Quote Originally Posted by KiriA500 View Post
http://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/blog/post/171

Lookin' good there, Shiva! Can't wait to see you rendered in-game!

I like the different colored streaks in her hair. Kind of odd to see her without blue skin though.

UPDATE:


Shame it takes the person who posted the info to confirm what should be common knowledge. Oh well...
I agree, that the colors looked weird and fleshy for Shiva. However like he said in the Dev Blog they were testing the normals. Meaning Normal Maps which gives the character the look of having more polygons of a higher end model than it actually has. Shiva when she is textured properly is very light in color and would make it incredibly difficult to see the gentle blending in shading of a normal map. So she is darkened in and textured in contrasting colors to make it easier to see the subtle differences in shading. This is why Fernehalwes made the comment of keeping designer's eyes from bleeding!

When she's finished she will look like the concept art. Despite being only work in progress she does look really good! Almost like a Elzen thats really cold but you can still see the blood under her skin and slight blue hue around her lips and skin because.... well she's ICE COLD BABY!