Part way through stage one:


No story to this, just interested in doing some head texture, it looks like a mess right now, as do all my textures when they start out, we'll see where it goes eh? More updates later today.
Suggestions are welcome but be quick, I'm working on the texture as you read this.

Images I've taken inspiration from so far:
http://iteadstudio.com/store/images/...ot/Robotic.jpg (you can see this in the eyes)
http://www.alreadypretty.com/wp-cont...-pink-lips.jpg (explicitly using this for the lips)
http://www.free-desktop-backgrounds..../138856610.jpg (needed a reference for cheeks while I drew)

Art software used:
inkscape (For all the major work)
GIMP (So far just to convert png to tga, but I'll probably brush in texture to this later using GIMP)

hmm it kind of looks like a saumari in the middle but it looks like it will turn out very well cant wait to see more wips

Update.



Still doing work on the base shapes, I often spend a long time thinking about what shapes I want the texture to have, for this one I'm going for a disjointed organic feel, so while the shapes may be organic like lips, they feel disjointed and exaggerated, giving it an uncanny valley feel of robotics.

I'm using the SVG format of my own texture template which can be found in the "useful art threads" thread.

Oh, also, I'm aware this has a very symetrical feel at the moment, I'm going to make it asymmetrical in the end, so this shaping process will take longer than usual.

Well, it's turning out to look pretty nice right now. I'm guessing that the line that runs down the middle is just temporary, as the line running down the side. I'm really liking the idea behind this, and with a bit more work, it could turn out to be quite the head texture. For it's look in this early state, I'd give it a 8/10, keep up the good work.