I did a video showing how I start modeling the human figure in SketchUp. This is Sam a character in Fuel & Fire, you can read about her in an earlier post (here).

To do next:

• Arms.
• Integrate the items that need to be wielded – arm to torso, legs to torso.
• Boots.
• Strange bulges on her legs will turn into pockets and pouches.
• All the other details that are outlined in the sketch I posted earlier.
• Her head will come later, I have some ideas about her face but I have yet to whip of a drawing.

The video:

My Camtasia trial ran out, so I’m testing CamStudio for this video. It worked pretty well, very simple and it did not crash like Camtasia and Adobe Captivate. I think I screwed up the compression, though, in Adobe Premiere.

The end product after 60 minutes of modeling work: