Sketchbook: Linkzelda41

Linkzelda41

Hey, everyone! Feel free to comment, critique, etc.


Just making a sketchbook. Going to start out trying to copy the Asaro planar head figure. I'll definitely be working my way up into emulating it, so for now, I'll be showing my experimentation with it.

The base mesh is here:



And then some:

Linkzelda41

http://linkzelda41.deviantart.com/art/Asaro-Head-WIP-2-Turntable-500487289

BagelHero

Hey dude,

It's important to note at this point that there are no truly convex planes or pinched up areas on the planes ref. Just flat planes. make sure every thing is a flat transition and always have the planes reference visible. Copy those shapes exactly! It might even be worth drawing them out until you can remember what they are and where they go-- shouldn't take too much skill or time, if you're worried about either, you can just trace with a line tool in your program of choice, and try to understand what the shapes represent.
Use this one, so you can match on all angles


Also, watch some other people sculpt. Adam Fisher is a favorite of mine.

Keep it up!

Linkzelda41

@Bagel:

Yeah, I've been using that reference before I even made my first few posts in this forum.

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I'm not going to be surprised if this sketchbook will be nothing but Asaro faces for a good while.

Anyway, I guess this is WIP #2:



http://linkzelda41.deviantart.com/art/Asaro-Head-WIP-3-Turntable-500669061

I ended up using the claypolish with dynamesh to get this. Even though I know from several threads I've lurked in, it's just a crutch to prevent myself from really developing the forms. And I only did the dynamesh because the lips were at the limit, including the eyelids when it came to sculpting more mass onto them.

Though I did some retopology on it, so it's not like I can't go into a lower sub.

BagelHero

Maybe try using just the move tool more at a much lower subdiv, rather than trying to build up more. Your stuff is turning out lumpy and it's because you're not finalizing the forms when you're at a super low subdiv, and instead jumping higher quicker so you can try to define the planes with surface detail.
You should be able to make a (really) basic planes representation with a default sphere dynameshed down immediately to 8 or 16, the move tool and low-strength smooth. Don't get too hung up on making it look like the sculpture, you just want to capture those forms that it portrays.

Also, possibly worth mentioning-- it's not worth iterating on the same piece forever when you're just learning something. Make sure you just start again from scratch every now and then. It's a bit painful but it's much easier to just re-apply what you've learned to make something better, faster, than chipping away at something that's got flawed fundamentals forever.

:thumbup:

Linkzelda41

@BagelHero, I can't thank you enough for the advice!

There was a tutorial from a guy named Matt Thorup who made a video called "Intro to Zbrush and Character Design" who emphasized on how the planes of the face are important before trying to detail everything. Since then, the same reference you linked was the one he suggested for others to use, and I feel I'm starting to get why he mentioned spending so much time with lower subdivision levels.

So like you and Panda have suggested to me before, I'm going to force myself to get used at building forms at lower levels, instead of having predispositions to cheat my way out (e.g. clay polish with dynamesh) to feel as if I accomplished something when all I have are bad fundamentals.

I'll continue to make a collective source of inspirations, and persevere through the valley of the suck.

BagelHero

That's the spirit man, we've all been there. Once you get those basics down, though, it does start to get easier. Like... a lot easier. Your work that isn't studies will come along in leaps and bounds, too, which feels great, so don't lose spirit!

Linkzelda41

WIP #4 (Lower; ~8k polys):



Turntable link:

http://linkzelda41.deviantart.com/art/Asaro-Head-WIP-4-Lower-Subdivision-Turntable-501076744



1 Subdivision Level Higher (Around 33k):




Turntable link:

http://linkzelda41.deviantart.com/art/Asaro-Head-WIP-4-High-Subdivision-Turntable-501078620


Seeing major differences now. Tapping into some references I had from videos, and re-watching a few (mostly from Ryan the King dude) on the planes of the male face.

I think in my mind with the Asaro face, I felt like all those details intimidated me, and forced me to constrain myself instead of cutting much deeper than I did above. And it to be using hpolish, and even trim dynamic, I guess I was predisposed into thinking "clean up, clean up!" instead of getting my hands dirty while having the assurance that I can always build up later on.

Valley of the suck, valley of the suck; need to embrace the inferiority complex to make myself better.

Linkzelda41

Worked on some lips, and here's a turntable of one of them that I think I did a better job of when comparing them.





Just 3/4th and front views of the 3 lips so far below. Will go through more of this once I make a document on the methodology I'm trying to learn from Ryan's video on the mouth.



