Merman WIP

[Ross Smith]

Greetings, good community. What's up? Mine is a story you've all heard before -- making a model, looking for advice, secretly fishing for charitable encouragement. :P hehe These are bodyparts of a merman/creature from a dark fantasy story. Any critique would be good, but if someone could give me some pointers about modeling for animation, I would greatly appreciate it. [url="http://www-personal.umich.edu/~rossmith/gallery/mm/mm_head_side.jpg"]http://www-personal.umich.edu/~rossmith/ga...m_head_side.jpg[/url] [url="http://www-personal.umich.edu/~rossmith/gallery/mm/mm_head_front.jpg"]http://www-personal.umich.edu/~rossmith/ga..._head_front.jpg[/url] [url="http://www-personal.umich.edu/~rossmith/gallery/mm/mm_hand.jpg"]http://www-personal.umich.edu/~rossmith/ga.../mm/mm_hand.jpg[/url] [url="http://www-personal.umich.edu/~rossmith/gallery/mm/mm_arm.jpg"]http://www-personal.umich.edu/~rossmith/ga...y/mm/mm_arm.jpg[/url] The head is done, as far as I know. I just wish I had some way to model the front-on angle to look more intimidating. Aye, there's no elbow in the arm. I'm kind of lost about what to do there. I need to add one, but that's where "modeling for animation" steps in. There's a buildup of splines at the ends of the fins, as they are supposed to be fingers when all's said and done, and oughta function as such. Thanks much for looking! :)

[modernhorse]

Whoah that's wild! I love the gills (?) on the neck. I think the front on shot is plenty imtimidating, but maybe the eyes will help make it even more so. Slanted pupils perchance, like a cat's? I cannot wait to see how you texture this thing. Nice job on the arms and fins too.

[Zaryin]

I see huge, dead-looking fish eyes on that thing. I also think the gills rock. I think the neck could use a little more definition. I also like the drawing of the bicep area and hope you put that into the arm. Great work.

[Ross Smith]

Thanks for the input, guys! :) I really appreciate it. I made two different arms, one thick and one thin. I couldn't decide which one to use. Here's one with the bicep, Zaryin: [url="http://www-personal.umich.edu/~rossmith/gallery/mm/mm_arm_thick.jpg"]http://www-personal.umich.edu/~rossmith/ga...m_arm_thick.jpg[/url] They each have merits, but it would be easier to insert an elbow in this one, methinks... *ponders*