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This week I started with making a mouth cavity and then fixing minor mistakes like her forehead, cheekbones, eyelids again or nose because they were a bit tweaked after I added edge loops from the ears. I also had a problem with symmetry on the head, because the vertices were not lining up and fixing that took a lot of time. After doing that I considered the head almost finished and it was ready to be connected to the body. However, the body modelling was still at the beginning. The skirt was easy in the beginning, creating the basic skirt shape was not a problem, although the folds were a real pain. At first, I had no idea how to make them or where should I add new edge loops. Then they looked different from every angle and it just didn't look good. After all, I found out how the fabric works and I think it looks alright, even if those folds are not as deep as I planned. I also made knee socks which were easy because I just expanded her legs down from the knee. Duri...

The ear definitely took more than I expected. This time I took a different approach and instead of trying to make the ear out of the shape I was modelling all creases separately and then I connected them at once. I spent more than 8 hours modelling it but I can say it was worth it. It looks very realistic and detailed. I finally added the eyeballs and I realised my eyelids are completely off so I spent some time redoing them. The forehead is still kind of pointy and the head has a weird shape so I need to fix it again. I also began creating a hand, which has not been difficult yet but I've got that feeling it's going to change soon. Hands are a very difficult object to draw and I still do not really understand the anatomy and how they work, so I do not expect modelling hands is going to be easy. I started modelling clothes. I had to cut her body into two meshes and then I created the shape of a bit loose jumper which is tucked into...

After I fixed some issues on the face, I started modelling ears. I had many failed attempts, ears were a huge challenge. After it was not working, I left it as an ear shape and moved to continue with the body. I really struggled with time management, I was feeling like I am really behind with everything even when I prioritized this module. After all, I managed to connect all body parts together and I think it doesn't look bad at all. Now I need to finish ears and I am still not really happy with the head shape and forehead looks too pointy, so I need to fix that as soon as possible. After that, I plan to make her clothes and eyeballs, which I had wanted to do some time ago but I always forget!

Maya made these two weeks very difficult time for me. At first I was making the head which I started working on during the last lecture but it was more difficult than I expected. I had to start over again countless times, there was always something that was not right.  The head is now connected to the face but it still needs to change the shape a bit but all polygons are quads which makes me happy. Next I need to start modelling ears which will be a challenge, but after all, I found out that everything here is a challenge. I also started working on the body over again because the first attempt was not correct. This one worked properly, I could duplicate arms and I already connected arms to the body. I definitely need to add more edge loops but because my character wears quite baggy jumper, I do not have to be worried about making the elbow or underarm pit. I am not sure if I will have timw to make the denim jacket as well but if I will work quickly enough, ...