Monday, January 14, 2013

Psyche Maquette: Part 1

I've decided to try working on a maquette, as I haven't tried my hand at doing one since I took character design in school.  I'm going to be working on my design for Psyche from the Greek myth.  I'm going to break down my progress as I work on it.

I first had to break down the design: her head to body ratio, overall proportion, a basic breakdown of her costume.  Psyche is about 5 heads tall.  Her legs are slightly longer than her torso.  She has narrow shoulders and slightly wider hips.

After I broke down her proportions I had to find a pose for her.   Psyche is slightly shy, but cheerful.  She is feminine.  The pose I've chosen to work from is the upper left sketch.

I took the pose and created a turn around of Psyche to sculpt from.  The drawing is the same height and proportions that the maquette will be (about 9 inches tall).
I have all of my supplies ready to go for the sculpting part.   I'm hoping to get the armature put together and some of the basic shapes down this weekend. 

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