Polybook HUMAN – Blanchsb

[Shawn Blanch]

Facial Features Swap (Chp1. Ep11)

I haven’t started the swap yet but went on a CC-0 detour to get reference for my facial feature swaps.

1. I grouped all the features and separated them based on gender.

2. Then sent the collage to Affinity Photo and did a levels adjustment to high contrast gray scale.

3. Then I had a lot of fun drawing important feature lines

4. I exported each of these for reference and also a copy with only the highlights

[Shawn Blanch]

Still working on more refinement before continuing to the additional facial features after getting some feedback from Kent.
I have added a shape key and refined some areas:
1. Making Eye area smaller
2. Smoothing some sharper planes left over from the block-out stage mostly on the side/temple area.
3. Neck area features lessened and hopefully more in line.

I animated the shape key. The eyes didn’t get animated and have already been made smaller but the rest is shown
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[Shawn Blanch]

First set of facial features swap: Eyes. I had my kids pick from the list above so I could trust on a more random selection.
Here’s the pick:

And here’s my first attempt at a feature swap for the eyes.

[Kent Trammell]

Awesome update, @blanchsb! Your bust is looking more natural with the outside eye corners being brought in and the refinements you made to the neck front 👍

Your eye swap is also looking good to me.

One small thing to keep in mind is that your irises are pointed a bit down, which reflects the reference you used (circled blue). It gives him almost a pose like he’s “better than” whoever he’s looking at if that makes sense. I’d rotate the irises up to give him a more neutral neutral.

Keep up the good work, sir!

[Shawn Blanch]

“It gives him almost a pose like he’s “better than” whoever he’s looking at”
 
Uh oh……he’s looking at me!?! I wonder if this is how Dr. Frankenstein felt when his creation opened it’s eyes and stared at him.

[Shawn Blanch]

And now for the ears study:

[Martin Bergwerf]

Ah, your back at it 👍🏻

I like doing ears, so many varieties, you can hardly mess them up (get the shapes in and it will look like an ear…)…but the retopology is a ‘nightmare’ 😉

[Omar Domenech]

Wow so that’s how a lot of ears look like. Feels kinda creepy.

[Keith]

I suppose you could say you’re ‘All ears’ Shawn……..   😒

Looks like you have loads of nice reference there, and it’s great to see you working on this project again! 👍

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