Character modeling – Is there a default order to create a 3D body mesh?

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August 21, 2018 at 2:42 pm #9978
Ronald Vermeij
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Hello All,
I’m busy creating a low/medium resolution human 3d mesh for animation
I’ve already watched and tried the following tutorials online:

1. (the famous) “Blenderella” training DVD – Angela Guenette
– https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=375LkBKnXy0&list=PLCF8C2CA7D76785B7

2. CGC Classic: Female Character Modeling – Jonathan Williamson
– https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g8qbY70F8po

3. Character modeling – Darrin Lile’s
– https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0QT1GNMevfc

4. Blender Modeling, Character Beginners – by Riven Phoenix
– https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f7bsVZQ1LEs&list=PLkAIDzicB8D0n5SxK57M6WYE4e1iWQ-X0

And many more website tutorials on this topic that I could find.
Now all teachers have different ways of creating a 3D characters.
Some teachers build their models:
A – Start from the default cube
B – Face by face, Line by Line (extend and extrude method)
C – First low polygon -> upgrade to high polygon (subdivision method)

The Blenderella DVD uses the following order:
– eyes
– mouth
– nose
– chin
– jaw-line
– head
– ears
– neck
– torso
– arms, hands, fingers
– legs
– feet, tows

NOW FOR MY QUESTION(S)
– Is there is a default method/order of “building a complete 3D Mesh”?
– Which order do you use and why?

Thanks for sharing your responses, hint, tips and tricks.
August 23, 2018 at 11:11 am #41048
Jonathan Lampel
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Hey Ronald, there really isn’t a default order to building a character, and pretty much everyone does it a little differently. The most important place to start is somewhere 😊
August 25, 2018 at 4:10 am #41049
Ronald Vermeij
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@jlampel Thanks for the reply Jonathan
The reason why I was asking this question is that ‘ve learned the importance of
the correct presence of certain DEFAULT EDGE/FACE-LOOPS patterns,
like the colored rings shown in the treads below:
– https://gooseberry.blender.org/angela-guenette-behind-the-modeling/
– https://blenderartists.org/t/need-help-on-human-and-face-topology/604255
– https://forum.unity.com/threads/what-are-you-working-on.70252/page-111
– https://blenderartists.org/t/whats-wrong-with-my-topology/608397

Almost every 3D (human body) mesh model follows – more of like – the same face/edge loop-architecture.
So – to me – it does matter WHERE one starts when creating their 3D human body mesh.

To illustrate my point:
“Have you ever seen somebody building a full human-body mesh starting at the TOES / FINGERS of the model?”

since almost everyone is building “top-down”, nose -> head / eyes / ears-> arms -> torso -> arms + fingers / legs +toes.
August 27, 2018 at 10:47 am #41050
Jonathan Lampel
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@indigowarrior9 If there’s an order that you feel makes the most sense, go with that! Nobody starts with the toes – not because it’s incorrect, but because it’s unintuitive. Definitely put the main edge loops in first, but that goes for whichever area you choose to start from.
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