The philosopher perpetually contemplates questions of a never-ending nature.
This took about three and a half hours to sculpt.
Some technical notes: The statue began as seven metaballs converted to mesh and then was sculpted using a mouse and Wacom Intuos tablet. No axis mirroring was used during sculpting. Procedural textures were used as brushes. Folds in cloth were partly achieved using a large brush in Sculpt:Grab mode, which works almost like proportional editing (and much faster with Sculpt:Partial Redraw reactivated). Rear columns began as cylinders. DOF was achieved in the render nodes.
Wow thats awesome. Everything is great except the background looks a little out of place. Well its not out of place, but it’s texture looks like a different kind of rock. Still great job.
As a study of sculpting, it definitely works. The artwork itself is superb, but coming from you Robert, it seems outdated, since you’ve already used this statue concept several times before.
I guess you have to come back to it from time to time; especially since the subject matter calls for it.
It’s nice to see that he’s smiling. Apparently, there is a happy meaning to the totality of existence.
It is true I have done sculptural work in the past with Blender, before sculpt mode existed, but the new sculpt capabilities have me inspired to revisit this particular form of expression and explore some different possibilities and techniques.
I really enjoy the feel of sculpting in 3D and will continue to work on projects like this as time permits.
Blender was amazing enough before, virtually limitless, and now it’s even more amazing and capable with these latest tools.
