Reply To: Sculpting Alyssa Veysey’s hammer head shark

@duerer Hey that’s looking decent! Just remember that you are creating 3D geometry out of 1 view. So more references to shark body shape will help you out too. Don’t just limit to 1 image. Take any of these below recommendations if you like (or none of them)

Shark bodies have smooth curve transitions along the spine. Making use of S-curves comes in really handy. The body appears to have a sort of S shape from head to dorsal fin and another front dorsal fin to tail fin.

Body changes:

Use that top view to smooth the body out a little more like a tear drop. The hammer head will obviously break that transition up a little more. Sharks are fattest near their main two fins on the bottom and thinner in the front and rear, generally speaking. That hard bump-curve behind your main two fins is probably a 2D lighting effect to show that the body gets thinner behind (more of like a silhouette effect) Maybe don’t model that part in so harshly and rather just make the body start to thin out along a sharper S-curve (top view looking down) after the main two fins.

The top of the nose does not bump up as much in the reference picture. Smoothing that out may help a little.

The eyes need more skin coverage on the front. Hammerheads don’t have a whole lot of frontal view room. Looks like the lid is fatter on the top and thinner on the bottom in the reference image. You may need to rotate those eyes a little more towards the side.

Fin changes:
The top dorsal fin’s back edge could go back a little to make the fin a little longer perhaps.

The back tail fin fin bottom needs to be a little more pronounced. And the top front of the tail should be lower than the top back curve.

The bottom fin sticks down to harshly and could have a little more curviness.
Fins are typically a little fatter in the front and thinner on the back. Think of it like a bird or airplane wing. We borrow a lot of good designs from nature and an aircraft wing is no different. A little fatter in the front and thinner on the back. There is a science behind why this is but I’ll save you from the explanation.

You could probably fatten up and extend the main two front fins as well.

Hope that helps!