odf opened this issue on Oct 27, 2008 · 13933 posts
odf posted Thu, 07 January 2010 at 7:20 AM
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Can anyone link me back to the original photo references for Antonia please? (Or reference the post?)
No, because I didn't work from a single reference. I observed many people on film and in real life to try and understand the forms I was working on, and occasionally looked at photo references (mostly found on 3d.sk, obviously), but not just from a single person. (Feel free to ignore my rambling below).
In fact, I think that most people have it a bit backwards in that respect. Working directly from a fixed set of photo references is something only an experienced modeler should do. Photos distort reality, and unless one understands very well why and how that happens, the results will not be correct. Photo references are great for checking proportions, but not for determining shape, unless you have exact data on the POV and focal length which which the photo was taken and the means to reproduce those in your modeling application. As a beginner (which I was when I started work on Antonia) I think one should always work from live models if possible. If you don't have an exclusive model, observe people as much as possible. Look at photos from all angles, and also film material.
-- I'm not mad at you, just Westphalian.