[WIP] Vampire Librarian Character Bust

sannePaus · Feb 28 2026

heya!! thanks for looking at this post! it's been a while since i posted anything on polycount, but i wanted to get to posting again to just share my process and possibly get some feedback while i'm at it (: this project is gonna be from an idea that i sketched out in my sketchbook earlier this year, and i'll be sharing the steps in the way i'm taking to get to the end result!

Image: https://us.v-cdn.net/5021068/uploads/editor/o5/ynn384zxwbyq.jpg

first sketches ^

Image: https://us.v-cdn.net/5021068/uploads/editor/zp/dvblmamwsp15.jpg

more sketches and a plan ^

Image: https://us.v-cdn.net/5021068/uploads/editor/4p/ium1i3gkix7k.jpg

some pose exploration to get a visual idea of how this character should behave and should be posed at the end of the process ^

sannePaus · Feb 28 2026

the first sculpting is done, and i'm pretty happy with what i ended up with for the first session of sculpting this character. the shapes look nice together and the hair translates better than i expected! i like to add some basic polypaint early on to get a better visual feeling of what the character will look like. at some point later on i'm going to break symmetry regarding the hair strands in the front (:

Image: https://us.v-cdn.net/5021068/uploads/editor/5l/hit9z1vlszef.png

kanga · 12:41AM

Looks good!
Seems you are still kinda new at this so maybe a good idea to include the legs so you can work on the whole figure. Your anatomy is a bit off particularly the upper arms. You can use image reference but also a free app like Daz3D to see how the body looks from different angles. Really worth getting the figure looking good under the costume!

[WIP] Vampire Librarian Character Bust

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