Modeling
Henry-Biskup
Gamasutra
November 13, 1998
Vol. 2, Issue 45
Introduction
Case
Study:Jack Nichoolas 5
What's
A character sheet?
Deconstructing
the body
Creating
the Pelvis
The
Spine
The Shoulders
The
Elbows
The
Knee
As
Tools Evolve, Concepts Remain Valid |
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| Figure
11: The shoulders. |
The shoulder joint is very close to the top of the shoulder mass (Figure 11). Correct placement of this joint is crucial. Otherwise, the shoulder balloons when animated (as happened with the golfer in Jack Nicholas 5). From the front view, the shoulder bone appears roughly aligned with the sides of the rib cage. From the side, you can see that it's a little closer towards the figure's back than the front. The shoulder is probably the single hardest area from which to get a full range of motion without ugly skin crimping or surface distortion. Some animators build abnormally wide shoulders to compensate for such distortion.
The
Elbows