Character Creation

Initially I wanted to create my character, so that I can get an idea for a story board to fit the character in.

I followed a tutorial on basic modeling and created a basic 3d model character similar to the one in the video.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DiIoWrOlIRw

The person is using Blender to create his model, I took the reference images shown in the beginning of the video and created the model in Maya.

In maya I created a cylinder and inserted edge loops where I thought the torso changes in shape, like the upper back which arcs out from the lower back.

I added cylinders for each arm and leg, then matched them up as well as I could to the reference images by moving the vertices.

In the end I had a basic but good enough 3d model to use for my animation.