Exquisite Corpse Game
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About 100 years ago, surrealist artists let loose from stifling professional demands by creating the infamous art game called Exquisite Corpse. In this game, a person would start a work of art and others would finish it by using only a small portion of the original work as reference and then continuing it from that point. The end result was often hilarious, amusing, confusing or terrifying. Without a fixed goal, the artists were free to let creativity and muse take over.
We four artists, Scott Denton, Ryan Kittleson, Casey Rueter, and Joe Grundfast, have revived this game using Zbrush, and we invite all you fellow zbrushers to join in the fun. First a head is done and the bottom of the neck is passed on to the next artist who sculpts a fantastical torso. Then the bottom edge of the torso is given to the third artist who sculpts some outrageous legs. Finally, a fourth person combines the parts and makes any adjustments or posing if needed.
A few simple ground-rules we found helpful: Each artist is limited to 3 hours. This is to prevent fussing over details or over-thinking it. There should be no planning before the 3 hours begins. We also try to keep the pose centered and symmetrical. At least, in the section that is passed on to the next artist so that it's easier for them to jump in and start sculpting. Additional posing can be done after the final assembly.
The game is getting ready to start...you want in?
Artstation
We four artists, Scott Denton, Ryan Kittleson, Casey Rueter, and Joe Grundfast, have revived this game using Zbrush, and we invite all you fellow zbrushers to join in the fun. First a head is done and the bottom of the neck is passed on to the next artist who sculpts a fantastical torso. Then the bottom edge of the torso is given to the third artist who sculpts some outrageous legs. Finally, a fourth person combines the parts and makes any adjustments or posing if needed.
A few simple ground-rules we found helpful: Each artist is limited to 3 hours. This is to prevent fussing over details or over-thinking it. There should be no planning before the 3 hours begins. We also try to keep the pose centered and symmetrical. At least, in the section that is passed on to the next artist so that it's easier for them to jump in and start sculpting. Additional posing can be done after the final assembly.
The game is getting ready to start...you want in?
Artstation
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@Brian "Panda" Choi
I guess you could do it with a hiding the upper part of the mesh in the program if you wanted to do it locally with people.
I was thinking perhaps just on paper.
@bigdeku @TudorMorris Yes you essentially just make a poly group at the end and spilt it off and then export it out to send to the next person in line. this keeps it so the next person has no idea what you have done.
The posing is left to the last person or to each individual. But the assembler usually cleans up and merges the parts and has free will to pose if the parts have been left in a tpose.
this is music is very appropriate, it has a buzz-ing air for sandwiches right?!
thank you for sharing the video, to see it is just very interesting. I see there's some effort made to keep everything flowing together by working over the borders a lot, but it does work so well. It reminds me (as it should as Aurelius says) of this: “Keep reminding yourself of the way things are connected, of their relatedness. All things are implicated in one another and in sympathy with each other. This event is the consequence of some other one. Things push and pull on each other, and breathe together, and are one.”
As a Beginner this could be a great warmup and practice for a group of beginners.
@priderice looks forward to seeing what you create. If you do let me know. Id love to see them and possibly share on our instagram account we created for them.
thank you, everyone, for your comments, look forward to everyone's Exquisite Corpses.
The Co-Creators:
Ruth Abraham: https://www.artstation.com/ruthabraham
Martin Chau: https://www.artstation.com/bluewyvern
Maria Wagner: https://www.artstation.com/m_wa
and me