3D WORKSHOP:
A quick little Whale
Step22. Using the same technique we used for the tail fluke, we will make some side fins. Add a Loop cut under the eye.
Step23. Remove a few faces below and slightly back from the eye and then draw your fin reference.
by Sandra Gilbert
Step24. Extrude the fin out, following your outline.
www.blenderart.org
Step 25 &26. Depending on how you drew your fin and then extruded it, you might need a Loop cut or two to get it to look right.
12 Step27. Use the Proportional Edit tool to rotate and curve the fins back towards the tail a little.
Step28. Okay, now you can go ahead and add a Subsurf Modifier. Look at your model from all angles, and smooth and adjust vertices as needed.
Step29. Depending on your sketch, your whale should look more or less like this.
Step30. At this point I added in an eye model that I keep around just for this reason.
Issue 24 | Oct 2009 - "From Out of the deep"