I am trying to finish individual elements of the texture, one by one.
I have finished the ‘armor’ elements, the skin (the pattern is still missing, but the base is there), and I am working on the hair, there is not much left to improve here (oh, and there’s still the eyebrow…).
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I’m super impressed by the work going into this! Look forward to seeing it all come together
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Thank you! Fortunately, I’m not staying up all nights yet. xD
I hope you’ll start texturing soon too… because when I look at the calendar, I get anxious… xD
(Especially since I wanted to try my skills with the environment too… but I don’t know if there’s still enough time and when I’ll finish here… xD)
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Yeah, I also value sleep 
I have started texturing, just hope I can bring it all together in the time! But as for environment, you’re doing a lot more than I can think about
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I’m nowhere near texturing I’m afraid. I’ll have to sacrifice some sleep hours…
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SkullCat3D you know… ahem… I wasn’t talking about that little thing, for the mermaid presentation xD
More about the second challenge xD
(And perhaps I’m going a bit overboard, but I have a good reason for it.)
Glasdurock let me put it this way. After working on this project, I can see that too many details are lost when baking textures, and it’s better to leave any surface details for texturing.
For example, I made seams on this scrap of fabric she’s wearing, but then I had to redo them in Substance Painter because they completely disappeared, or rather, they deformed and looked like a heap of rubbish. ;/
You have 2 weeks, perfect HP won’t do 
(even if it looks amazing…)
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I’m not looking for perfect (for the challenge at least). Some part are just still in the block out phase haha
Ouuu… In that case, I’ll keep my fingers crossed. You can do it 
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It seems that I have finished off the mermaid…
I was thinking about a more metallic finish for the scales and ‘fins’ (as was originally planned), but I like this pearl effect better 
I’m still working on my Spyfish… these aren’t even the latest screenshots xD
I’m going to bed…
Almost…
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Just a small update today. Unfortunately, I don’t have the resources to stay up late tonight.
Anyway, I finished Spyfish and added a few details like veins (a dramatic experience, looking for references on the internet about this…), slightly improved the colors, fixed the damaged fin tip, I’ll probably post this screenshot later and a few smaller ones.
I also started tinkering with the final presentation.
A few minor corrections, I corrected something here, added something there… nothing major.
I worked a little more on the ‘decorations’ for the character… but there are only two lights here. One is on the spyfish and one is behind the character (from the sun’s rays), but I’m wondering if I should add something in front…?
Additionally, I get the impression that the fish is too eye-catching, I think I should tone down all those lights.
Isn’t it all a bit too much?
If the fish is the focal point, I would keep it light, but the mermaid is the main character right? Her face is really dark with everything directing the viewer to look at the fish. I would tweak the lighting on the fish and maybe add some near her face to help push the viewer there