Can somebody break down face modeling?

[yann22]

Here are a few links showing different modeling techniques:

http://www.secondreality.ch/tutorials/modelling/head.html
http://www.thehobbitguy.com/tutorials/polymodeling/index.html
http://www.3drender.com/jbirn/ea/HeadModel.html
http://www.sculpting.de/showthread.php?t=126
http://cal.jmu.edu/ratner/tutorials/1/
http://67.15.36.49/ffa/tutorials/max/joanofarc/joanmenu.asp

and here's a board where questions similar to yours are discussed

http://cube.phlatt.net/forums/spiraloid/

Generally, I'm not sure if it's useful trying to apply 2d drawing concepts to 3d modeling directly. It might actually be putting the cart before the horse, since most people try to visualize objects in 3d space when drawing them in 2d. That said, modeling off well-made references on image-planes in the front/side-views is a good way to start out.

[Fudge]

hey that sculpting.de one, is there an english version anywhere?

[yann22]

no clue, but basically he's just giving the usual advice:

loopsloopsloops
avoid tris/ngons
study the muscle structure of the face

(he mentions the latin names of the muscles, so you can check them -
special emphasis on the http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sternocleidomastoid
which he says is simply forgotten all too often)

cheers

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