Mudbox- Posing

Mudbox was crashing a lot today so I couldn't work on my personal project (which was a little fox character) so I decided to start again using one of the default models. I felt like making a deformed zombie character, so I started with the human body model, but I wasn't happy with the default pose it had. I wanted it to be hunched over so I messed around with the posing tools. I managed to create joints in the model and move the body into a new pose using those joints. This worked well and I have done more progress on the model than what is shown in the screenshot, but Mudbox crashed just after I saved it and it refuses to open that scene without it crashing again.

 



Mudbox Dinosaur

Modelling in Mudbox- Pumpkin

I've messed around with Mudbox before but never really got anywhere with proper guidance. It was good to have a lesson in it today, and I feel more confident and relaxed using software like this for modelling. Simple task was given today, that was to model a fruit or vegetable, and so I chose to model a pumpkin. 

Playing in Mudbox

In Mudbox I found you can start with shapes and figures and sculpt from them. One of the examples was a human figure, but I thought the figure was masculine, so I experimented to make the male figure into a female figure. I tried to remember what I learnt in life drawing, about the anatomy of the human body. This is how it went so far, and I may go back to it to add more.

Mudbox default figure- before I began sculpting. 

I pulled in the waist to bring out the hips and create a more feminine shape. 

To create curves I used the bulge tool, which brought out bulges and bumps in the model, but the surface was crooked and not neat like skin. 

So I found the smooth tool that smoothed out any harsh edges and made the model look over all more natural. 

After I used smooth tool.

What I've achieved on my first day using Mudbox.

So I Have Mudbox Now

I've managed to put hair on this man! That's it!