back and rip it later... I wanted to have fun with her NOW! [B)]

PICCY!

[img]http://www.sumea.com.au/forum/attached/j.i. styles/200661121577_sc8-quickies.jpg[/img]

nice wip man.

we're screwed.

I love that body, it looks spot on to me [:)] Looking forward to see the face develop too. Im itching to get a start now - not being near a pc with max installed is killing me [:(]

you have a lot of time on your hands Joel hehe.... very lucky.

Nice model...

Don't have much free time at all really, just been sneaking time here and there at lunch time or of a morning or whenever [:)] (I showed the wire of the body at subdiv 1 since the loops are nasty and I thought that hid it a little [:D])

Very nice work.. :)

WOW Joel. That is an awesome start. Keep it up man. I really want to see you finish this model!

WAR-HEAD

nice start

haven't had too much time to do anything over the past week, but this will turn into my final concept - it's still quite a way from being finished yet, still need to get past this basic pass (and add the rest of her design elements), then get it detailed to nail the final design.

[img]http://www.sumea.com.au/forum/attached/j.i. styles/20066150475_sc8-sketches4.jpg[/img]

I've done a quick write up of her backstory, but needs to be expanded and better explained -- the whole thing's not ready to post yet, but here's the basics:

She's the unknowing orphaned child of two lines of warlord families that have fought togethor for centuries -- in other words the offspring of a romeo and juliet type of union/situation.
She's inherited this warrior lineage, and the two short swords she carries where birth gifts from her grandfathers, one from each side of the family. These swords have been passed down for centuries, and have become sentient from being bathed in the thousands of souls that they've released from the mortal world and now literally act as her companions and consciounce - one destructive and chaotic (symbolising bad), one just and fair (symbolising good).

Sexy, Im glad your going with that hairstyle, my fav of the bunch. I'd probably go with a smaller bust though.

Sounds cool JI. I really like the swords idea - they sound like an important part of the character and her background. Are you going to do a detail of the swords or are we just gonna have to wait until they are modelled?

yeah the swords will be pretty pivotal, I'll definitely get a sword concept out in a detail sheet, but probably be a little later at this stage.

Agreed on the bust, my lighting is definitely off which isn't helping too.

i really like the hair.. !!
looking forward to seeing how this will turn out..

..cos no doubt it will turn out well!

No time recently, but I've had enough here and there to finish my final character concept up (or at least finished enough [;)]), I'll do some more thumbnails on the weapon designs and a few pattern designs I think. 2D is definitely not my forte', but I'm still quite pleased with how the design's coming along.

[img]http://www.sumea.com.au/forum/attached/j.i. styles/200673402_sc8-sketches5.jpg[/img]

Very nice painting man, well done. [;)]

she looks awsome I like those little details in costume

"2d is definately not my forte" - YEAH RIGHT! [:P] come on man its illegal for art'istes of your ilk to say things like that, it makes us plebs look like complete imbeciles.

Looks awesome!

hahaha [:D] not saying I'm not happy with how it turned out, just that in 2d I can point out all these bits which are wrong and bug me, but I just don't know why or how to fix them without fiddling around with things for hours on end... 2d still has a large area of mystery and frustration for me; keeps me in awe of painters throughout history and the concept artists of today, I have so much respect for these people, you guys and girls rock! :)