Ross Smith Posted December 10, 2003 Share Posted December 10, 2003 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! :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
modernhorse Posted December 10, 2003 Share Posted December 10, 2003 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zaryin Posted December 10, 2003 Share Posted December 10, 2003 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ross Smith Posted December 10, 2003 Author Share Posted December 10, 2003 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* Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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