Is it okay to use a base mesh?

JonBick0

Hi so iv been in a certain workflow for a while where i will take the human body base mesh from Mudbox and use that as a jumping off point to sculpt a character from it, and then move into Maya for retopo, i'm wondering if that an okay thing to do in the industry? or should i create my own base mesh before creating my characters?

TheGabmeister

Yes, it's okay.

Brian "Panda" Choi

Yes

JonBick0

Thanks for the fast response guys!

Eric Chadwick

It's good to credit the author of the basemesh you use though, just like you would credit a concept artist.

We have some good basemeshes here
http://wiki.polycount.com/wiki/BaseMesh

JonBick0

alright will do, these look awesome thanks for the help Eric!

Mark Dygert

No. You must always hand code each model from scratching using nothing but notepad

JonBick0

dang really i was using Microsoft paint, thanks for the tip Mark

RS7

My 5 cents in this matter is that when you are still in the learning process, you should model stuff form scratch as much as possible. It will train your eye and artistic evaluation. Later, when you are working for bigger projects/company, it's 99% of the time from basemesh they will provide you. Especially human-like characters.

So yeah. It's like a photobashing. It is okay to do, until you know what you are doing and how to get there whitout the shortcuts.

And i don't think you have to credit the basemesh creator. Especially when you buy it. If it's free, then it's nice to shout out ofc.