Anatomy and Character Sculpture | Project 1: Stylized Character Blockout

29/9/2022 (week 6) - 1/11/2022 (week 11)

Nurul Asilah Binti Mohamad Asif | 0353346 | Anatomy and Character Sculpture | Bachelor of Design (Hons) in Creative Media

Project 1 | Stylized Character Blockout

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 Instruction

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Project 1

In week 6 we were assigned to do a stylized character block-out, we are able to choose what type of character to do for the Anatomy subject. I decided to do the same character that I did for the Character Design class.

Fig 1.1 Character I draw for Character Design class (19/9/22)

To start off, I actually failed a few attempts to do my first block-out of my character. I managed to complete my first block out for an exercise however I tend to fail as I started to do proper character anatomy the second time. 

I was quite proud when i finished this first block-out since it was my first time following a reference.

Fig 1.2 Character Block-out #1 (1/10/22)

Fig 1.3 Character Block-out #2 (1/10/22)

Fig 1.4 Character Block-out #3 (1/10/22)

Fig 1.5 Character Block-out #4 (1/10/22)

Fig 1.6 Character Block-out #5 (1/10/22)

Then I had to come stylizing my character, which is to follow how my character looked in 2D. As a beginner, I was afraid I could never do it. These few pictures were some failed attempts that I tried to do in Maya software. 

I was actually proud of the body and face figure I did, but it's not what I was looking for in the 2D character I drew. It was overwhelming when I started designing the clothing for the character.

Fig 1.7 Character failed attempt #1 (7/10/22)

Fig 1.8 Character failed attempt #2 (7/10/22)

So I decided to use Z-brush for the first time, although I had to look through a bunch of tutorials given by Mr.Kannan, I managed to understand how to use Z-brush. I managed to create a character I like, however, the character needs a lot of fixing. This leads to my 2nd attempt at failure. In this case, I happened to not explore as much as I should have, I just happen to throw everything I see in the 2D character into the 3D design. So not proud of it. 

Fig 1.9 Character failed attempt #3 (front) (10/10/22)

Fig 2.0 Character failed attempt #4 (side) (10/10/22)

Fig 2.1 Character failed attempt #5 (side) (10/10/22)

Fig 2.2 Character failed attempt #6 (back side) (10/10/22)

Fig 2.3 Character failed attempt #7 (with hat) (10/10/22)

Fig 2.4 Character failed attempt #8 (with hat) (10/10/22)

Fig 2.5 Character failed attempt #9 (with hat) (10/10/22)

I had a few feedbacks from Mr.Kanaan that I should try and make my character my own style and try to design better. So, for my final attempt, I decided to go with the flow and explore Z-brush properly.

I actually managed to pull it off, and i was proud of how this character looked because this one happens to come with effort and a little bit of brain crack by looking at so many references. 

Well, would you look at that, she's so pretty :')

Fig 2.6 Character stylized block-out #1 (14/10/22)

Fig 2.7 Character stylized block-out #2 (14/10/22)

Fig 2.8 Character stylized block-out #3 (14/10/22)

Fig 2.9 Character stylized block-out #4 (14/10/22)

Character with hair

Mr.Kannan thought us how to do hair with Fibermesh in Z-brush, so I decided to use it instead of sculpting. As you can see that did not go quite as planned. [Fig 1.9] 

Fig 3.0 Character stylized block-out (with hair)#1 (15/10/22)

Fig 3.1 Character stylized block-out (with hair)#2 (15/10/22)

Fig 3.2 Character stylized block-out (with hair)#3 (15/10/22)

Fig 3.3 Character stylized block-out (with hair)#4 (15/10/22)

Final

Fig 3.4 Final Stylized Block-Out Character (26/10/22)

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Feedback 

The form is looking very un-proportional and you need to look at references in order to understand each style of a character. The legs have to match the muscles and how the pants must flow along the legs. The arms as well.