WEBVTT 00:01.060 --> 00:03.210 Welcome to reference material. 00:03.280 --> 00:08.560 Now at the risk of sounding like a broken record because I've said it plenty times throughout this course 00:08.920 --> 00:11.190 reference images are critical. 00:11.260 --> 00:19.660 And this particular section they are even more critical than they've been in the past now drawn or photos 00:19.660 --> 00:20.790 are both okay. 00:20.800 --> 00:23.800 The important thing is that you have a reference image. 00:23.840 --> 00:30.160 They're going to help define your model or help the major parts whether there's a strong jaw line whether 00:30.160 --> 00:34.420 the heads around head or perhaps an elongated head. 00:34.420 --> 00:37.630 There are lots of different shapes that heads can be. 00:37.630 --> 00:40.270 So of course they're going to help define it. 00:40.330 --> 00:46.210 They're going to guide an influential character as well so if the if the particular head has a scar 00:46.210 --> 00:51.640 on it or it cuts or something like that or crooked nose or anything along those lines it's going to 00:51.640 --> 00:55.810 help guide and influence both the character and the model itself. 00:55.810 --> 01:03.280 Now just following along or without using reference material will lead to a lot of frustration and wasted 01:03.280 --> 01:03.760 time. 01:03.760 --> 01:08.890 I will stress at this point because it's quite a complicated thing that we're doing. 01:08.980 --> 01:14.530 It's important that you have some sort of guidance behind what you're modelling so you can actually 01:14.530 --> 01:20.560 see what's going on because it is going to be challenging not only is this the last section of the course 01:20.560 --> 01:27.150 it's going to be one of the most difficult it's also because the human face is very hard to make object 01:27.460 --> 01:31.210 it's because we as humans know when something's wrong with it. 01:31.220 --> 01:37.830 And as an artist you also know when something's wrong with your work even if no one can see it you'll 01:37.940 --> 01:40.570 spots every little thing that's wrong with it. 01:40.600 --> 01:45.820 So don't beat yourself up over it especially in the first couple of tries because you're gonna end up 01:45.820 --> 01:48.580 with something that's more like an alien than a human head. 01:48.580 --> 01:49.940 I can guarantee that. 01:49.990 --> 01:51.120 But don't fret. 01:51.130 --> 01:54.410 So did mine when I first started. 01:54.450 --> 01:58.920 Now I don't recommend that you try to be realistic the first time sooner. 01:58.930 --> 02:02.640 Take any incredible amount of effort to get to realism. 02:02.770 --> 02:08.110 And of course if you're struggling with the basics because you're new to it it's going to be even more 02:08.110 --> 02:15.390 difficult to attain realism perhaps go more like a caricature of your chosen head to begin with extenuates 02:15.400 --> 02:21.940 certain features if the person has a big nose then make it a big nose big ears etc. etc. a strong jaw 02:21.940 --> 02:22.300 line. 02:22.300 --> 02:28.330 Big eyes small eyes always looking angry those sort of things can really help bring the character out 02:28.330 --> 02:36.390 in the model rather than making ultra realistic think about things like Pixar films and most animations. 02:36.520 --> 02:39.100 They're not ultra realistic. 02:39.100 --> 02:43.910 Be prepared to make several rough models as you go honing your skills. 02:43.990 --> 02:48.640 Now you'll want to go through the entire process a couple of times to make sure you know from the very 02:48.640 --> 02:55.270 beginnings to the very end stages but also when you get to a certain point you'll want to save often 02:55.510 --> 02:57.900 and save versions as you go. 02:57.910 --> 03:03.850 So the reason why I say that is if you save often of course if you make a horrible mistake and destroy 03:03.850 --> 03:10.230 your model topology you will be able to go back in it won't hurt you too much in your time. 03:10.330 --> 03:16.480 Now saving versions is important because you can at a certain point you'll notice that you are have 03:16.510 --> 03:23.020 a standard head and from that you can make a lot of other heads and it's silly to take or start from 03:23.080 --> 03:28.690 scratch all the time once you've got to a base head that you can work with and generate lots of other 03:28.690 --> 03:31.630 heads from whether it be human or other. 03:31.630 --> 03:34.090 It's a great starting place to be. 03:34.180 --> 03:37.140 Now of course it's time for a challenge. 03:37.300 --> 03:39.720 Prepare your reference material. 03:39.730 --> 03:41.740 Go and get your reference material prepared. 03:41.740 --> 03:47.820 Now you could use Google Images you could sketch your character perhaps even take a photo of yourself. 03:47.830 --> 03:54.220 It doesn't really matter which way you go if you do take a photo of yourself and make sure it's not 03:54.220 --> 03:59.800 too wide an angle lens because that will accentuate your features and make it a bit difficult to work 03:59.800 --> 04:00.130 with. 04:00.280 --> 04:03.450 But any photo would do absolutely fine. 04:03.460 --> 04:09.610 I would recommend like I have done taking a photo from the front and from the side. 04:09.610 --> 04:12.340 Just one of the sides it doesn't have to be both. 04:12.500 --> 04:13.010 So. 04:13.060 --> 04:15.240 Video now and give that a go. 04:18.030 --> 04:19.510 Okay guys welcome back. 04:19.620 --> 04:23.340 And as you can see here this is the reference that I'll be working from. 04:23.360 --> 04:24.770 Very handsome chap there. 04:24.810 --> 04:26.190 It looks a bit grumpy though. 04:26.440 --> 04:32.240 But it's going to be just the front side there and front and side there. 04:32.280 --> 04:35.250 And of course I'll be using this as my reference material. 04:35.280 --> 04:36.690 Feel free to use it yourself. 04:36.690 --> 04:39.680 You can make a model of me or using it as a base. 04:39.690 --> 04:41.210 Of course if you've got your own. 04:41.210 --> 04:45.270 I'd love to see what you've done especially if you've sketched your own characters. 04:45.270 --> 04:50.970 I'd love to see what sort of characters you guys are going to create so share in the discussions and 04:50.970 --> 04:53.810 of course I will see you in the next lecture.