I've decided to invest some time into reworking my warrior woman character, as her previous version wasn't working out that well. I've dropped the whole 'charred skin and lava veins' looks for something more natural, changing her entire color scheme to match, as well as the lighting.

I'm feeling better about this, hopefully it is actually going in the right direction. I have yet to work on her boots, her current skin texture is mostly just a base, and her hair needs work still as well.

Here's my latest reel with some changes, most notably to the sections of Warrior Woman, the Bugman and the credits.


Michael Fels Character Modeling Reel Version 4 from Michael Fels on Vimeo.

Here's the reel I handed in and graduated with. To see it in high definition: click the title in the video, or the link under the video, and you can see it directly on Vimeo in HD. If you've already started playing it, you can also click the 'HD is off" button in the video screen and it will link you to the HD version.

The Bugman has been added back in, but still needs some texturing. And I do want to add some very quiet ambient background music.


Michael Fels Character Modeling Reel (Version 3) from Michael Fels on Vimeo.

Here's my final still for the Bugman, obviously still untextured though.

Here's the latest version of my reel. Changes over last time: finished warrior woman, removed unfinished bugman. Fixed overall camera movements and timing. Added intro and credits.


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Here's my final stills for both my warrior woman and fountain statue:

Here's my work-in-progress demo reel. Some stuff is still under construction, and the flow of the video itself needs some adjustments in terms of timing and....uh.... stuff.


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Here's some quick renders from XSI, since there aren't any in my original post.

The detail in my normals is coming through nicely, but my textures are definately killing it, so I'll need to rework those. I also need to finish the hair and add some of the other things I had intended, like the hanging bands of cloth and such like that.