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# 16 19-08-2008 , 06:58 PM
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the bit at the roof of the mouth where the trunk begins seems wrong but i cant find any decent refs for that area, any ideas whats wrong?

Note to self: top of head needs to be flat and more angled (this is to be an african elephant not asian)

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# 17 19-08-2008 , 07:53 PM
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FINALLY FOUND A DECENT REF OF A WHOLE African baby elephant
im now altering the head shape to make it more realistic, still got bumps and thing s in it though that i havent had chance to sort out yet

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Ive completely changed some of the proportions of the model so its more in line with my refs

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I really dont know what to do now to make it better....

Note: its legs are messed up at the moment, ill sort them out later


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# 21 20-08-2008 , 04:20 AM
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the ears look better

maybe it's me but the head looks a little flat




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just really study the reference heavily, try and find skull imagery. Do anything to help yourself out, do a few doodles, grab a lump of plastercine if having somthing in real world helps, or even just use a load of primatives to build a rough skull to help you guide your model.


With a cartoon piece you have to exhadurate the unique features. What can you find that makes a baby elephant look like a baby elephant, what features are the most important to highlight.

Often, half of any art is strong planning and forethought, hold back for a bit and think about all the things you want to capture here, and how you can go about doing that.

I think you need a stronger sense of what the result is going to be, realistic or stylised. If it is stylised then how, there are many ways to do a 'cartoony' elephant.

Once you know that, its then the time to research and collect reference and then step back into maya.

# 23 21-08-2008 , 12:57 AM
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Ive been working on the ear....... im still not completely happy with it

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looking at these screen shots again the head seems off

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Done some work on the mouth and legs

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# 26 24-08-2008 , 01:11 AM
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Hey, elephantinc

I don't know if you missed LauriePriest's post, or just ignored it, but he made some very good points.

what you have so far look good to me.


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# 27 24-08-2008 , 03:25 AM
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i've never seen a baby elephant and i haven't seen an elephant long enough to analyse it, but the ears look cool... they should be uber enlarged so he can fly!

Originally posted by Mayaniac
I don't know if you missed LauriePriest's post, or just ignored it, but he made some very good points.

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# 28 24-08-2008 , 05:13 AM
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Originally posted by Chirone
i've never seen a baby elephant and i haven't seen an elephant long enough to analyse it, but the ears look cool... they should be uber enlarged so he can fly!



am i wrong to have assumed Laurie is only a girl's name? user added image

I don't know if He/She is a Guy/Girl.. Take it up with Him/Her user added image
He/she came across to me as a dude...


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# 29 24-08-2008 , 12:44 PM
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lol, i have this problem alot, im 100% boy.

Its both believe it or not, depends where you are from.

# 30 24-08-2008 , 01:47 PM
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yeah i did listen
and did find some refs but it takes me a while to find whats wrong with it, at the minute im showing it to my mates and then showing them refs and getting them to tell me whats wrong and then once ive collected all their answers ill plan what im going to do next, one thing i have noticed is that the area around the eyes is totally off....

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