Smoothing out all those joints is hard. I use just about everything in the Photoshop arsenal to do it. Shoulders are especially hard and if you've noticed I avoid having an arm over the head. That means drawing in the underarm and various shoulder muscles. On the figure its just the arm going up without any of the accompanying body structure. So I avoid it.
Unlike most head sculpts those breast pieces are supplied unpainted. So any and all painting and shading you see is courtesy of my paint brush. I also add nipples to those figures lacking with bits of plastic and putty and paint in the areola. Again a piece of anatomoy that is very individual. As far as heads; Trisha is the same identical head as Belle but her face was scrubbed with paint remover and she was repainted. Drybrushing and washes are old friends for me with my long years building models. Now powdered pigments are all the rage but I've never been crazy about them as they limit handling without a proper fixative which as often as not blows half of the pigment away.
By the same token I try to avoid bottomless shots. The crotches on the figures are mostly open to allow movement of the hip joints so eveything seen there is drawn. By the same token there are no external genitalia. I have done sculpted some on male figures and some female figurtes have the labia molded on. And aside: there is actually a step by step tutorial on creating external genitalia on Ken and Barbie. Seems popel will pay money for it on Ebay.
And then there's figuring out how a character would arrange their pubic hair. Trisha and Belle are real blondes.
Humans among all primates evolved for ostentatious display of sexual characteristics. Humans have the largest penises and breasts among primates, breasts by a large percentage. It supposedly has something to do with loss of body hair.
I just kept thinking....either they like what they are seeing, they are extremely comfortable naked, or they are so mesmerized in their family talk they forgot to get dressed again. I'm hoping they change their mind and go to Hooters!
lol interesting convo going! It seems that human self-awareness just doesn't work well with biological evolution. Our subconscious animal nature knows what we like: proportioned, symmetrical figures, larger breast and genitalia (for men) and a host of other things. When we humans became consciously aware of what our bodies wanted (and sometimes painfully aware that we fall short), we try to improve and amplify it. How much should we improve and much should we just accept? Therein lies wisdom, my friends!
Haha, quite right, KimLuster! In fact, gazillions of guys already spend gazillions of dollars on penis enlargement technology, even though none of it is safe or effective. I know one guy who's been using a vacuum pump to enlarge his penis, and he's been doing it twice a day for thirty years! I have another friend who's anorexic, but she has implants the size of cantaloupes. Now those are some strange proportions. In my opinion, this size fixation is an artifact of living in a society that seeks to coerce humans into being cartoon caricatures of what a man and a woman should look like.
Men get penis enlargements all the time. They're called sports cars. I know about size matters as I dated a fraternal twin with the small boobs and heard lots about her sister with the big ones. I also learned that there really is a titty fairy. It's called pregnancy and sometimes the size increase stays. Celebrity plastic surgery watchers never account for this. Then there are my wife and her two sisters. The eldest is built like Belle. The dialogue here is based on them. I haven't seel out much research material, everyone comes to me to complain :-D
Extremely good job of photo-editing; looks very smooth, and, dare I say, natural! Conversations feels 'real' too... :) So, Fake boobs... yeah, they can look just awful! But, if you don't overdo it and go too big (which most women who get them do), then it is possible to get very natural-looking fakes (if the Doctor is worth a damn). Maybe it shouldn't, but size matters to women, just like it does to men. I'd bet gazillions of dollars that gazillions of guys would get penis-enlargements if they were proven to be safe and didn't interfere with function. Not saying how it should be - just how it is! Makeup, hairstyles, clothes, jewelry, body mods, and plastic surgery... it's all fake! And we humans excel at it lol
Yeah, I never got the aesthetic appeal of implants either. To each their own... You've done a great job removing the joints. Shoulders and elbows are always the hardest to get right on 3D models as well. I like how Belle is always coyly holding her hand over her crotch and Trish just lets it all hang out.
Ironscarf at 3:31PM, Aug. 7, 2014
Fascinating to hear some of the steps that go into this. Sounds much more labour intensive than plain old drawing.
jerrie at 11:47AM, Aug. 6, 2014
this is a great page
bravo1102 at 11:37AM, Aug. 6, 2014
@vinoMas- Not Hooters, Denny's, same menu but better food.
bravo1102 at 11:35AM, Aug. 6, 2014
Humans among all primates evolved for ostentatious display of sexual characteristics. Humans have the largest penises and breasts among primates, breasts by a large percentage. It supposedly has something to do with loss of body hair.
VinoMas at 10:53AM, Aug. 6, 2014
I just kept thinking....either they like what they are seeing, they are extremely comfortable naked, or they are so mesmerized in their family talk they forgot to get dressed again. I'm hoping they change their mind and go to Hooters!
KimLuster at 10:14AM, Aug. 6, 2014
lol interesting convo going! It seems that human self-awareness just doesn't work well with biological evolution. Our subconscious animal nature knows what we like: proportioned, symmetrical figures, larger breast and genitalia (for men) and a host of other things. When we humans became consciously aware of what our bodies wanted (and sometimes painfully aware that we fall short), we try to improve and amplify it. How much should we improve and much should we just accept? Therein lies wisdom, my friends!
fallopiancrusader at 10:00AM, Aug. 6, 2014
Haha, quite right, KimLuster! In fact, gazillions of guys already spend gazillions of dollars on penis enlargement technology, even though none of it is safe or effective. I know one guy who's been using a vacuum pump to enlarge his penis, and he's been doing it twice a day for thirty years! I have another friend who's anorexic, but she has implants the size of cantaloupes. Now those are some strange proportions. In my opinion, this size fixation is an artifact of living in a society that seeks to coerce humans into being cartoon caricatures of what a man and a woman should look like.
bravo1102 at 9:52AM, Aug. 6, 2014
Men get penis enlargements all the time. They're called sports cars. I know about size matters as I dated a fraternal twin with the small boobs and heard lots about her sister with the big ones. I also learned that there really is a titty fairy. It's called pregnancy and sometimes the size increase stays. Celebrity plastic surgery watchers never account for this. Then there are my wife and her two sisters. The eldest is built like Belle. The dialogue here is based on them. I haven't seel out much research material, everyone comes to me to complain :-D
KimLuster at 9:26AM, Aug. 6, 2014
Extremely good job of photo-editing; looks very smooth, and, dare I say, natural! Conversations feels 'real' too... :) So, Fake boobs... yeah, they can look just awful! But, if you don't overdo it and go too big (which most women who get them do), then it is possible to get very natural-looking fakes (if the Doctor is worth a damn). Maybe it shouldn't, but size matters to women, just like it does to men. I'd bet gazillions of dollars that gazillions of guys would get penis-enlargements if they were proven to be safe and didn't interfere with function. Not saying how it should be - just how it is! Makeup, hairstyles, clothes, jewelry, body mods, and plastic surgery... it's all fake! And we humans excel at it lol
fallopiancrusader at 6:47AM, Aug. 6, 2014
Yeah, I never got the aesthetic appeal of implants either. To each their own... You've done a great job removing the joints. Shoulders and elbows are always the hardest to get right on 3D models as well. I like how Belle is always coyly holding her hand over her crotch and Trish just lets it all hang out.
plymayer at 6:35AM, Aug. 6, 2014
Chatty ladies.