After making a blockout, a common beginner mistake is to skip right to…sculpting fine details.…Let's face it, sculpting all the little wrinkles and bumps on a character is…fun, but before you get to that stage there are secondary forms to create.…If you sculpt fine details directly on to the basic blockout, the result…will lack structure.…Let's look at some techniques that I use for getting good secondary forms.…Just like the overall character is made up of about three to seven major shapes.…Each of those shapes is going to be made up of about three to seven smaller shapes.…
The wings, the tail feathers, the head with its beak and the helmet, all have…smaller shapes within them.…So I'm just going to show you a few techniques that I'm going to use to get the…intermediate shapes created.…For example on the head it's got a really blocked-off shape, so I'm just going…to go in with Crease, set to inverted, and just kind of sculpt harder edges into it.…Same for the beak; I'm going to use the Grab tool and just try to get the…
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3/6/2013- Loading and saving a model
- Sculpting with the Draw and Inflate brushes
- Sculpting creases
- Flattening and exaggerating detail
- Duplicating objects
- Posing models
- Importing reference images
- Painting with textures
Skill Level Beginner
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Introduction
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Welcome37s
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1. Understanding the Basics of Sculptris
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Navigating around a model3m 43s
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Using dynamic tesselation2m 28s
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Loading and saving a model1m 55s
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Working with symmetry1m 46s
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2. Sculpting and Editing a Model
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Using the Grab tool3m 26s
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Smoothing out details2m 40s
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Sculpting creases2m 37s
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Masking off protected areas2m 14s
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Using rotation4m 37s
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Resizing with Scale2m 32s
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Hiding parts of a model1m 55s
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Duplicating objects3m 48s
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Posing asymmetrically5m 56s
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3. Adjusting the Settings
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Using the hotbox2m 32s
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Using brush textures4m 15s
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Using different materials4m 12s
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4. Painting and Making Texture Maps
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Entering Paint mode2m 51s
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Painting color5m 4s
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Painting bump maps5m 3s
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Masking in Paint mode3m 6s
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Painting materials4m 41s
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Exporting texture maps3m 35s
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5. Artistic Sculpting Theory
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Using Sculptris artistically3m 27s
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6. Sculpting a Vehicle Concept
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Blocking out the basic shape5m 22s
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Adding the finishing touches4m 30s
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7. Extended Sculpting Demo
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Starting from scratch5m 19s
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Detailing the face2m 46s
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Adding the body and clothing3m 42s
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Adding hair4m 28s
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Conclusion
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Next steps1m 12s
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Video: Building in the secondary forms