Turntable:

http://linkzelda41.deviantart.com/art/3D-Mouth-Exercise-Turntable-501294580

Stirls

Pretty big improvement. Keep working at it. Try pulling in the corners of the mouth a little bit. Remember that it covers the teeth, and follows most of its frontal curvature too.

Have you seen tutorials by Ryan Kingslien? He talks a hell of a lot, but the guy is great at providing anatomy knowledge. Also be sure to study the skull, facial muscle groups, and fat pads. These three things work together to create the face, and it's important you have at least a basic knowledge of them.

[ame]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nSW6ALspyZI[/ame]

Another useful link:

https://www.anatomy4sculptors.com/

Linkzelda41

Thanks!

Yeah, that's the same video link I'm going to try and absorb information from. And thanks for other link as well! I used it a couple of times for when I was studying the body, but it's no surprise that I'll keep referring to these links, and much more as well.


Means a lot!

Linkzelda41

It's been a while since I had any progress with the Asaro Facial Planes. Something about it felt intimidating because I'm just a person that usually finds a sequential process that can get results consistently rather than going through so much trial-and-error knowing there's a combination of workflows to get the same result.

So I gathered up several videos over the months, and was a bit on and off with practicing due to the quotidian lifestyle. But now, I'm going to try and get back into getting better at building the foundations. I feel this is a lot better than the previous attempts, and I feel I'm getting the grasp now from those other videos now that I have some kind of workflow to go with. Then in the future, I can try emulating the Asaro head.



Having that genuine interest in sculpting again is coming back gradually. I can't wait to give more attempts at this, and further any studies with the fat pads, and what have you.

Linkzelda41

Reference of the side view was tedious with a zoomed in version of it, and it still looked a bit off when translating that to 3D, and the three-fourths view was just imagined. I had some practice with one method of doing facial planes, but the only way to get better is to keep applying it to other things, I guess.

Linkzelda41

I attempted modelling Zaheer to practice the planes of the face. There's a planar version saved as well, but I guess I'll put it later on, or not.



http://linkzelda41.deviantart.com/art/Zaheer-3D-Model-Turntable-535614381 <- Turntable There

Linkzelda41

Turntable Here

Linkzelda41

I gave up on the hair



Reference: http://vignette3.wikia.nocookie.net/princeofpersia/images/6/6c/Elika.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20080829180930&path-prefix=en

Doesn't really look anything like the reference, but I tried.

Turntable here:

Elika 3D Model Turntable by Linkzelda41 on DeviantArt

Linkzelda41

Did some Fanart of Tatiana Vetrova's Witch Concept from the Substrata project that was cancelled, I think?



Turntable Here


Reference: http://tatianavetrova.com/wp-content/gallery/commercial-works/witch.jpg

Linkzelda41

Reference: http://40.media.tumblr.com/2e4ada7e8ca16839c0a2721e606c42de/tumblr_muqcr87DuV1sd2vo5o1_1280.jpg

Linkzelda41

WIP


http://orig07.deviantart.net/22dc/f/2015/165/e/4/sabrina_sarajy_wip_1_by_linkzelda41-d8xaret.png

Linkzelda41

I tried, but at least I tried.

Linkzelda41

Okay, I guess I'm done for now. Going to move on with my life.



Turntable here

[ame]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ru0Zm6PmPek[/ame]

Linkzelda41

Turntable Here

https://youtu.be/y-7CcDp2eN0

Linkzelda41

All the other turntables for this model can be found here:

Kitsune 3D Model by Linkzelda41 on DeviantArt


Reference:

http://adriandadich.deviantart.com/art/Kitsune-364116397

Burpee

nice man ! keep it up !

Linkzelda41

Burpee wrote: »

nice man ! keep it up !

Thanks

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Going to try and model this concept that the artist was okay in me attempting:

http://anndr.deviantart.com/art/Sophie-concept-192250353



Going to fix the ears a bit when I have time later on.

Linkzelda41

My first serious attempt at texturing with 3D-Coat. I doodled with the program in the past, but all that I ever got close was making a few strokes with the default brush with green on it, ha-ha!

I can get lost in excitement with this program! I was going to use Substance painter, but somehow, I like 3D-Coat more for now.

millyparkes

Nice, your work is improving every time. Keep going

Linkzelda41

Thanks!

Calling this attempt done; I'll just have to know my limits, and try out new things in future models. The hair ended up having a part cut off, and after all that labor of trying to get a low poly model from it, I decided to go with the style below. Guess I'll invest in time on how to do hair cards, or whatever in the future.



Turntable here:

http://linkzelda41.deviantart.com/art/Sophie-3D-Model-Turntable-550001624

I'll post a time-lapse of whatever I could salvage while modelling and texturing her.

