Character Modeling

[jeffroig]

Lets add some eyes and eye lids and then move on to the texturing.

[jeffroig]

And here is our finished character, ready for clothing and ready to be rigged.

[Draise]

lol! good frog! very cool! love the bulbous eyes! so next step is the rigging right?

[jeffroig]

Right you are Driase.
I used the bump tool in Argile to give a little more appeal to the character.

[Steinie]

Jeff,
Thanks for the tutorial.
I have a question. What do you do with the extra polys when you join the limbs to the body? Do you delete them or leave them alone? Will they interferer with muscle/bone influence or create a problem while animating if they are left alone?

[jeffroig]

Steinie,
I am not sure what you mean about extra polygons.
Here is a step by step of the object union of what I see.
Please let me know in which area there are extra polygons.

[jeffroig]

Here is the Object union process .
Lets take two spheres and place them side by side with a small amount of the overlapping.
This can simulate the joining of leg parts or arm parts.

[jeffroig]

Next we will use the object union tool to join the two into one object.

[jeffroig]

Now the new model is exported out as a OBJ and then imported into Argile.
Once in Argile I use the smooth tool to blend the two pieces and all for better sculpting.

[jeffroig]

Here is a view of the object with a texture applied.