CG Character Cont'd Development 6

Session Review

Still continuing with the new character head, I am starting to finally form a face. Though, the reason for theis new head consuming allot of time wad due to other projects and this time making sure I keep track of the topology and make sure it is simple and the lines are easy to follow with the eye.

I presumed I could connected the other vertices until I had the viable option to fil the squre hole in with eh"Fill Hole Tool".(figure a)

Figure A

Moreover, II compensated by using the bridge tool to fill in spaces for the face instead of the "Fill Hole" tool in Maya 2016. (figure b)

Figure B

In addition, to filling in the rest of the empty parts of the characters face, new tols such as the "Edge Ring Tool" brought up by Ctrl Right Click and was apparently necessary to link the laugh line around the mouth together.

However, as I proceeded to fill in the majirty of the empty holes int he face an error occured as I tried to set the bridge tool to 0 to get rid of the 5 lines on the new face. (figure d)

Figure D

References

http://forums.autodesk.com/t5/maya-modeling/problem-with-fill-hole-tool/td-p/4233195

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gDT0Pz1UtWM

By Sebastian Jones

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