Ana Carolina's Sculpting Sketchbook
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Hello there!
I have recently begun working on a crocodile for an upcoming VR experience.
It is in the early stages, but I still want to get as much critique as I can. Please tell me what you think!
I look forward to sharing more of my progress with you. This is my first time posting on Polycount, so I'm excited to having other artists help me on my journey.
I have recently begun working on a crocodile for an upcoming VR experience.
It is in the early stages, but I still want to get as much critique as I can. Please tell me what you think!
I look forward to sharing more of my progress with you. This is my first time posting on Polycount, so I'm excited to having other artists help me on my journey.
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Here is another WIP. I did a texture test to see if the anatomy was holding up at all. This model has been used in a prototype, but I am going to redo a lot of it.
Critiques are welcome!
ANATOMY SPEEDSCULPT
Due to my streaming, I have accidentally created a huge library of speed sculpts. I'll be posting them here as I render them (I just got Keyshot and have no idea what I am doing, haha).
ANATOMY SPEEDSCULPT
I am currently in the process of refining this piece I made during the Zbrush 2020 Beta Testing:
The first thing I'm adding are the dragon's babies (this was part of the original scope, but I had to delay it due to the original deadline). The babies will improve the storytelling factor of the piece!
Baby WIP:
Parent T-Pose:
Good Feedback I got:
These are things I would like to ideally work on (I don't know how many of them I'll get to before calling this piece done)
- More color variation + better patterns
- Make composition more clear
- Vegetation
- Scatter small rocks around
- Increase rock texture resolution
- Improve the way roughness looks on the belly scales
- Add background (or at least make backdrop more interesting)
- Overall more color green
- Make their paws more grounded
Design fundamentals are not something I excel at, but in the past couples months I've come to realize how important they are in all facets of an art piece. Including composition. I hope to offer some decent feedback while I learn myself.
Here's a little paintover I did to illustrate the action lines. Right now they feel a little haywire, I believe you need stronger leading lines and a focus point for the eyes to rest. I'm sure you've seen Maria Panfilova's summit presentation, she provides some wonderful insight into her thought process for building a composition.
I created this piece in record time using the Creature Pack, a collection of really cool IMM brushes from Pablo Munoz Gomez (ZbrushGuides). All the profits from this pack go to the CFA (Country Fire Authority) to battle the Australian bush fires. I had the honor to collab with Pablo and many other amazing artists to create this pack!
Creature Pack:
https://www.zbrushguides.com/creature-pack-to-support-the-australian-cfa/
This 3-hour stream was focused on discussing Observational skills - why they matter, techniques, how to reach higher accuracy in your sculptures. We broke down the human body into simple shapes, paid attention to negative space and proportion, etc.
https://www.twitch.tv/videos/579086657
To relax from other more complex pieces, I am making a character from a story I wrote a long time ago.
The idea is to create a diorama-style scene of the death of the character, a mermaid, floating in a shallow pond, clutching her chest which is pierced by an arrow. The goal is to create a delicate piece, that skirts the line between beauty and discomfort.
To speed up the process, I am using a scanned base mesh for the first time! It has served me pretty well. Where I bought it: https://www.3dscanstore.com/
Sculpted and rendered with Zbrush.
Artstation Post
I think the skin and overall shapes are pretty much done, now I just have to wrap up the eyes and pose, then render!
I can't decide if I want to do a simple BPR render, or throw it in substance painter to add roughness variations and AO on the skin.
1.5 hours of sculpting without reference, just because I wanted to see if I could pull it off (reference is good, though).