I would really appreciate some feedback, preferably before I continue

its looking promising so far, but not much to comment on with such an early wip. based off of what i can see i would say--


- work on the teeth; whether that be from shading the base of the teeth or pronouncing the mouth/lip/gum area some more (or both).

- i would also consider what else is going to be inside of the mouth before diving in too deep with details. are you planning to add a tongue or the texture of the inside of a mouth? possibly adding more rows of teeth behind the front? knowing what parts to put effort and details into and what not will save you plenty of time and frustration.

- laying out all of your ideas and trying them all out, even just a little bit, will help you come to a final decision much quicker. at least for me, once you have that blueprint laid out that's half of the texture completed already.


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christian (cdean)#4803

-Edited shadows + lighting
-Added inner mouth membrane
-Edited gums surrounding teeth
-Updated 3D Image

See how there is light going directly towards the "lips"? - That means you'll need detail for the inner mouth as well.

Does the mouth hold completely still, or are you implying a leech/lamprey mouth? You could consider some skin wrinkles around the mouth to show that the mouth moves

Get some of your dark detail the way you like it, and then consider highlights. Is the mouth wet? Add some slight highlights to the gums and teeth etc

Keep it up!

lookin good keep adding detail and variation it'll be great

Hey, a cool idea you could do would be turning it into an eyeball so the mouth part is the pupil and then the optical nerve and rectus muscles could hang down the back and lead onto the neck/chest joint.