Monday, 10 May 2010

One step forward, two steps back... (re-visiting the mesh)

Eventually I decided I was not satisfied with the mesh and so I have gone back to before the rigging to tweak it.

After moving the mesh about when it was rigged it gives you a good idea of parts that don't look right and that could do with some extra work. In this case the main area I have worked on is the legs. Chun li is renowned for having large legs and my character did not reflect this. In addition to this I have tweaked various other parts of the mesh such as the shoulders and the stomach area.

Before

After

The most difficult part of this stage was increasing the size of Chun li's legs and thighs without simply making the character look overweight. It took a long time to try and get this balance right.

Overall the character could still be improved but I am now more happy with the appearance than before and am going to rig her and try out some poses again with the improved mesh.

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