You??™ve just created a polygon (Figure 9.12).
Figure 9.12 After you select all of the points, in order, press p to create a polygon.
27. Save your work. It??™s not a bad idea to create
an incremental save by pressing Shift+s.
Now that you have a base polygon to work
with, you can start creating the rest of the
iPod quite easily. First, you need to align
this polygon before any other adjustments
are made.
28. If you take a look at Figure 9.13, you??™ll see
that the flat polygon is not lined up with
the actual face of the model, based on the
background images. Sure, the Back view
lines up, but for the Left view, you need to
make an adjustment.
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Figure 9.13
By creating the
polygon over
the face of the
object in the
Back view, it??™s
perfectly lined
up. But, the
side, or Left
view, is a bit off.
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29. Press t to select the Move tool.Making sure nothing is selected
so that you move the entire object, click and drag in the Left
view, and line up the polygon to the face of the iPod, based on
the background image. Figure 9.14 shows the example.
30. Save your work.
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