Well, I started modeling the Travis' dragon in Rhino. This is about 3 hours work...I tried to get as much detail as I could in the head this time instead of making something semi-detailed.

I started out by drawing three profile curves (Top, Middle, Bottom) to do my loft. Then I shaped it to the rough look I wanted and began to add detail by adding more isoparms (knots) and point editing them as I went.

To get the webbing between the jaws, I simply selected a few of the middle row of points (viewed from the right) and moved them inward (did that in the front view). Then I gave the points a weight of 2 to increase their strength.

Moving on to the nose and eyes, I inserted about six isoparms for each and shaped the nose, making sure to move the center most point inward (again, done in the front view). I applied a weight of 2 to that point also. THe eyes wer simple this time. I simple selected a rough outline of the eye area as seen in Travis' image and then moved them inward. In the Right view, I then scale2D them to shrink the area a bit. The rest was just shaping and point weights.

The horns were seperate lofts, though I should have used spheres because the horn lofts gave me some trouble with their normals when I tried to join everything together. This second post is where the model is now.

I normally work by making the body first, then the head, and then the legs but after seeing Travis' WIP's I just had to see what Rhino could do....

Future plans include a small amount of horns cirvling the eye area a little and of course a body...

Comments Please.

cirviling=circling in the post above. :)

So here's the nearly finished head. I forgot to mention that Travis neglected to define some form of hearing in the sketch, so I added ear holes in the back of the head because I think it should have 'em. :)

very very cool!!! the eyes are amazing. great details!! cant wait to see more.

Thanks Logan. Here's a side view in case you can't see the nifty lip wrinkles very well in the other one. Much work left ot do...

Thats great! Really going to have to learn how to mel organics. It looks so rewarding

that looks great so far it has a solid feel to it i like the ears and how the muscles in the neck transfer into it eyes look terrific to ! no suggestions really maybe a lil more muscle on the lower jaw at the back but cant wait to see the teeth in it looks sharp ! LOL the name you gave it !:)

Well I guess I'll get started now. I have not touched mine yet. I'll post something in a couple of hours.

Great work Master T.

Fantastic work and explanation of how you did it, I really like seeing your techniques layed out keep 'em coming :)

Thanks. Okay, here's the update...Travis, your idea about detailing the lower jaw is a good one and I'll see to it if I can. I added legs (see my leg tutorial at the Rhino Forum for details). Then I lofted a set of curves to make the gums and instead of using spheres (again, not very wise on my part), I lofted two curves and a point to get the teeth. The Tounge is a sphere that I rebuilt and point edited. I then split the tounge near the back of the mouth and blended it to the inner mouth hole (big black hole in the images before this one). More to come.

I almost forgot...the body is a loft made from four profile curves. I then added knots and point edited the the body to a rough approximation of Travis' design. I plan on adding more nifty things to him though.

man this is turning into a kick assss forum from the begiiners to the old farts ! Teyon this is looking great i told you you made awesome feet and claws i was having trouble making the rear legs but it looks as if you tackled it with ease ! no suggestions just a little praise sorry !:)

Thanks. update comming...

Here it is. Just needs some decent textures.

Teyon.................... Teyon.................... Teyon....................... Teyon...................... Teyon.................... You are the man!!!!! :)

Thanks. Now...If I can only get one of those Victoria Secret models to think that..... :P (okay, I may be "The Man" but I'm really just a goof)