How to sculpt a spiral object, like a shell?

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I’m trying to sculpt this funny shell

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but the spiral line it’s difficult to make.

I tried mask brush with stabilize stroke, but it seems weird :joy:

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So, is there a good or better way to do this?

Any help will be appreciated!

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Hey!

You can do this by using a knife object. I could’ve shared you a video with my explanation, but the file limit here’s only about 5MB

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Could you please send me a youtube or vimeo link?

Thanks

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Could you, please, sent me your email in private messages? It’ll be much easier for me

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Here it is. Zipped & wrapped with average quaility, but I think it still can be understandable

2023-03-10_09-09-31.zip (4.3 MB)

A little tips:

  1. For using knife tool, press “K” when you’re in edit mode.
  2. For make inner extrude, press at first E+ESC, then, ALT+S and drag your mouse to the center.
  3. For adding a subdivision modifier, which adds a smoothness to your object, press CTRL+2
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Thanks so much for the video!

I get your idea, use knife tool tool to cut out the lines, then extrude them, cool!

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Yeah, exactly. It might be not the best solution for this, but it works and takes not so much of your time. Simple.

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Yeah, I should combine modeling with sculpting, and choose a more effective way.

Thanks again! :grinning:

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You’re welcome!

BTW, using the mask brush is a good way too, but I think for things like these, you need a pen tablet.