Joy Update 05

Joy's hair has been the most difficult and time consuming part of her model to create thus far. My initial sculpt was packed with detail; I was trying to make it as realistic as possible, but I found that the intricate and detailed hair distracted from the rest of her model, which is a touch more stylized.

I decided upon a stylized and more minimalistic look for her hair model that will work in conjunction with textures to realize a look that matches her concept art. She will eventually be animated, so it doesn't make sense to spend too many polygons on her hair alone. This ain't Pixar, folks. Have a look at how I created the mesh for her undercut hair style in the video below.

Joy Update 04

Work continues on my new character Joy. Today I added wrinkles and stitching to her shorts.

Joy Update 03

It's been a while, hasn't it?

I had to take a break from developing Joy to deal with, well, life. I hadn't forgot about her though-quite the contrary, in fact; I couldn't STOP thinking about her!

I've completed the low poly modeling of Joy and am now about 50% complete with sculpting in ZBrush. I've been studying muscular anatomy to make sure I'm keeping proportions accurate. So far, I'm pleased with my progress. When sculpting, I find that it can be easy to become a bit overzealous when adding form to a base mesh, which can result in an unwanted amount of extra mass that can destroy the silhouette and feel of the character.

Check out the photos below.