A Quickly Revamped Mana

As I had mentioned before, I was having a few issues with Mana's normal map. This was a great mistake on my part, as I missed a single crucial step of giving him a tangent property. Here's a pic of his newer version!

I am very proud to say that he looks 100% better! I hope you can all see the difference as well, and I'd like to thank my classmate Bill (sorry, your surname is unknown to me) for helping me with him! The fix took all of 5 minutes, but it was certainly an "A-ha!" moment, and it helps incredibly! Enjoy!

Daily Deviation

So I've taken the idea from a few forums to try my best and post a daily/bi-daily/weekly design or otherwise piece of artwork just to show what's on my mind. Today, as it's my first day, I spent about an hour and a bit during a slow moment in class to make this little fella.


Here's his outline and a little shading to give me an idea of how his skin will look.


And here's his final outline. I'd like to color him in the future, but for the most part he's just a little guy from my mind.

A short synopsis:
He's like a reptilian chicken thing about the size of a large house cat. He swallows his prey whole, suffocating it with his tongue, and then slowly digests it in it's exposed stomach. The orb of goo on his back is where his prey is digested, and when nothing but bones are left, he regurgitates them much like an owl. It can run about 14 km/h, and is a strict carnivore, eating creatures up to a quarter of it's size. It's primarily nocturnal, coldblooded, and aggressive, living in temperate climates . I could go into deeper details, but this will probably suffice. Hope you all like him/her/it!

Mana Completed

So I have worked well enough on making this character the best he could be, but I am wary that my skills on making Normal maps needs some attention. For the most part, Mana is relying on his diffuse more than his normal map, which is indeed sad since he'd be much more detailed if it weren't for my lacking ability. To rectify this situation, I've taken it upon myself to get a tutor. I'm quite happy how he turned out nonetheless, but for my final demo reel, I do hope his normal map will shine more.

So here's a set of picks with him slightly posed. I would like a more dynamic pose in the future, but I'm happy with this now. I still want to pump out his pants colour a little before he's done, but aside from that, I think he's a swell guy! I hope everyone enjoys him! I sure did creating him!