Maxon Cinema 4D 7: A Workshop for 2D/3D Graphics Pros

Creating 3D-Capable Sketches

The task for this chapter is the modeling of a female head, which we first need to sketch out. I can unequivocally recommend the practice of working from a sketch or photograph when modeling; doing so will save you a lot of time. And in this way you can plan the expression on the face from the start and it will not remain—as with free modeling—left to chance.

Creating Sketches

We'll begin with a sheet of paper or an empty document in the graphics or paint program of your choice. Here we need only the most basic functions.

We'll start with a sketch of the side view of the skull, so we should choose a relationship of 8 to 6, that is, for example, an empty document in Photoshop with the dimensions 800 × 600 pixels. In ...