Skyrim Special Edition
Dominique Appearance update

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Some of you might remember a small "pre-alpha" demo I did earlier this year for Dominique, a custom voice follower I started working on using VA Synth tool.

I took the summer off from modding, trying to catch some vitamin D and not spend all waking hours in front of the keyboard.

I plan on starting work again soon, and to start dabbling again I recently remade her appearance from scratch in the racemenu, and here is the result.

I'm not very good (at all) at face sculpting, any suggestions would be appreciated.   It's really hard to get something unique and instantly recognizable...  For example, when you think of Sofia the Funny Voiced Companion, you instantly have a mental picture of her unique face.  Same goes for Arissa, Lucien, etc etc.

I doubt I'll get to that level of "trademark" uniqueness, but that's what I'm eventually going for.

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  1. Klaxoid
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    Face sculpting is quite difficult. I often spend hours trying to make a face then delete it

    She looks great so far. I would suggest playing with the mouth slightly, it seems a bit too pursed (not sure if that was what you were aiming for). It's not bad, but when the character ends up with an angry expression it will shrink even more. The same thing with her eyes, they are a great shape, but if this is her neutral mood they might look odd when angry.

    Since a lot of the game is fighting it is a good idea to check how a character looks while angry

    If you use the mfg console mod it's pretty easy to slap expressions on faces to ser the results
    1. Dahveed
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      Thanks for the advice!
  2. FastBlackCat
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    She looks very good to me, her eyes caught my attention first (in r/l, the first thing I focus on are the eyes--eyes can tell you a lot about someone by their expressions or lack thereof).
  3. cormell
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    Well, she looks good. I assume you wanted her to have piercing eyes, because that is her most notable feature. The VA Synth tool sounds interesting -- should be a good project.
    1. Dahveed
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      I think the eyes are by far the most important feature of a face.  Completely changes the look of a character.