CHARACTER Head - Need Advice

[TigerDog]

Hi, this is my second character and i wasnt going to post any pics until much later but im already sortive stuck, i need some advice on my characters eyes! I cant get the eye socket to look good and im not sure of the best way to do eye lashes and brows. As you can see i havnt started the texturing yet im going to leave that until im happy with the mesh.

edit- Hi all i updated the image on this first post because i suspected that the original was scaring people away lol.

[TigerDog]

I was playing with some materials coz i was bored and thought id post one of the results.

Plz I still need advice on how to do eye brows and lashes, just the eye area in genral im not happy with.

[Xeen]

they eye seems to be into the face too deep. As you can see the eye socket pulls in the skin between the bottom of the eye and the top of the cheek, causing it to look awkward.

Try moving the eye socket out a little bit.

[TigerDog]

I think your onto something there Xeen, ill go pull the sockets out a bit and see how it looks.

[is0s]

http://www.juansiquier.com/goodies/t...lashes_eng.htm thats a tutorial on how to do eye lashes, personally i think the model looks fine !

[TigerDog]

isOs- U have made my day by pointing out that tutorial!!!!! Its exactly what i was after. Thanks heaps

[TigerDog]

Havnt had alot of spare time but i have been trying to get the eye area to look right but Im still not getting it right! Im refering more to the shape not the eye ball texture as i just through the texture on as a test.

Any suggestions would be greatly appreaciated

[Borg]

The eyelids need to curve around the eyeball more, at the moment it looks as though the eyes are on the side of the head, sorta. other than that its looking good

[Vertigo]

Well it all depends on the kind of look you are going for really. But since it looks like a character I once was working on, I'll assume you are going for a similar style. One of the main problems now is the whole pupil is uncovered. Generally a small portion of the top of the pupil is covered by the lid. This will help to get rid of the wide eyed look. You seem to have most of the upper eyelid hidden, or tucked under the skin from the brow ridge which is good. I think you need a little more definition between the eye socket area and the fleshy part of the cheek. Then just work on the sublte curves that bend around the eye. Try finding a picture of a female in a front on shot, then trace the outline of the eye. You'll see all the little curves of the eyelid. Here is a pic of the character I was working on that I mentioned. Hope you don't mind me posting it, I am only doing so to try and help.

[TigerDog]

Hi thanks for your comments,

Heres an update, Im still not happy with it
I was originaly looking at cartoony pics when i started but i changed my mind half way through so the proportions are all messed up.
Any suggestions?

[babaloud]

very good....
maybe the eyes aren't in the perfect rotation....
to help you with the eyelashes use this tutorial from juan siquier

www.juansiquier.com

[TigerDog]

Hi everyone,
I found some time today to do some major tweaking heres the result, any more suggestions? I think it still needs a fair bit of work befor i even think about texturing.

[TigerDog]

Heres another update. Any C&C?

[Borg]

Looking much better, now you have to do the hard bit - The ears

[TigerDog]

As u have probabley guessed im trying to put the ears of till im compleatly happy with the face, doing the ears scares me