3d W ORKSH OP
Issue 4 M ay 2006
Fine .Le t's do th e th ing from th e back on and start w ith th e abdom e n.I use d a cube from th e side pe rspe ctive [Num 3] and e xtrude d it 4 tim e s.Th e n, I inse rte d tw o ve rte x row s by e nte ring [K ] in e dit m ode [TAB], using a l oop cut.As an al te rnative , you can al so use norm alcuts [K ] or m ul ticuts [K ] or subdivide it tw ice or se ve raltim e s, but w ith th e l ast m e th od, you w il lprobabl y h ave to de al w ith unw ante d ve rtice row s at th e e nd. (Fig.3) sh ow s h ow th e e xtrude d cube l ook s afte r al igning it on th e sim pl e sh ape of th e butte rfl y abdom e n. Fig3
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Fig6 can al so al re ady use Subsurfs (Editing>>M odifie rs>>Subsurf>>Le ve l s) to se e h ow th e m ode ll ook s sm ooth e d. (Fig.5) Pay atte ntion to th e h igh l igh te d ve rte x row in (Fig.5).Late r, it sh oul d be com e th e borde r be tw e e n th e uppe rbody (inse ct sh e l l ) and th e l ow e r body. As you can se e in (Fig.5) too, I al so al re ady adde d 2 cuts to e ve ry ve rtical one to indicate th e l ate r borde rs
Now you w il lne e d to continue e xtruding th e m e sh righ t to th e th orax part (Fig.4). Afte r al igning th e prim itive m e sh to th e butte rfl y sh ape from th e side pe rspe ctive , you w il lal so h ave to do th e sam e from th e top one [Num 7].Try to m ak e th e m ode lsm ooth and round.You
M ode ling a naturalistic butte rfly
be tw e e n th e sh e l lse gm e nts, as w e l las to re fine th e back - e nd of th e inse ct. Now it is tim e to de fine th e diffe re nt sh e l lse gm e nts th e first tim e .Se l e ct th e m iddl e of th e 3 row s w h ich indicate a sh e l ldivision and scal e it a bit sm al l er [s] (Fig.6).You sh oul d re pe at th is w ith e ve ry row , th e n continue w ith th e ne xt
ste p. Ok ay, now w e w il lcontinue de fining th e diffe re nt se gm e nts of th e abdom e n.To de fine th e uppe r sh e l l , use th e face se l e ct m ode and se l e ct al lface s th at are l ow e r th an th e borde r l ine be tw e e n th e sh e l land th e l ow e r- body (Fig.7).
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