References and tips help for modeling a monkey?

NAIMA

Hello I want to model a monkey then rig and animate it but I have no idea where to start , so far I modeled more easy animals like fhishes and crabs , for the monkey I was thinking to go good in detail and use may be some tutorial for some human figure modeling but , I have no idea where to get good photo references like side pic , front pic , etc , I have googled around but I can't find anything that's good to be able to create face edgeloops etc ...

that's the model I would lik eto create any help or tips on how to do ?

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2057/2200631132_fef259c87d.jpg

Eric Chadwick

That looks like a Capuchin monkey.

Just for kicks I started here (even tho it's mostly empty so far)
http://wiki.polycount.com/CategoryReferenceCharacter
and if you choose the first link, they have a bunch of Monkey photos, some of which identify your monkey type as a Capuchin.

If you do a Google Images search for Capuchin Anatomy, you'll find pages like this one.
http://www.boneclones.com/SC-263.htm

But mostly it's best to just gather a lot of photos, and just model it up. You'll never really find nice orthos of a monkey, they move around too much.

As far as topology goes...
http://wiki.polycount.com/CategoryTopology

NAIMA

Thanks that's good start ... I hoped to find some pictures liek front and side so I guess I have to go more wild and guess proportions out anyway I will try that ..

Nice to see even one of my threads among the list of the tuts lol ...

pior

Yeah gather references - but before modeling anything, draw your own. That way youll know the anatomy inside out before laying down a single vert. You'll save huge amounts of time that way.

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throttlekitty

I was recalling Zoobooks just yesterday. Anyone remember those? They are awesome reference for all kinds of animals. An online version of those would be great.

NAIMA, Might want to narrow it down from just 'monkey' as Eric hinted at. Try Wikipedia to start, then Flickr maybe.