Red Zombie

Introduction:

The goal of this project is to practice topology and to learn the correct use of edge loops.

Some stats the model is based off.

Name: Olivia Wilde
Height: 5′ 7½” (1.71 m)
Measurements: 34-23-33
Hair Color : Blond
Eye Color: Green

For the ones that might not know her, she is the actress that plays Thirteen in the series “House” that airs on Fox.

Planning:

Well to start thing right I went and search for pictures of Olivia Wilde, after a few hours I had about one hundred high res pictures in various poses, from closeups to full body shots. The hard part is finding usefull reference shots that are in perfect profile. I think I found the “best” pictures to use as reference have a look below.
Front:

Profile:

Modeling:

In blender I add to planes that intercect each other and then I added the above images using the UV editor. The object of this is to use the imege to rotoscope technique.

At first I had a few failed attempts so I had to do some research on how to model the head. That is how I came across an excellent discussion on topology in CGtalk and an excellent tutorial on how to plan edge loops that can be found in 3dTotal. With this new found knowledge I was now able to start in the right direction.

To start I added a plane in the front view, then I vertically divided the plane in two. Then I eliminated one of the half and added a Mirror modifier. Then I picked a vertex and deleted it, that left me with three vertexes, from then I started adding more vertexes (using ctrl+click) to form the edge loops. Then I added a Subsurf modifier to smooth out the edge loops. See the images below to get an idea on the edge loops.

Front edge loops:

Profile edge loops:

Note: The edge loops are from a more advance model.

To further guide me I implemented the use of the Grease Pencil tool to draw the edge loops that are needed to complete the mesh. Using the guides I started to connect the vertexes to create faces and started to fill the face. Once I had the overall shape of the face I started to add more loops to add the details. Once the face took shape I had to add the eyes, even thought the eye seems simple to model is still a good idea to have of how to model a good looking eye so I turn to 3dTotal and found a great tutorial on Modeling an eye. See below for the results on the eye.

Eye Front:

Eye on 3D plane:

As a note the texture color for the eye is off, from the reference pictures I had it look like she had blue eyes but it turns out she has green eyes.

The ear was imported into the blend from an old model that I have, I never finish it so one of these days I will finish it and post it. Since This was from an old model the ear was not quite correct, so I had to size and reshape the ear. Once the ear was the correct size the anatomy of it was completely off so I had to use the current model as a template for the new ear. I still don’t think it is 100 percent correct but it is as close as my current skill can permit.

Ear Front:

Ear Side:

This all being said the current completion for the project is at about 45 percent completion. The mesh, material, lighting and background are  not complete, I will be creating new posts for this project with up to date progress.

Wire Front:

Wire Side:

Latest Render: