Ollie's Sculpting Journey Sketchbook from beginner

Edited with newer sculpt for the thumbnail. Pic above is my latest progress.

This image below is my first sculps and post below show my progress!

Challenging myself to short sculpts to try to memorize forms

20 mins - not as bad as i thought. elastic deform, crease, smooth, add tools

How should I setup a blender preset to get me straight into it? maybe with eyes or not?

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Day 2 - starting the loomis method by box trimming the edges and then drawing eyebrows, then elastic pulling the chin down

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never mind the ears

sculpt 5 - trying to copy a base mesh and failing. eye are deceptively complex

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I like the nose at least but i’m getting some very angry old asian lady vibes

Saw a speedchar live video. learning to use the grab tool and draw sharp. gives a good sense of brows, eyes and lips quickly

I’m starting to get the basic shapes of the lips, nose and eyes i think.


Tiny eye makes for great eyes and I used a principled shader with subsurface for the skin.

i’m getting better at the nose and lips but the eyes still elude me

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feels like a step back. its the smaller forms that are eluding me still

from a reference - what’s wrong with the lowerhalf of her face?

You can’t accurately capture a face from a single angle, especially not a 3/4 view.

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Following grant abbit’s tutorial. Even with guides, it’s still diffucult to get the proportions right. I’m quite happy with this however.

What focal length should I be using when sculpting?

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Still not quite getting those forms


Starting with the blender studios basemesh this time. still struggling

Why does this one look like a dude???

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i’m going complete fing backwards

a pair of eyes only.

It’s very, very, difficult to accurately judge a face without eyebrows. Your sculpts are always going to feel weird without them

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it’s a face, albeit not the one in the image. speedchar’s youtube videos are helping at least make it look human.

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