Close-up picture of Suzume

A female NINJA "Suzume" appears on the Webcomic "4D Magician" at last.
But the modeling data of Suzume has not been completed yet.
It is difficult to express the expressions of her face in particular.

It is not difficult to make a smiling face and an angry face simply.
It is difficult to make the expressions of her face suitable for her character.

The upper picture is a close-up picture of Suzume who is in woods.
I used Carrara5 in order to get a photo-realistic image.
Hair became a real image like a photograph.
But I failed in expression of the textures of skin.
I applied the textures of skin onto polygons, but since the distance
from the surface to the light was near, the textures of skin have disappeared.

I'm planning to make the many characters appear on the Webcomic "4D Magician".
So I have to make many 3D models of them after this.
I am likely to become busy in the autumn of this year.

Webcomic "4D Magician" at page 6

Hello, I'm Shig.
I have been creating a Webcomic "4D Magician" for these several months.
I have just uploaded the Webcomic '4D Magician' at page 6.
The upper picture is the screen capture of the webcomic at page 6.

I have got experienced in the multimedia creating work of a webcomic.
So, my work speed is becoming quick.
And I can spend many hours, in order to improve the quality of the work.

At the beginning, I was going to add the game-elements to the webcomic.
However, at present, the proposal is not realized.
I cannot decide whether I should add the game-elements to the work.

Because, most readers read a webcomic, in order to enjoy the story.
But the game-elements may interfere with advance of the story.
I think that the readers should concentrate their attention on the story.

I am going to consider this problem for a while.

Webcomic "4D Magician" at page 5

Yesterday I uploaded the Webcomic "4D Magician" at page 5.
The upper picture is the screen capture of the webcomic at page 5.

The glasses which Mr.Blue wears are HMD(Head Mounted Display).
He is a hi-tech armed magician.
It is difficult for a hand-drawn picture to represent a high-tech magic.
But it's easy for CG picture.

Webcomic "4D Magician" is a multimedia comic which is represented by
several media(e.g. text, voices, graphics, animation, interactivity).
The multimedia comics have not spread yet.
However, I think that the multimedia comics will be popular slowly.
Since the artists can unify several media, power of expression
becomes large for the artists.

But it may become hard work for the artists...

Japanese baby sling

The other day I made a picture of Japanese sling.
The upper picture is it.
A female NINJA whose name is Suzume is carrying a baby on her back
with a Japanese baby sling.

Unlike European and American baby sling, a Japanese traditional baby sling
carries a baby on one's back.
Suzume is carrying the baby on her back.
Therefore, she can't see the baby's face.
But it is okay with her.
Because the baby is the NINJA, and the baby is not her child.
She does not want to see the baby's face.

Many NINJAS are due to appear in the Webcomic "4D Magician".
Of course, many stage properties also come out.
For example, a sword, a Shuriken("hand hidden blade"), a NINJA's clothes, etc.

I will have a hard time to make these CG data!!