character: female nude - Suggestions?

[philnolan3d]

Another day another body part. Also fixed some of the details that stuck out too much. The knees are a little odd, but I'm still looking for other suggestions.


http://www.lightwavesgraphics.com/~phil/fem_body_WIP_02.jpg

[cybernaut]

Looking good :)

Some C&C for you:

One thing that seems to be bit off is the clavicle. Quite simply, I would suggest getting ahold of a reference photo or two of that part of the body to study a bit more closely.

The lower rib contour also seems to stick out in much the same way as the clavicle. This is most apparent in the front view. A banglue should fix that.

The nipple border (if you know what I talking about) also has a very defined edge. Another bandglue will smooth that out.

You are right about the shoulder blades, they do stick out a bit too much. Maybe try to reduce you're geometry in that area from three lines to two lines, you'll will get a much softer edge.

I noticed that you choose a web formation of geometry for the stomach. It's an interesting method but uses about 80% more geometry that a straight grid with the same effect. The web shape is also a bi#ch to adjust because of all those tight polys.

I might suggest reducing your geometry in the knee area. A good simple knee can be achieved with 50-60% less polygons.

I do like your proportions though. All body parts seem to be more or less to the right scale. The legs may be a bit long but that's probably just me.

Hope this helps.

Keep up the great work
:wavey:

[philnolan3d]

Thanks for the advice. The legs are on the long side because my background image is of a comic book character, left over from when I worked on the 3D animated version of the comic book Chimera (Cross Gen Comics).

[philnolan3d]

Day 3 and the body is done. Much thanks to the suggestions I got from Cybernaut. Next up is adding the hands and feet. I've already been working on a new head, so maybe I'll just attach that one. any more suggestions?

http://www.lightwavesgraphics.com/~phil/fem_body_WIP_03a.jpg
http://www.lightwavesgraphics.com/~phil/fem_body_WIP_03b.jpg

[karthik420]

hi everythin is kinda buildin well but my eyes is seein too much squish on the side of womens stomach nywayzzz gud start fo now...

[philnolan3d]

Okay day 5 and the modeling is done, unless I get any suggestions for improvements. If not it's off for the fun of texturing. I'm not a big fan of cleaning up UV maps and avoiding stretching. In total she's 5,606 polygons.
http://www.lightwavesgraphics.com/~phil/fem_body_WIP_04.jpg

[cybernaut]

If you're wanting to start the UV's soon then I just mention a couple of easy thing you could fix.

1-The ears look a little too close to the front of the face, they usually sit just behind the middle of the head.

2-The bulge at the bottom of the skull in the back of the head goes a bit to far down the spine, moving it up to about ear level will make it look more natural.

3-Her ankles are too thick for a female and could be slenderized somewhat. The toes are slightly too small and could be scaled up to a more proportional size.

I won't mention any more as I'm sure you want to get started on your textures.

Looking great!!

Good luck :)

[philnolan3d]

Thanks, a friend of mine mentioned the ankles and I fixed that, but I'll look into the rest :)

[philnolan3d]

Decided to work on textures for a while before posting again, so it's been a while. I still might add freckles, since she is a red head.

http://www.lightwavesgraphics.com/~phil/redhead_farcomp.jpg
http://www.lightwavesgraphics.com/~phil/redhead_closecomp.jpg

[RmachucaA]

dont forget to paint the back of her neck red, hehehehe :p

[philnolan3d]

Here I had never even heard that stereo-type until my friend just explained it. I hope everyone doesn't think that about her, I was just trying to get the Irish / Scottish look across.

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