preliminary views and joint placement

this is our model, alisha. she has a very exaggerated hip-to-shoulder ratio and a cartoony overall appearance. in keeping with this cartoony style, she'll need to be flexible, with the ability to squash and stretch to meet whatever poses are required.

here, i've made an initial indication of where the primary joints should be placed. the red and blue dots are the actual pivot points; the yellow lines serve only to guide the eye to the next joint in the chain. red dots are limb joints and blue dots are spine/neck/head joints. the two shoulder joints are children of the clavicle joint in the center and will be influenced accordingly.

alisha's hands are a more like normal ones, with five fingers and the standard amount of pivot points. here we see how the pivot points are distributed through the hand.

here is a look at alisha's feet. there are pivots at the ankle and the beginning of where the toes would be, if she had any. the toe joint will allow foot-roll when taking steps, changing direction, etc.

 

finally, we can see how alisha's joints are laid out from a side view. much of it is in-line, with a small amount of curvature in the lumbar area of the spine and a forward-cheating of the clavicle joint.

that's all for now!