Weekly Head: Self Challenge

nyx702

So at work I wasn't doing very much character stuff so I started making these busts so I can ward off the rust. I am going to try and do these all without symmetry. So far it has been a huge pain! I have been taking lots of pics of friends so that I can hopefully do these weekly for a while.

Also, first post on Polycount! ::nervous:: :poly122:

Here are the first couple.

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Here is this weeks

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OK. I updated the previous images so they were bigger. The hosting service was down resing them >.<

Here is this weeks. Didn't have as much time on this one as I would have liked. Holidays are a pain!

PaulP

Good idea to improve and motivate yourself, the last bust looks very nice. The ear looks a bit flat at the back though, duno if that was meant.

nyx702

Thanks. Yea I had to go back and check but he does have like a dip in his ear. My sculpt didn't capture it perfectly... it looks sorta like an error.

I missed a couple weeks cause of the holidays (video games) but I am going to get back on track. Here is this weeks:

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Here is another one.

JacqueChoi

Pretty nice!

One thing that I found to REALLY help me a LOT was making a black guy.

Much more pronounced 'features' and you really have to understand the face planes, bone structure, and anatomy. I'd highly recommending trying this for one of your next ones!

wretchedgoat

it's great to see how much character the sculpt has when you turn off symmetry, these are great! Really like the bust from 1/6

Andy H

Loving these!!! They all have a lot of character to them.

garriola83

nice, these are neat!

Sebeuroc

Great idea! Keep it up, they're looking good.

nyx702

Thanks for the comments guys.

JacqueChoi: Thanks for the advice man! I have some ref that fits the bill. I will do that for my next one for sure .

wretchedgoat: No kidding. I was sorta surprised with the result after doing it. It was like a switch was flipped. It's alot harder but its worth it.

nyx702

So I recently have been rendered unemployed. So its been more than a few weeks since I did one of these while I was sprucing up my site and stuff. I managed to get one out this weekend. I took JacqueChoi's advice and it helped I think.

poopsterspappy

Lookin great nyx 702. Sculpting without sym...such a great thing to do. Now ya got me wanting to deviate back from environments back to characters... Did you dynamesh em?

nyx702

Ha thanks. I do the same thing every time I see awesome environments too. I want to do it all!

I didn't really have to use Dynamesh with these. I thought about it a couple times but the base mesh I have been using has enough resolution to handle most of the features. I don't want to get in the habit of automatically DYANMASHING EVERYTHING! just because I can.

I actually saved out a few wip images this time. I thought I would share. Nothing special.