Almost Anime Female model

[brainmuffin]

Here's a look at a model I'm working on. The original sketches in the corner were done by my wife, she has a wonderful drawing style (I think, anyway), that's almost anime, but not quite.

 

The head is coming along nicely, I think, but the areas on the body that concern me are the shoulder area next to the breast (I've highlighted it in red) where there are 4 five point patches in a row. Is this going to be a problem when the shoulder moves? and if so, what can I do to fix it?

 

Also, is the butt going to cause me problems as is?

 

Will I be able to fix them with some smartskinning?

 

And how does it look so far to you?

 

Thanks,

Lazlo

[higginsdj]

Hi Lazlo,

 

That should work OK - just be careful with your smartskin/fan bones/CP weighting not to overly involve the 5 pointers. They look like they will probably form the edge of the skin fold area.

 

If it does become a problem the you can shorten the long sides of the 5 pointers with short splines that have CP's through the 5 pointers but hooks on each end. Reducing the size of the 5 pointers can be more usefull than trying to remove them.

 

Nice model by the way.

 

Cheers

[brainmuffin]

Thanks for the input, Dave.

 

I think I'm going to add one more spline ring around the shoulder, just to be safe then. That way I should be able to smartskin and cp weight around the 5 pointers.

[Mr. Jaqe]

Wow! Your wife can really draw! The model looks great and mr. Higgins seems to've pointed out what's needed to be done.

 

*waiting for updates*

[Guest jandals]

Is she going to have a costume? How much is covered by clothing might determine whether or not you have problems with the shoulder (or other areas for that matter).

[brainmuffin]

Well, this is going to be a rather standard model. several characters will be built off of this body, so there will be various outfits.

[brainmuffin]

Well, here's an update. The almost anime hear started looking funny, especially with this body. So, I started a different head, that's more realistic:

[Dearmad]

Didn't want to go for a larger scale head to body proportion? That head was looking sweet, to me.

[brainmuffin]

I'm actually going to do both characters. I'm just going to make the body a little more stylistic fot the original head.

[Dearmad]

Yes! I'm just a big fan of stylistic modelling.

[Jin-Kazama]

hi brainmuffin, this is realy cool...u r luck with an artist wife, mine is a programmer..eeh...anyway, i love the models, always i come to the ear parts and stuck ( don't know why) so i take a break and started modeling automotive models...i made a porsche ( or this is what i think) u may check it in WIP....keep the cool work up man...

[brainmuffin]

Finally broke down and put a Katakata anime head on her body. I also gave her proportions a bit of tweaking...

[ruscular]

I think you need to study your wife breast more for reference. they're kind of lumpy looking.

[jon]

it appears he has been doing some serious breast research, as the overall breast shape is actually quite good.

 

the model is wearing an invisible pushup bra, but i imagine the character will be clothed, so no problem there.

 

the breast splinage does needs some smoothing, however.

 

now, a few non-breast related observations:

 

i'm kinda creeped out by the 20 year old body and the 5 year old head.

 

even in anime, the eyes would be a good deal smaller for an adult woman.

 

she has a nice body overall, so no complaints there.

 

-jon