Water/Forest Fairy

KChew

This is something I'm currently working on while following the tutorial by Marc Brunet, Ultimate Carrer Guide 3D Artist.

How can I improve on my sculpting skill? I can see the skin got a lot of random bumps but I can't smooth it out. 
Any critique and help are really appreciated as I really like this character. 

carvuliero

Just take a screenshot out of the movie and of your character and compare them side by side 

Elithenia

to make it less bumpy, work on a lower subdivision before you divide it... 

KChew

Elithenia said:

to make it less bumpy, work on a lower subdivision before you divide it... 

Thanks! I'll remember that when working on future character. 

Elithenia

great!
Work at the lowest subD that you can, until the resolution is actively hindering what you are trying to achieve, then subdivide it and continue working until you hit the same restriction again.
If you need to do a large structural change, go down in subD to do the change, and then up the subD again to continue working. 
This way you can have a less bumpy mesh in the end. 
However, this requires subD's and not Dynamesh, as Dynamesh will destroy the details if you go down. 

KChew

Oh, I see. I tend to dynamesh a lot. So it kinda destroy what I always been working for. Thanks for the great advice! 

Elithenia

Work with Dynamesh to get the initial, low poly, primary forms, then turn it off. Then you can work with SubD's from there on. 

KChew

Finally done with what I been working.