Thanks Hirazi I am just trying to learn from my mistakes Will be much obliged to have some in-depth criticism on the topology from someone

Hi,

you've got some topology problems at the thumb base : at all joints, keep loops as much as possible, and add some more to have a better deformation.
Here is an exemple I made few years ago. That's not perfect, but hope it helps.

http://www.julien-chudik.com/galerie/page2/photo4.html

Many thanks for the input That's one goodlooking hand
I have made some changes. Added more loops and reduced the number of open edges considerably.
I think there will be more reduction necessary when I try to stitch it to the arm, but let's see how it goes...



The base of the thumb looks different in our models, as you can see. But I did it intentionally. There is supposed to be a fold between the thumb and the pollicis brevis muscles. I have emphasized it a tiny wee bit.

A tiny update

My untrained eye can spot some "N-gons" that however should be relatively "easy" to get rid of...
Now you (almost) completed the hands and feet (allegedly the hardest parts) you're halfway finished, I'd say...

Yes, I think I will wait until the stitching and then find a way to get rid of the n-gon(s).
Thanks for your attention, man
Just like ear is the hardest part but does not play the biggest role in a head model, hands and feet are also not the first places where you look when you see a full model. I am pretty worried about the back muscles and ribs... I never tried to model that stuff before. Hands and feet I have done before, though for toon figures.

Here is some update. I haven't entered the scary region yet

At this point I subdivided once and started further tweaking. This way I did not have to draw loops and move every vertex to make sure the model smooths well.

Little update



Here I am trying to achieve the shape of the ribcage. Now will try to extrude in the abs.