Showing posts with label Jotun woman. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Jotun woman. Show all posts
Sunday, 18 November 2012
Bergelmir's wife
Bergelmir's wife and her husband are the only two Jotnar to survive the bloodshed when the Gods kill Ymir. Little is know of her from the old sources except for that and that she and her husband restart the Jotnar race which again become numerous.
I've had trouble sculpting female figures because my main reference always have been the mirror. It's finally started to loosen up a little. Main features to make a figure female is big hips and a small jaw. Big hips are emphasized by a extra narrow waist, and a small jaw is empathized by a extra large forehead. Usually my style have been figures with long faces and small foreheads, which I have realized is very hard to make feminine. Other general traits of a female face is that it has small features than a male face. Smaller chin, nose, jaw (especially important), ears, an almost absent brow and narrower eyebrows. Big eyelashes and heart shaped lips are also very feminine, but I was happy I managed to make her look feminine without those as those things takes more time to animate.
Her legs are not really made for walking, but that's OK as she won't use them in the movie. If she were to walk I would have to design her differently.
Tuesday, 6 November 2012
Bestla
Bestla is a Jotun woman (or a frost giantess if you will) and the Mother of Odin, Vili and Ve. Her father is the frost giant Bolthorn. I made her slightly bigger than her husband Borr.
This is the prettiest of all the characters made for the film. She is one of very few women, and her role is primarily to keep the chronology in order.
I thought she had to look pretty since she has children with an Aesir. Unfortunately I have less practice sculpting female heads, therefore I had to resort to making her more "real-life" where I have references I can use, but that's OK since she has so little screen time animating her wont be problematic. Usually my characters don't have eyelids and only a very simple mouth as eyes and mouths are animated a lot, but big eyelashes and big lips are feminine traits I wanted to include to make sure she looked pretty.
This is the prettiest of all the characters made for the film. She is one of very few women, and her role is primarily to keep the chronology in order.
I thought she had to look pretty since she has children with an Aesir. Unfortunately I have less practice sculpting female heads, therefore I had to resort to making her more "real-life" where I have references I can use, but that's OK since she has so little screen time animating her wont be problematic. Usually my characters don't have eyelids and only a very simple mouth as eyes and mouths are animated a lot, but big eyelashes and big lips are feminine traits I wanted to include to make sure she looked pretty.
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