Alita / Gally ( Last Order )

[LetsEatSomeBananes]

Hi folks,

I've been around for some time now but never had the chance to share a work in progress here. My name's Vincent Techer, graduated from the french school Supinfocom in 2006, I'm now working as a character/environment modeler in London.

I've started this 3d model of Gally/Alita, the main character of one of my favorite manga : Gunnm & Gunnm Last Order.
The hardest thing being the translation 2D -> 3D from a manga styled drawing. Attempt I've tried before without real success, but I'm trying again as it's a good exercice.
I'm struggling right now with proportions ... trying not to be too realistic, and not too exagerated as it tends to destroy the likelyness from one view to another.

I've choosed the following artwork to start with, as I'm planning to make her with some other outfit ( imaginos body ) :

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And here the 3D :

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Obviously there's still a lot to improve, but I really need a fresh eye on this.
Looking forward to get some feedbacks, I might try a more exagerated version with bigger eyes, more manga like, and some changes of proportions, and then I'll start with the space armor. Hair will be properly done with maya Hair later on. Right now I just want to focus on modelling ( hence the screengrab instead of fancy render )

Thanks

[Tomaya]

welcome there dude
That's a very nice face ,what can i say ? i need some render... focus on the eyes , the model itself seems to be really nice ...:thumbsup:
By the way , nice choice !

[collings]

you're off to a great start, if you want to go for a realistic look of this character i wouldn't make the eyes bigger, it looks just great how it is right now :)
keep it up man, i have no critics to give so far .^^

[PascalR]

:welcome: here Vincent!
Great start indeed, I love her face, maybe you could push the expression a bit further, like on the artwork, more of a "O" shape. Or is this the neutral shape?

Can't wait for the next update.
Very cool stuff:beerchug:

[LetsEatSomeBananes]

Hey !

Thanks for the warm welcome. The face is on a neutral state right now, blenshapes will come later ( octopus mouth will be fun to do )
I'll stick to the eyes as they are right now. Won't hurt to do some test if not convince later on.
Won't have any udpate before monday night as I'm stuck working right now ...

[sebcravoisier]

good worck i like it!

[bneall]

I think it looks like her, the nose is too pointy from the profile though. I know you want likeness, but an anime nose will pretty much always look bad in 3d.

[Intervain]

really nice face - I especially like the lips - not too keen on the bridge of the nose - looks rather harsh for her. Sweet start, looking forward to more for sure

[nghia59]

That's one of the best stories ever written.

I am so happy that there are other fans out there. The only critique that I might have is that she might look a little too sexy for Gally. I think the whole intention of the design is the iron fist in the velvet glove and that Kishiro drew her to look more innocent to hide her immense power.

I am sooooooo looking forward to seeing her finished!

- Nghia