Modelling:Skeleton

Infra layer of the avatar: skeleton/cartilage structure. Inspired by Reclining Woman of Henry Moore and by the Pale man of the Guillermo del Toro's Pan's Labyrinth.

Phase 1

chest, head and arms

Sculpting a skeleton-like model.

Workspace, with ref images loaded on the right.

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notes

• Chest is still a bit wide, belly-spine, pelvis and legs have to be fine-tuned.
• The articulation points have to be marked clearly. If the model behaves like a bone structure, the softs areas have to be tiny and concave (marked by a bevel, convex or concave)

pelvis

Working on pelvis. Flaps at the back are not big enough. They should receive muscles of the legs and therefore be wider.

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Phase 2

Complete handbreak: i'm masturbating on the details of the model without taking care of the mechanic, without thinking to the specificity of a 3d avatar. See Theory:Avatar for the underlying thoughts.

So, back to an empty scene, just keeping the armature of a bipede, wich is the starting point of the whole modeling.

Reproduction

Each bone is conceived separately, and is an interpretation of the armature.