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RawRanator · Jan 2009

ok so yeah ... this is my 1st attempt at box modeling. I'm no where near done but i wanted to show what i have done.

i still got to fix a lot of the topology but i wanted to see what you all think.

Here's the character sheet i started with, curiosity of my room mate.

Special thank to my pre-lumber jack friend seforin for threatening me to post this here or i would be cursed with male genitalia in my face

whats_true · Jan 2009

She has one long breast (and that's plural). Separate it so that their are two.

The eyes in the drawing are pretty big compared to the side profile of the drawing too

MLinderholm · Jan 2009

Not to mention that the breast is enormous!

torontoanimator · Jan 2009

do you go to life drawing much? i only ask because the reference drawings you have seem very, sterile to me. It doesnt really feel like a person, it feels more like a mannequin (sp?) to me. Not a bad start, especially if youre saying this is the first female you've done.

renderhjs · Jan 2009

the drawings look like stiff american comic characters (atomic boobs, iron chin,...)- try more to draw from real sources and look at them instead of trying to do it just from your imagination because thats what it looks atm like.

And I agree that huge bag at her chest should be splitted and resized- only pornstars have such huge soccer tits.

Jeremy Lindstrom · Jan 2009

http://www.3dtotal.com/tutorials/max/joanofarc/joanmenu.asp

RawRanator · Jan 2009

I started on her face today ...

RawRanator · Jan 2009

torontoanimator wrote: »

do you go to life drawing much? i only ask because the reference drawings you have seem very, sterile to me. It doesnt really feel like a person, it feels more like a mannequin (sp?) to me. Not a bad start, especially if youre saying this is the first female you've done.

This is a drawing my room mate made like a year ago, i just pulled it up to model it ... I just recently started to do life drawing but i am still far from good. But practice makes perfect!

RawRanator · Jan 2009

i hate my room mate ... he drew this women horrible on purpose!

i asked him to draw me something and he was like "eh ok" and he drew someone with exaggerated features and crossed eyed and ... terrible ... i hate her eyes ... i hate him so much right now ... his laughing at me ... i want to stab him ...

almighty_gir · Jan 2009

you hate him for giving her some real character? i love that face. i'm actually thinking of borrowing it for a bust.

the body needs some work, proportion wise, but it's nothing you can't fix easily. the tits need a massive overhaul though, to be honest.

your loops are good, but you're not blocking out your forms.

RawRanator · Jan 2009

Its just the face that's giving me problems ... because of the eyes ... *grumble grumble* I SHALL FINISH THIS!!!:poly127:

RawRanator · Jan 2009

Ok, so I am having trouble with the female body, wanted to hear some opinions and maybe some suggestions. I have a friend of mine coming over tomorrow to help me out ... to sorta guide me thru some things but i wanted to show you guys.

pior · Jan 2009

Most important thing : perfectly matching side and front views won't take you very far. You have to develop an understanding of the cool groove of humain body shapes.

For instance, take a cylinder. If you merely follow a front and side projection of it to model it, you'd get ... a box. That is why the chest and torso area look boxy on your model. Best advice : try to not work in front and side orthos. Keep the image planes in there for the occasional reference, but work freeform, in a maximized perspective viewport.

Also, grab some good physical reference. A decent action resin kit will do the trick. (avoid the over busty, spoon-eyed anime figures). This could help aswell :
[ame]http://www.amazon.com/Modeling-Figure-Practical-Craft-Books/dp/0823030962/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1232791958&sr=8-1[/ame]

Tutorials suggesting to stick to orthos are either 10 years old, or cover mechanical objects.

Good luck!

almighty_gir · Jan 2009

not to question your method too muchy Pior, you're far more experienced than i am, but i tend to work with front, side, and perspective viewports visible in max (perspective taking up more space). so that i can work in perspective, but make sure the front and side silouhettes match the refs.

00Zero · Jan 2009

for one thing, your chick doesnt have a rib cage

RawRanator · Feb 2009

ok so i know the ears suck ... but i don't know ears and i plan to fix it on day, but for now i just need this done for class.

I was thinking of maybe covering it up with her hair (when i get around to that).

pior · Feb 2009

One of the problems is that the reference is not really a side view

Hope this could help (I made it very angular to stress the facial planes - obviously that would be smoothed out a little) :

You need to get these bone planes right first, then, smooth things out.

Good luck!

RawRanator · Feb 2009

wow thanks pior thanks!!!! i'll definitely revise this later on but this helps alot.

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