This is my first attempt to model a character. I decided to go for a female portrait based on Alphonse Mucha Summer painting. I got convinced by a friend to learn Softimage XSI, so I used this project as a gym. I took me a very long time  to model, delete, remodel again and again this character. Along with the new software tools, I had to learn human anatomy and mesh topology since I didn’t had any school or other previous experience. And after modeling, I had to learn lighting and composition as well. Another whole new world!