05-24-2011, 09:53 PM
(05-24-2011, 01:10 PM)hydrocephalus link Wrote: The proportions of this sculpt are stunning and incredibly accurate, however, this sculpt is not yet complete. I would urge you to continue working on building multiple layers of texture to provide a more in depth, organic flow to the texture. I am aware of the aspirations you have for this piece which is why I urge you to give this more time and attention.
I do not say any of this out of any sense of negativity. The truth is this sculpt is very, very good so far. I just don't want you to sell yourself short of your goal.
Hey James
Thanks yah I'm going to play around with the texture, I've already changed the left cheek around and I've deepened some of the skin folds as suggested. My primary source is the original sculpt photo, which is the only one that really gives you a sense of how the texturing was done without interference from the paint job or grave crud that was added later.
What I gather from this is the depth and flow of the texture is not consistent throughout. On the cranium and parts of the neck it is basically linear. The chin appears to have almost no detailing. If I make, say the side of the face very detailed I now have an inconsistent texture with the cranium, which as you can see is grooved with linear "stripes" a few mm wide without visible additional detail. Here is a part I've worked on.
To my eye, the forehead stripes are about the right depth. In the above photo of the original sculpt, the cheek cracks don't appear to be terribly deep either.