Temporary lack of scanner

So, I should note that my projects will be a bit on the quiet side, as I am moving from one side of the country to the other today. I should be set up completely again in a week or two, but you'll have to bear with me in the meantime.

Clothing progress

I've also extracted the basemesh for the clothing, by the way:

(the arms and legs are the usual skintight superhero thing, so I'm just working straight on a copy of the body model)

A little insight

When I'm doing work for myself, I'll tend to do a quick sketch of the character to flesh out concepts and the occasional detail, then refine the idea during the modeling process. For example, with Suzie,

I made a sketch more to decide on general feel and clothing components than anything else. As you can see, most of the details I had originally placed were rethought, since I found the lace embellishments to be too...uppercrust for her.

Head wireframe

I went back and made a cleaner basemesh for the head and neck:

Now, to attach that to the body model.

Anyways...

A rather old sketch of mine, but my drawing time is currently occupied with mocking up some posters, so bear with me. I just needed to express my feelings on the recent issues of Green Lantern corps.

Head take 1

I've got a first take on the head and hair, now.

I try to  not think about the hairstyle too hard. Makes modeling difficult when I'm snickering.

Allie sketch

Sketchbook entry for the week is a picture of my sister's character, Allie.

She's, well, a chef. Still working on an updated hairstyle, and would like to try putting her in more interesting clothing too, at some point.

hands and feet

Roughed in the hands and feet for Guy Gardner. He's getting boots and gloves, so I'm not going all-out on the detail there for now.

So useful!

I've got to say, a couple of the most useful presents I've ever gotten were a half-sized mechanical pencil and a pocket notebook. Saves me from bringing a full sketchbook into a zoo or shopping mall!

Speaking of zoos, a wild Tufted Titmouse ended up presenting a better subject to me than any of the resident animals this past weekend. The other page was a character my sister wanted to redesign. Might model her next, to see if the new style works.