Human box modelling

crasong

So I've been practicing some human modelling based of tutorials and examples, and am looking for guidance on how i can improve. This is with in-game usage in mind.



P.S: You guys might have noticed a surge of posts from me lately, and a friend of mine made me realize that posting words without works is beyond unproductive.
Don't be afraid to crit my social behaviour/manners either! I'm just awkward like that.:poly122:

chrisradsby

Where have I've seen this topology before? hmmm...oh I know, it looks like the one in the tutorial Swordmaster (I believe it was). Well the model doesn't follow the standards for topology but if you intend to keep it a low-poly model with no facial animation then I guess it's okay.

crasong

Yeah it is the swordmaster tutorial hehe. I did this for sheer practice to experience some box modeling, but personally i find the end result rather ugly, maybe because i lack textures. Do you have any examples of lowpoly edgeflow that you'd mind sharing with me? I have trouble with terminating edgeloops, and I got a couple too many "stars" on my edgeflow i think.:poly122:

superpolygon

You know where I can find a free swordmaster tut?

crasong

Nope haha sorry, I bought my copy :P

chrisradsby

Here give this page a whirl mate

http://www.gameartisans.org/forums/showthread.php?t=9380

You'll find some nice topology there.

crasong

Thanks a bunch man, Styx has got some awesome examples! will look through this when i get home

kanga

Lookin pretty good so far!

I think the anatomy could be, well a little more
To illustrate what I mean this is one of the best low poly tutes of all time. I am going to follow it just for the hell of it.

http://www.3dtotal.com/team/Tutorials/benmathis/benmathis_1.php

Jon Rush has some really good things to say about loops for jpints on low poly models

http://www.pig-brain.com/tut02/tut02_01.htm

Cheers man

crasong

Hey kanga! thanks a lot for the link! I've seen the Jon Rush one just recently too. Been quite bogged down by my internship lately, but I'm definitely working on the full body piece for now! Hope to get some updates in this month.

Rick Stirling

The pose is a little stiff. I'll shirk responsibility and post an image from the PSG art tutorial (http://www.itchstudios.com/psg/art_tut.htm#perspective_and_construction)



(Ignore the mech for the purpose of this)

crasong

Whoa, very nice page! thanks a bunch!
I'm starting to see why I find slaughts character models stand out so much to me. Relax the pose it is then!

crasong

Way to bump an old thread, but I have a small update now that ive found time away from my other work.

proximity

Why is his head and neck so far forward?

crasong

Hmm yeah you're right, I'll tweak it more before i start modeling something out of it. Thx!

Harry

its not impossibly far forward, but maybe a bit extreme.
So where's this human box?

crasong

Here's the box man! :poly142:



But on a serious note, here's an update, very slight tweaks on the body, not really noticeable, and, a face!





If the face looks too familiar, it's because i was referencing slaughts work for the edgeflow. I'm not so good at getting the planes of the human body down yet without some ref. I'm borrowing a copy of loomis soon though.