the O Miner

[Turkish]

You guys are all trying to look at this and critique it like it's a finished product. Stop that right now. If it's his first model so it's not going to be a finished product, it's probably close to what he imagined but not polished or flushed out the way we imagine things.

Break it down, look for shapes and not details, apply what you know about the line and the role, think about what it's trying to show you. And this next one is a big one; stop trying to apply a concept or role to the design, it has an intended identity so respect that. It's totally okay to offer alternative ideas about the design but there's nothing constructive about running off on tangents when the artist has an idea and is looking for critique on that.

My thoughts on it are Bretonian GB that's been re purposed, it has the big front scoop I'm sure we'll all recognise, the longer body too. The drive looks like a gyroscope to me which I find cool, it makes me think of new drive technologies so I think that's something to work on. Steven_manson was right about using boxes instead of the high poly organic shapes you're using now so keep that in mind, it's a good start though.

Play with with your primitives and work on roughing out more complete designs instead of grouping those primitives as you go along. If it helps you lay out the rough shape with them and colour code them bright so you can use it as a "jig" while you work on the final mesh(es), try your best to avoid using subdivision in your models too. I know that might seem funny since it's Wings but you really don't need that many polys so starting low is a good idea. And don't be afraid to fail and restart either, it's part of the process.

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