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Erma Progresion Renders — Description

Hi Everybody,
sometimes when i post things i write in the description that i made changes to a models topology or it's rig, but i don't really go into much detail beyond that. some changes you can tell straight out, but like this Erma Fanart you kind of have to see under the hood to get a better idea of changes i've made to improve the character's look or make improvements to the model for the rig i was trying to set up for it.
so Erma 2016 was my first take of the character, i also used her as a cameo in a Halloween short. at the time i liked the model looked, but i had problems getting particals hairs to work for me. so she ended up looking like a mess and not very appealing. now that i have some years of modeling under my belt, i see the messy topology and how the model is a poor representation of the cute comic character i was truing to recreate.
early 2024 i made another attempt at modeling the character. this one came closer to looking like Erma.i used a box modeling style, a custom toon shader that i learned from YouTube and i rigged her with autorig pro. but i abandand this model for two reasons. i missed steps in the box model for the head and i wanted the rig to do something more cartoony.
so i made my third attempt. this one came a lot closer to looking like Erma, i redid the head, and made a rig with auto rig pro for the body and a custom rig bendy bons rig for the head. you can't see it her but this model has two meshes one with a normal mouth and another with the lightning boy mouth set up, so i can get moth shape in the center of the head form different angles. i think that is a little bit over board since the shader i use is very forgiving, but i wanted to have the option to switch models for the mouth shape i was looking for.
OutCastComix Erma is a fun character to model and try rigging, i'll probably try modeling her again some to, but until then i hope you enjoyed my rant and study renders.