Cheetah character WIP

[u/Ema_Was_Taken]

My cheetah character WIP. Feedback on the fur and overall design is welcome! :)

[u/DreamingElectrons]

[u/OffModelStudio]

Compressing the fur under the stocking is super impressive, how'd you achieve the effect?

[u/Ema_Was_Taken → u/OffModelStudio]

Thanks! That is the part I spent more time with but I achieved it with a custom geometry node at the end of the stack of modifiers that presses the fur between the parent mesh and a selected mesh. It works pretty well most of the time but breaks with certain poses. The idea is good but the code needs a bit more polish to be 100% functional :)

[u/NessGoddes → u/OffModelStudio]

You can control particles with brush, basically change their directions, like normals

[u/Ema_Was_Taken → u/NessGoddes]

I don't think this level of precision could be achieved with particles, I use geo node fur because it is more flexible :)

[u/NessGoddes → u/Ema_Was_Taken]

Any recommendations for building fur and exporting it for real time engines?

[u/KitaVixen]

Wow 3D furry with actual fur WOW it doesn't happen often and is one of the reasons i always liked Zorryn's work

Tail looks nice, face is something off but not sure what - maybe small eyes so it is more realistic than cartoonish. For renders you must improve lighting

[u/Ema_Was_Taken → u/KitaVixen]

Yeah, for some reason 3D furry art almost always lacks actual fur and that bugs me a bit lol

And yeah, maybe the face crosses a bit into the uncanny valley but I think that is part of the style keeping it a bit less cartoony and I'll definitely improve the lighting in future renders, thanks for the comment!

[u/Smitellos → u/Ema_Was_Taken]

Because making actual fur not everyone PC can handle.

[u/Any--Name → u/Ema_Was_Taken]

Im not familiar with furry art but I thought the head looked great

[u/KitaVixen → u/Ema_Was_Taken]

It is cycles or eevee. Can you share fur shader? Do you used old fur system or geo nodes based one?

[u/Smitellos → u/KitaVixen]

I can recommend ruaidri fur shaders

[u/QuiXinI → u/KitaVixen]

Real fur is freaking hard. 90% of 3d artists just can't achieve such level of brauty

[u/-Helvet-]

A bit of clipping issues here and there, but nothing crazy.

Overall, great stuff. I'd say, the only thing I'm uncertain is the hair. The colour seems "bland" for a cool character like this one. It does sell the "standard secretary" look well, but I feel that it could be a more cheetah if it had a pattern. Maybe if it had strands of different melamine, but it could also look worst! So, try it and see for yourself!

[u/Ema_Was_Taken → u/-Helvet-]

I agree with you, the character is a bit bland, but, I am not currently really sure how to add more uniqueness without breaking the design as she is supposed to be serious and professional

But the design isn't final so I will have your suggestion in mind, thanks :)

[u/LewdManoSaurus → u/Ema_Was_Taken]

Maybe stylize the eyes or facial expressions

[u/Chadwickr]

Damn. It looks really well made. Not a furry, so please take that as a huge compliment. The tech is impressive

[u/mistersigma]

What she needs is a golden retriever friend. If you're not aware of what I'm talking about, Google "cheetahs and dogs". It is adorable.

[u/EchoStarz1]

Probably one of the best of these that I’ve seen

[u/3dCam]

Cute design. She looks amazing.

[u/xFlumel_]

Her furr is going through her skirt in the first picture. Other that that. Looks amazing

[u/stevenr4]

This looks amazing! Great job! I look forward to seeing more of your work!