Head Wip

[dr.kim]

Hi Guys,

First time post and newbie here. Feel so lucky to part of such great talented artists.

This is the head I was working on my off time and I'm at the point where I'm on a treadmill and there is no progress of the model. I thought it would be good for other artists to see my work and critique on it. This is actual person I'm modeling from and if you guys can guess who he is, that'd be awesome!!!

Any comments and critique would be greatly appreciated.

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[PascalR]

:welcome:dr.kim
Well I am not too sure who this is, but this is a pretty good start! It would actually help to post the photo references if you want more critiques on your model.
Some small things for now, the nostrils seem like they need to be deeper (is there a hole?) and the ears look like they were deformed with a soft mod to move the upper part up. I would put some details back in this region. The lower eyelid could be smoother towards the eyes corner (from front view, soften the eye bags crease a little bit) and the cheek bone look a bit sharp from the side view. Maybe this region needs more volume around the nostril down to the mouth corners (nasal labial fold).
Also the throat looks quite narrow from the front view.

But this being said, this model feels quite natural already, great start!
Are you gonna do a Zbrush/mudbox pass on it?

Cheers

Pascal

PS: I edited your post so the picture shows up within your message.

[collings]

mmmm let me guess Lebron James is in the place ......nice basemesh you are off to a great start :)

http://www.pages.ph/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/lebron-james-cover.jpg

If it's supposed to be Lebron james, the ear looks wrong based on this ref.

[dr.kim]

Thanks pascalR and collings.

He's lebron james.

PascalR - Thanks for all the anatomical notes on the face. Thats exactly what I needed. I had biggest trouble with cheekbone and nasal area. Its hard to get the correct form from every angle. I'll take him to zbrush once im happy with maya model.

collings - Glad you watch basketball. Thanks for your comments. Your correct about the ears. Fixes to be come shortly.

I'm going to upload he's pictures for reference to compare.

[dr.kim]

I'm also going to post hes body image as well. FYI, he's 6'8 and 250 lbs. Freak of nature. So he is going to have long limbs and longer torso compared to hes body.

Thanks guys,

dr.kim