Quick-Crit 2008-2009

[Pooky]

I wouldn't say it matches up perfectly.

From the look of it, every single part of his body needs to be thicker. Especially the penis.

[NuggetWarmer]

Your model is skinnier than the reference. :U

[JunkfoodMan]

The mouth is too low, Legs are too skinny, hands are too flat, arms are too skinny, nose too flat.

Those are the things I can see so far

[Llama Juice]

I matched up the right side and mirrored.

The head doesn't match because his head is leaning a bit

I just don't understand why everything looks so off in the renders

[Corndogman]

He looks like the child of an alien who raped an Asian person.

anyhow, I think the shoulders need to be broader.

[NuggetWarmer]

Make him look less like an alien. In other words, trash the reference and go from what you have and what you think needs to be changed.

[Anton]

That's the thing, he can't trash the reference. He is learning to use the references for character modeling in a class. The whole point is to follow it. And llama edit the left side to follow refs more.

[NuggetWarmer]

Exactly. That's why you trash the ref. Because normally, in a modeling class, the teachers teach an assigned curriculum, so it's usually what is required, rather than what works.

[Anton]

Well, I DO agree with that.

[Tweek]

I just don't understand why everything looks so off in the renders

i do.

it's because you're not paying any attention at all to any of the major muscle groups that shape the human body.

i suggest you modell of some human anatomy images, which give you an under-the-skin look at all the muscle groups.

this way you know where to put all your defining lines.

you're also making a common mistake among new people, you're just making everything a straight grid, and then just mathing it to your reference.

you're not actually MODELLING in the definition it needs ( and you're just using WAY too many polies to begin with) if you can't make a proper low poly model with defined musclegroups, don't even think about raising the polycount, because you'll end up wuth the gummybear you've got right now.


edit: http://img209.imageshack.us/img209/7...therwipoe0.jpg
this is what i mean, look at the back, arms and upper torso., and then look at your own model.

now ofcourse this is a stylised model, but that's besides the point, he defines the proper musclegroups, which make it look "right"