The next three shots are of my first attempt at a nurbs patch model.

I started this a while ago but stopped working on it to learn more about the basics of maya. It was really to ambisious a project as my first nurbs model in maya.

The boy is my nephew. I used a digital photos for reference materials.

(1) The first photo is the basic nurbs head mass

(2) The patches I have completed. I stopped because I was not really happy with some of the patches and decided to take a break to rethink how I want to complete it.

(3) The full body so far.

I will probably start with the base nurb head mass and keep the nose patch. I am not happy with the way the eyes were progressing and I will probably scrap them and start over.

Probably scrap the mouth as well. The lips are looking strange and I have not been able to put my finger on it, but I'll figure em out as I get more of the chin and cheek area patched.

The ears are just fast and dirty place holders.

The shirt and pants I modeled from the reference photo.

The shoes, hair and hands are subd's I imported from the sybex master maya book.