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Modeling a head in Lightwave begins in earnest this month. This little pointy eared beauty is one of my first heads and looks much like a 100 other poly heads I have seen on the web. I used a front and side view of a head and placed then in respective views in the LIghtwave modeler interface.

Starting from the eye socket on the left hand side of the head I created eyelids, a brow, the nose, mouth, cheeks, ears and then onto the head. Remember, the best way to model a head is to model half of it and mirror it across. This is where you find that the image template is a real help to you. A couple of tips if you are starting out in organic modeling:

Learn to use all the tools like knife and bandsaw.
Do most of the modeling before switching to sub-D mode (tab) then refine using drag and drag-net.
Use Q a lot. Name your sufaces as you go. Eye-patch for example. Makes for easy selections later on in the process.

LIGHTWAVE 3D GALLERIES - HEAD STUDY