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Navi Heads (on-going)

Added 2025-01-29 14:06:32 +0000 UTC

A project I will be updating here and in Discord.
ArtSstation: https://www.artstation.com/artwork/1N3YgK

Goal
To create simple hand painted heads based off a low poly mesh I created.
This time, to record the painting process for all of the heads.
These don't need teeth, nor hair.

Description
Head: 1'386k tris, Tx: 1024px
Eyes: 288 tris, Tx: 256px

Timelapses
Head #1 https://youtu.be/9NklHyALTxE
Head #2 https://youtu.be/pNJri67pCa4

Dates and Notes (Most Recent Order)

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4-16-2025

ArtStation Post and Turntables

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3-30-2025

Navi Head 13, 11, 12, 6, 2
Using Blender 4.3.2 and Substance Painter 2024

Notes
I worked on Head 13 and Head 11's stripes and bio.
Then I noticed that a few other heads needed some minor touch ups. Mostly in their stripes as well.

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3-29-2025

Navi Head 13, and 11
Using Blender 4.3.2 and Substance Painter 2024

Notes
I worked on Head 13 with a repaint in Procreate from a screenshot.
Then I applied that repaint onto the 3D model and did more repainting in Blender.
I then moved onto Head 11 after I was done with Head 13.

After those two, I prepped them for Substance Painter and started working on stripes.
It lead me onto the next day.

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2-28-2025

Navi Head 1 Textures
Using Substance Painter 2024

Notes
Last head of the line up ^^ outside of the two i need to retexture.
(I streamed on discord) Long stream but success!

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2-27-2025

Navi Head 2 Textures
Using Substance Painter 2024

Notes
Slow goings but here is Head 2 finally! I wanted something that covered more and moreee...stripey cheetah..something XD?

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2-22-2025

Navi Head 3, 6, 12, 14 Textures
Using Substance Painter 2024

Notes
So I created a non-mirrored uv map to make unique stripes/bio/or freckles (maybe scars or other things).

Once in substance painter, I painted the Stripes and Bio dots for all of these.

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2-20-2025

Navi Head 12 and 14 Texturing
Using Blender 4.3.2

Notes
Head 12
Another head I do not quite like but nonetheless, I worked on. This has less reasons I can pinpoint for not liking it, other than its not a design I like (mostly just the texture colors).
Head 14
Last Head i did paint overs with.
I have a few options after this.
Either continue and develop stripes and bio for everyone. Or stop here and edit the video time-lapses like i did before.
I am interested in the first.. we will see.

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2-19-2025

Navi Head 6 Texturing
Using Blender 4.3.2

Notes
I don't like this head to be honest. I feel cyclical with these designs sometimes.

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2-11-2025

Navi Head 1,2,3
Using Blender 4.3.2 and Gimp

Notes
I cleaned up the texture and reduced some of the secularity within the texture that was in the paint overs.
I do prefer both the textures (and more into the painterly look) but for my purposes, i don't want to keep lots of the bright highlights in a texture when (the model) will probably be in a shaded/lit environment.

Maybe it will be XD im still thinking about it.. I need to create shaders for my needs.

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2-9-2025

Navi Head 1, 2, 3, 6, 12, 14
Using Blender 4.3.2

Notes
So, after I did repaints of the heads I had in mind, I sent them to Blender and reprojected this image on the model.
I baked it down into a texture map to continue to repaint. They all have unique eyes that I need to also paint over but that is more easier than a head. So I wont be trying to bake this down.

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1-29-2025

Navi Head 13 Texturing
Using Blender 4.3.2

Notes
Using different brushes and more blended look. Could use stronger highlights though and some more skin color variances but I will live XD

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1-26-2025

Navi Head 11 Texturing
Using Blender 4.3.2, Procreate, Substance Painter

Notes
So details.. I sent this head to substance painter to generate a quick light and multiplied it to the base texture to deepen the shadows rather than paint more. Then I started to paint over the head while there to blend in the generator and the skin. But it was still very flat, so, I took a front facing orthographic render and sent it to Procreate to do a paint over. I sent it back and baked down the projection and repainted over it till I was satisfied. The goal of these heads isn't' really to detail them, but to paint for fun. So that is why they tend to be so painterly/ or unfinished looking.

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1-26-2025

Navi 1 & 11 WIPS
Using Blender 4.3.2

Notes
Progress on the variants of Navi heads. Which are still WIP. Not all started today, but every so often i would take some time to paint after other work/end of day.