Some might recall me saying I wanted to work on 3D modelling and what not. I've been a bit silent and I figured I may as well both upload something and show off what I've been up to.

This past week I cracked open a bunch of tutorials and guides, sat down and looked through how to use Blender. After a day or so of research, I got stuck right in. I started the Thursday just passed. From the top left is the first steps I took, the bottom right is where I have ended up since then.


My topology is... could be a lot better, I bet. I've found out the hard way the negatives to my laziness and hasty rushes through some parts of the models I've tried to make. For instance, that Butt of Lu's down in the right there looks pretty good to me. I had to lop off the original one due to the topology being completely unworkable and make a new backside from scratch with only a minor improvement to topology.

I hate hands still. I loathe hands.

I learned the references I have to use need to be much more precise and match up more closely.. A nose out of line (at this point) is a pain in the arse to try and work around.

However.
I am loving the work flow. If I can learn when and where to mess with topology, and how, to create a more flowing figure, I'll be set on body shapes. For the most part it's the tight spaces that get me, things like the groin area, the rear, between the legs, under the arms, etc.

Planning out the face is time consuming but very rewarding.

There's a lot more edits to come and I'm getting really heavily into this. If anyone has any tips they're like to share, that'd be fantastic.