Base Mesh Pt 1

 On week 4 I started designing a character for my 3D portfolio. 

I began by gathering a lot of photo references to get an idea of what I wanted to create. I knew that I aspired to model an old, human-like, dark wizard. After some time, I found these ones:

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When I had my references I was finally able to draw the character. I wanted it to have a long beard and stereotypical long cloth, so it was recognizable as a wizard by the audience. 

I made him quite short but muscular to underline that he is powerful, a wizard instead of a warrior.

For this week I was supposed to model a torso, arms, hands, legs and feet. 

When I had my sketches I started modelling him in Maya (Autodesk, 2020). Firstly, I uploaded my references from each side. Then I created a plane, which I extruded and I matched it to the torso of my character. After that, I turned the symmetry on, so my model was proportional. I followed with making a hole for the neck and arms, extruding arms with the help of the rotating tool. Later I did the same with hands, legs and feet. I mostly relied on extruding, rotating, filling holes, the bridge, multi-cut, combine and "edit edge flow". Every time I was changing something I checked if it still matched my references.

I was struggling with the fingers and feet the most. 

In the end, I had this:

I still think that I should work more on proportions especially on the back and legs.

Bibliography:

Images:

Images not mentioned below are from Free Stock Photos.

Figure 1. Tomasz Chistowski (2017) Daily sketches/paintings - week #46. [Online image] Available at: https://www.artstation.com/artwork/x9AlO [Accessed 23/06/2021]

Figure 2.  Jaipur (2015) जन्मदिन पर विशेष - बदलता परिवेश, वेश, बदलते लोग, मेरा बदलता हुआ चेहरा और मैं [Online image] Available at: http://parmatmprakashbharill.blogspot.com/2015/09/blog-post_30.html [Accessed 23/06/2021]

Figure 3. Ysengrimus (2020) Clément Monaye [Online image]. Available at: https://ysengrimus.wordpress.com/category/essai-fiction/  [Accessed 23/06/2021]

Figure 4. Angelica Kwan (2020) Old Men With Beards [Online image]. Available at: http://beardcorner.blogspot.com/2020/05/old-men-with-beards.html [Accessed 23/06/2021]

Figure 5. Matiastraboldr (2018) Pick 5 to defend you the other 5 will try to kill you! [Online image]. Available at: https://www.mystalk.net/detail/1908174446414333988_6637069427/ [Accessed 23/06/2021]

Figure 6. Jack Guignol (2018) THE MAELSTROM [Online image]. Available at: http://talesofthegrotesqueanddungeonesque.blogspot.com/2018/06/the-maelstrom-demonic-cultists.html [Accessed 23/06/2021]

Figure 7. Gryphart (2008) Sorcerer [Online image]. Available at: https://www.deviantart.com/gryphart/art/Sorcerer-103669069 [Accessed 23/06/2021]

Figure 8. Jack Frog (2019) Studio portrait of a bald man with a long white beard [Online image]. Available at: https://www.alamy.es/retrato-de-estudio-de-un-hombre-calvo-con-una-larga-barba-blanca-image241346213.html?pv=1&stamp=2&imageid=359CD322-3577-4651-9DDD [Accessed 23/06/2021]

Figure 9. Corwyn (2019) Varanthis Melzec [Online image]. Available at: http://corwyn.wikidot.com/merkrist-genezzer [Accessed 23/06/2021]

Figure 10. Katabara (2019) Photography black and white hands faces 54 new ideas [Online image]. Available at: http://photography.katabara.com/2443412-photography-black-and-white-hands-faces-54-new-ideas.html [Accessed 23/06/2021]

Figure 11. GMA Team (2020) 90-year-old man comes out as gay in viral Facebook post [Online image]. Available at: https://www.goodmorningamerica.com/living/story/90-year-man-gay-viral-facebook-post-71521515 [Accessed 23/06/2021]

Softwares: 

Autodesk, 2020. Maya [software]. Windows 10. San Rafael, CA: Autodesk.