Monday 9 January 2012

E-Learning Week 1: Character Modelling


Figure 1: Cow Head

Attempted the e-learning lab on modelling a cartoon cow head. Figure 1 shows the final product of the cow head. Looking at it from different perspectives, I think it looks more like a bear head. :) In this e-learning exercise, the focus is on Proportion, Balance and Topography. Hence, I will be striving to perfect my model according to the three aspects stated above.

Redo of Cow Head and Body!

Figure 2: Cow head and body production phase

In Figure 2, it shows the half completed cow head and body. There are still many errors/defects, which will be corrected in the next few screen shots.

 Figure 3: Close-up of the model

Can you spot any of the defects? :)

Figure 4: Completion of Cow model with defects

The major defects are in the neck and shoulders of the Cow model. The close-ups are shown below.

Figure 5: Side view of completed cow model

From this side view, you can see that the cow's neck is too narrow and the arms are too low, making the shoulders look like it is drooping down.

Figure 6: Defect no. 1,  narrow cow neck

Cow's neck is too short and narrow, which will be adjusted to the correct proportion to suit the whole balance of the model.

Figure 7: Defect no. 2 , droopy shoulders

I feel that the droopy shoulders of the cow are affecting the whole proportion and balance of the model. 

Figure 8: Defect no. 1, Solved!

I realized that the problem causing the defect was because I only did 2 merges of a total of 4 vertices. This caused the left and right side of the neck to lump into the center. Hence, the neck seems narrow and unrealistic. I solved the problem by deleting all the faces of the neck. Then I extruded the base of the neck which have a total of 6 vertices. Lastly, I did 6 merges of a total of 12 vertices to form the corrected cow's neck. 

Figure 9: Defect no. 2, Solved!

I selected the faces of both the arms and used the move tool to move the arms up along the y-axis. This immediately made the shoulders look less droopy and more realistic, balancing the proportion of the cow body.

Figure 10: Front view of final completed model

The topography, proportion and balance of the model looks alright as a whole. :)

Figure 11: Side view of final completed model

Looks gooood...

Figure 12: Back view of final completed model

All done! :)

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