Linkzelda41

WIP of a concept another artist allowed me to attempt at modelling:



Just getting the basic forms in, and will do refinement later on in the week.

Concept art reference: http://qrumzsjem.deviantart.com/art/Droplets-514294556

Linkzelda41

Linkzelda41

Hand painting sure is fun! Even though I could never get to the level of the concept artist's type of painting.

Linkzelda41

That dragon is going to be a hassle.

Linkzelda41

I gave up texturing the rest of the dragon. I am not going to paint each scale. :P



Turntable here

[ame]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KRZ28nMGSaQ[/ame]


I seriously need to get into the habit of saving the undo history for any future time-lapses.

Linkzelda41

That blob is a placeholder

Linkzelda41

I miss utilizing Manga Studio 5, so I decided to experiment with ways to use the symmetrical ruler in it, and loophole-ing issues I had with 3D-Coat not processing that same layer with the ruler. In other words, I would just copy and paste the ruler in another canvas, and delete it in the working file for synching with 3D-Coat, and whenever I needed to work on MS5, I would paste the symmetrical ruler back into place, and rinse, lather, repeat.



I've been longing to do some airbrushing, or just about anything that could be close to emulating traditional drawings I did in the past. Might have to put those sometime in the future. Anyway, after modifying the actual model a bit, and any future tweaks with the painting, I'll go for the body next.

Linkzelda41

Linkzelda41

Time-lapse:

http://linkzelda41.deviantart.com/art/Avolon-3D-Turntable-559988882

[ame]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bwEvwyTv52o[/ame]

Linkzelda41

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Concept: http://destinyblue.deviantart.com/art/TOXIC-444895229




Turntable:

TOXIC 3D Turntable by Linkzelda41 on DeviantArt


[ame]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MvBpOoAJnWw[/ame]

Linkzelda41

Going to try to sculpt Olivia Lufkin. Here's WIP of me doing an hour's work of trying to get the planar features, and actually building a base for the ears in the early stages for once vs. making one from a square, and haphazardly dyna-meshing it.



References:



I was motivated to try and sculpt her from random YouTubing, and recalling one of the songs being played from the anime, NANA.

I have more references, but there's no point in spamming in here. Getting some profile pictures of her in a neutral pose involved a lot of pausing and playing before I went to photobucket.

Linkzelda41

Linkzelda41

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Linkzelda41

Note to self: Just follow the main reference, and stop trying to use your imagination. Or, get better references with better detail, I guess.

I ditched the AO completely, now.

Linkzelda41

SoulCreepah

its all about the next-gen arts. 3D concept art. Do you also draw, because drawing will help you get proportion right. but keep it up. your improving.

Linkzelda41

SoulCreepah wrote: »

its all about the next-gen arts. 3D concept art. Do you also draw, because drawing will help you get proportion right. but keep it up. your improving.

For concept art that I ask artists if I could model, I would draw them out, and take the time to try create a simple front and side view. If it’s for actual people, I just find any references I can, and try to draw whatever planar features of the face that I can. I do intend to make my own concept art, as the concept of image streaming has helped with my visualization somewhat, but I figured that I might as well hammer down anything for the sake of practice.

I do intend to fix her nose, and double check on anything else that may be off, but I think after doing some basic painting via 3D-Coat and Manga Studio 5, I’ll hopefully notice those errors. Thanks for the feedback! I definitely will need to do anything from figure drawings, and such to get better at anatomy.

Linkzelda41

WIP Self-Portrait Sculpt. I have a ways to go, and may need more pictures to capture myself, or I could just hand-paint altogether for fun. I'm glad that I'm getting close, but there's still that insecurity that it's not what I want entirely.

I have a painted version of the previous female I sculpted, but it might be an abandoned project.

Linkzelda41

Linkzelda41

First attempt at sculpting the male body. At least that's what I want to convince myself to compared to the other failed attempts a year and a half ago. One by one, I'll get it down.

Linkzelda41

Too lazy to transfer mesh to 3D-Coat, so I polypainted it. :-P



Going to try the hair some other time. I have other models, but those can wait, I guess.

Concept art: Alex Negrea
http://digital-art-gallery.com/oid/35/1019x1600_7445_Kaa_2d_sci_fi_portrait_female_girl_woman_cyborg_cyberpunk_picture_image_digital_art.jpg
I didn't want to show the side view because I realized it looks weird with a small nose that isn't pulled back properly. Not sure how I'll fix it either.

Linkzelda41

Concept: http://alexnegrea.deviantart.com/art/Kaa-252569643