Modelling Clothing

[ianidas]

Hey guys I'm relatively new to modelling/organic modelling I've been reading up I went and bought a couple good books on it my only question is, while they go into great detail on say how to model a human head, if I wanted to in the end have my character have a bandanna on, should the person have it on in the reference picture to model from also? Or should the reference pictures/3d model not have it and then add it over the 3d model of the head afterwards? Thanks

[mru35280]

Well it depends what you want to do. I always do a mesh model and then add extras like clothing on top. But if your character is always going to be wearing boots then you wouldn't model a high detail foot.

Hope this helped

[ianidas]

Good point, well its for a short cinematic really so I'm just looking to make it high resolution and realistic, so I wasn't sure to model it onto the mesh of the head, or over it (since I figure modelling it into the mesh of the head would seem easier, but perhaps end up looking lower quality/less realistic?)

[e321]

That is absolutely hilarious! I would say its completely up to the person doing the modelling - I would prefer the photo with the bandana on... Why someone would not want that is wierd... It depends really on what the model was for if it was a game model than the bandana would be detailed onto the character mesh then textured. If it was a cinematic model I would model the bandana seperatly because it would naturally look more realistic. If its realism always model the way it was in real life - I don't know many people with bandanas perma attached to their heads.