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Old 11-11-2004, 05:12 PM   #1
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Would welcome comments on the character I am working on at the moment.
Have been following the Desktopimages.com Character Modelling and Animation Series of DVDs for this model.
Not happy at all with the ears and eyes areas - still needs a lot of work on those areas.
Any ideas on how to fix the ears?
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Old 12-11-2004, 02:35 AM   #2
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I would call a good plastic surgen.
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Old 12-11-2004, 09:24 AM   #3
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I really havent done any charactor modeling so I wouldent know to much. There is a couple good head modeling tutorials here you might want to check them out.

http://www.simplylightwave.com/movie...tml?tut_id=532

This one is free head modeling.

http://www.simplylightwave.com/movie...tml?tut_id=513

This one is free ear modeling.

http://www.simplylightwave.com/movie...tml?tut_id=526
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Old 12-11-2004, 08:21 PM   #4
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I think you'll need to move the ears substantially further down - even for a comic face. Other than that, as Johnny says, look at the tutorials here.
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Old 14-11-2004, 03:33 PM   #5
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to make it more realistic, I'd

-the chin not that big
-the head in general bigger, if youre talking about reallife persons, the face compared to head is often just the lower half
-the ears way more down and resized(bigger)
-redo the connection between neck and head

hope I was able to help
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Old 14-11-2004, 03:47 PM   #6
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Thanks to Johnny9ball, Fallenswordsmanand Kermit for your advice. Have updated picture - again still working on ears but a little bit better than the last effort.
More of a cartoony-type character I think - maybe a 'Desperate Dan type figure.
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Old 14-11-2004, 06:28 PM   #7
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i agree with the others, i also have 2 more tips for you:
* eyes needs to be deeper inside the head, they are pulling out to much right now.
* make the forehead bigger ( higher ).
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Old 14-11-2004, 07:19 PM   #8
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Thanx Bullet_Evader
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Old 14-11-2004, 08:31 PM   #9
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Desperate Dan eh? In that case - HUGE chin and a big Cowpie!
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