Female Android in Maya

[story2rewrite]

Hey,

i'm working on a female android in maya. I'm new to all this. Just thought I'd share. Not looking forward to doing the head. I want to make realistic facial features so I can rig and animate. Any advice?

 

[Gord.T]

Yeah, the most important thing is edge flow.

e.g google "3d facial edge flow". Edge flow is equally important for the body as well. You didn't show a wire frame of your model so I'm not sure where your at in that regard. Needless to say, facial modelling is tricker than it looks. Expect to lose a few hairs over it.

 

[story2rewrite]

Yeah. It's really hard to keep the wireframes flowing and split into quads. My wireframes could use some work - that's for sure

Thanks. I found some great videos for edge flow. And some much easier techniques than I was trying to do.

 

[Gord.T]

Yeah, it takes a long time. A study of facial anatomy also might help. Just one of those things that you can spend a long time trying to perfect which you never really do.

 

[Renee]

There's lots of tutorials on http:\\area.autodesk.com on all sorts of tools and methods.

There's lots of things that can be missed while rigging that come up later when animating- which is always a bummer. Keep in mind things like naming bones, joint rotation order, and joint orientation. The Comet Scripts are good tools for that.

I think your female anatomy could use work. Her hips seem really small compared to her torso.

If your android has separate parts, why not consider actually making them separated? A good example of this is the Roboter rig. Check him out for inspiration. You can download him for free, but you have to create a login.

 

[story2rewrite]

Thanks Rene. I decided to start with something a bit easier for my first try. I checked out some of the stuff you suggested. Thanks so much. And I'm also using digital tutors.