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By Ryan Kingslien in Sculptor's Notebook, tips-N-tricks, sculpting | 11 comments
As often as possible I keep to a routine of sculpting one head or object as soon as I get into the office. It keep me fresh with ZBrush and I always learn something.
After the last head sketching video some people requested a slower video of the process. So below is a recording of me sculpting in ZBrush using ZBrush’s Movie Recorder. ZBrush’s Movie Recorder does not speed up the recording but it does remove blank moments or areas where nothing is happening inside of ZBrush.
There is no audio to this file as it is not meant to be a complete tutorial. Instead, it just gives you an eye over my shoulder as I sculpt in ZBrush. To that end, I have simply uploaded it to YouTube.
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In this video I use the following tools:
- Standard Brush
- Move Brush
- Clay Brush
- Clay Tubes Brush
- Rake Brush
- Ram Brush
- Masks
- Lasso Selection
- Perspective
Some interesting notes from sculpting it:
Masking off the infra-orbital triangle as I do at 3:15 minutes into the sketch really helps me create the correct planes of the cheek and jaw.
The Clay brush is fantastic for helping me establish planes by either pushing in or pulling out.
The Move brush is the great “Do Over”! At 4.:19 minutes into the tutorial I check the eyes and realize they are not deep enough on the inside. A quick tug of the Move brush and things are back in order and ready to go again!
Sculpting hair is a matter of innuendo. Suggest, don’t tell. Hey, it works for fiction writers!
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Skalman | Jan 28, 2008 | Reply
Hey Ryan!
Just awesome help=) yor help has helped me the most=) Just one little question what kind of subdivision do you have?
keep rocking;)
mdanuz | Jan 29, 2008 | Reply
Is it just me ? I can’t see the video here
Ryan Kingslien | Jan 29, 2008 | Reply
mdanuz - here is a direct link
Skalman - at the end it was around 500,000 polys.
Skalman | Jan 30, 2008 | Reply
Okey thx Ryan=) really good video to learn from but i am having problem with the mouth do you have any tips?
kind regards=)
Rybeck | Jan 30, 2008 | Reply
Ryan,
First of all, thanks for sharing inspiring video.
It freshed my mind that bothered with other trouble I am trying to solve..
Indeed, it is extremely helpful for me if visual is available, and plus, awesome add-on notes ~
Rybeck
Ryan Kingslien | Jan 31, 2008 | Reply
skalman, if you post at ZBC an example at ZBC and then let me know here I’ll take a look and see what I can recommend.
Thanks Rybeck.
Skalman | Feb 1, 2008 | Reply
Hey Ryan!
i have posted on zbc now and here is the link=)
http://www.zbrushcentral.com/zbc/showthread.php?p=429131#post429131
you dont know if anyone of you guys who rocks are planing to make an tutorial how to make an high rez head? it would be useful^^ i would buy it;)
kind regards:)
Feureau | Feb 6, 2008 | Reply
Thanks for the inspiration. ^^
That is interesting making one head everyday, so how many of these heads have you got so far?
I think this is a great habit that I need to go into.
Thanks again!
Also, thanks for not speeding up the video, but removing idle moments on the movie recorder still makes it seem to zoom so fast. Maybe you can use an external screen recorder instead next time?
BaMbi | Feb 9, 2008 | Reply
Thanks Ryan and Keep it up .. loved your earlier “Sculpting with Rakes” videos as well .. your radical approach to digital sculpting has brought the joy back into modeling .. thx
Peter | Apr 15, 2008 | Reply
very fun watching you sculpt
one request, could you use Veoh instead of youtube? (or both) cause you can get much better video Rez on Veoh and it would make seeing what you’re doing much easier.
just a thought
Ryan Kingslien | Apr 15, 2008 | Reply
Bambi - Thanks for the kind words.
Peter - I tell you it gets a bit difficult to manage things once you start uploading in multiple places. For now, my hopes lie in YouTube increasing their quality. They have already taken steps in that direction.