Horse in progress

Just a quick one on the muzzle - it is too narrow in width and too long in height. Horses nostrils do not point out to the side, they point forward. The line from the forehead down to the muzzle is all one straight line, there is no dip after the eyes.

Here is what I mean: http://www.dli.ch/hobbies/horses/Amigo00f.jpg
And remember - Google image search is your friend: http://images.google.com.au/images?q=horse&hl=en&btnG=Search+Images

Thanks for the feedback. Will be implementing feedback. Stay tuned !

i remember horses as being one of the hardest things to learn to draw, props for attempting to model one! :P The only help i can really offer is just get yourself a plethora of reference pictures.

yup! ref, ref, ref :)

There's a reason that horses are virtually the only other creatures on this earth that get whole anatomy referance books dedicated to them alongside humans. Pay particular attention to the skull shape and how the eye sockets are pocketed and the muzzle flows inwards.

Hey All,

Thanks for the feedback .. heres the latest update with an improved head. Still haven't completed ears or eye sockets. Are the loops around the legs okay for animation ?

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Hey! Muzzle and head are looking much better :)

Everything is looking decent. Something that I can't put my finger on about the head/neck area, tho. It may be that the head just looks a bit too small for the neck - not sure.

Just make sure when you start to polish it up a bit more that the neck connects directly into the head (see the reference picture above).

I'd recommend using your viewport background or referance planes (a plane aligned to the view with a material assigned to it that has the referance image applied and viewable in the viewport). Line up your mesh and use it as a modelling guide/template.

Here's a whole heap of horse referance.

quote:http://www.argentinapolo.com/images/picHorseAnatomy.jpg
http://members.aol.com/wallcad/Gallery/pages/horsepoints.jpg
http://www.allabouthorses.com/site/graphics/photos/anatomy.jpg
http://horsetrainingvideos.com/backup-images/gmartingale%20horse%20head…
http://www.bnbcarriage.com/wht_horse_head.jpg
http://www.steerinc.com/horse_head_22.jpg
http://www.icir.org/floyd/images/HorseExpo4-01/hires/Horse_head1.jpg
http://members.tripod.com/foxfield_stables/images/Horse%20head%202.jpg
http://www.pressomatic.com/middletoninn/upload/Horse%20Head%20side%20ve…

Jacana: Will do .. Head had alot more polys than neck .. so im going to have to even it out.

J.I Styles: Thanks for the images. I've been modeling from a reference plane but the images you've gathered are better than what i had. Thanks again.

Okay heres a quick update on progress

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Okay sorry for the late update .. been working really hard to get this horse looking good.

Heres my latest model

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Looking nice Kratos, keep up the good work.

quote:Originally posted by jebus

Looking nice Kratos, keep up the good work.

Thanks Jebus !

it's looking nice kratos, looking at the updates, it has come a long way.

good work :)

quote:Originally posted by Bread

it's looking nice kratos, looking at the updates, it has come a long way.

good work :)

Thanks. Here is completed horse rigged and textured.

Any critics welcomed [:)]

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