Sculpting small but feisty Jordan

My name is Medhat Sheren and I'm from Egypt. I used to be an assets and location modeler for two and half years but now I'm trying to become a character modeler. I've been watching anime since I was kid and I really love anime, manga style, mecha and for sure 3D movies.

My character is called Jorden, the concept is by Kenny Jeong. Usually I use Pinterest or Artstation to search for concepts and I make a selection of five concepts I like. Jorden was one of them. I chose him because he was catchy and looking at him you just know he has a story to tell. He wants to be a hero. He has an ancient mask on his head. You can say it gives him a power to fight demons..

After finishing facial expression refinement, I began to texture Jordan, I told myself I am on track and he will be good - inshallah.

In the beginning Jorden was horrible and so weird but instructor feedback and a lot of trial and error has produced a great final piece.

At every stage I had a lot of challenges, first it was trying to have the right proportions and a solid base. Then, to catch the likeness and paint the skin tone. Next, it was making texture by adding more detail to him. Finally, it was posing him whilst making a lot of adjustments, fixing errors and rendering in the Marmoset toolbag which was a totally new tool for me.

Watching tutorials, asking for feedback, constantly making edits means that every time you will discover and learn new things. As I said before, in every stage there were a lot of challenges so you really learn a lot, but mainly polypainting skin, posing and using marmoset as a render engine.

For now I don't have any specific plans for this guy. But for me, I will work on myself to do more and constantly improve my skills.