Male base mesh

MainManiac

Needed a good mesh for me to use in zbrush, can anyone point out any major proportional flaws that there may be? And the hand seems a bit messy but im a little stumped on getting it to be cleaner, i do not like hands at all. The feet seem to be fine proportion wise, im not too concerned on them looking real because they will almost always be covered up in everything i make.

crasong

Looking good, i cant say much about the hands, im bad at those, you're shins look a bit shorter than they should be, perhaps lengthen him by bringing his feet down a notch? some ortho views would help better in judging, from this view he looks about 7 heads tall, which is right. Maybe his stomach area is a bit chunky, but that might be preference, otherwise there's nothing out of the usual.

P.S: If you've got access to some loomis, those are good guides imo. otherwise if you can wait ill see if i can get my borrowed copy later today. keep up the good work!

[Deleted User]

He has really long fingers. It might be the perspective, but his legs look a little short.

MainManiac

Oops sorry about not having ortho's.

The general outline of the body is a buff look, and that can make the shins look pretty small along with the legs looking a little stubby.

Fly, i hope these pictures can also help you see the finger length.

CJE

I personally think you are better off making a good block-man that a fully-formed human.

I find it works better by making you remember anatomy. Your more likely to just alter to the form of what you have when you use something too fleshed out. If you start from something super basic, you have to think about everything, form, rhythm, etc..

MainManiac

Im not very good at sculpting out muscles, as the anatomy is a very easy thing to mess up and when it is it can mess everything else up.

crasong

Yup, your shins are too short for sure. I tend to follow the belief that proportionately lengthwise, legs are like arms, hands are like feet, ect.

So, length thigh is = to length of shin

from there tweak till it looks right, as these are all rough gauges of proportion.

MainManiac

Any better?

crasong

Much, now id look into pushing his chest out a tad, or bringing his stomach in, also his neck is a tad chunky for my taste, but that might just be me.

MainManiac

First ever attempt at sculpting out the muscles, i used a muscle chart to make sure i was somewhat accurate. They don't really need to be well defined but the shape of muscles needs to be visible when its wearing a shirt.

MainManiac

My friend is a science guy so i decided to get some opinions from him, and this is what has been adjusted:

stocko2k

its looking good only think i'd say needs work is the butt its a little bulbusans sticks out quite a bit

MainManiac

Fixed, i wont upload a picture until i get some more crits so i can fix everything at once.

Japhir

Hey there,

Right now there are a couple of things off, which could be easily adjusted by looking at some more anatomy reference. also check rey bustos, particularly rey's anatomy and ecorche with ray (no idea what it means).

things that are immediately noticeable:
-the "beginning" (upper part) of the front (thigh) leg muscles is way too low
-looks like his pecs are drooping down a bit, making them look like manboobs
-the head is bent forward in a weird unnatural angle
-knees seem a bit too low
-neck muscle (trapezius) seems too wide

Anyway, those are the things I spotted .

Keep it up! looking forward to growth!

EDIT

MainManiac

By front leg do you mean the top of the shin or thigh?

The knees shouldn't be to low, i took the screen shots from an upward angle, look at the side picture.



Illl fix a couple things up and post back

MainManiac

Fixed a couple things, i have a feeling the shoulders should be a little more inward.

Torrrtilla

One thing I noticed is the area between the thumb and the rest of the hand cuts in way too deep, there is webbing in between the fingers. http://www.sarahjuniper.co.uk/images/hand/hand19.jpg

polozad

I think, the legs, namely shins, should be a bit longer.