Sketchbook: Anthoshee

anthoshee · Feb 14 2026

I am new to 3D and want to use this as a way to track my progress. I have been working in the tech industry and wanted to try making my own game as a hobby. I really enjoyed some of the 3D tutorials I went through and decided to join animschool and go through their character modeling program. Some of what I post here will be my assignments, other stuff will be personal projects I have been working on in my spare time.

Thanks for taking the time to view my sketchbook!

anthoshee · Feb 14 2026

Here is my first attempt at modeling a stylized weapon It was a project for my first class at AnimSchool. Overall I am happy with how it turned out and I learned a lot during the process.

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anthoshee · Feb 14 2026

Here is my first ever Zbrush sculpt. This was a personal project done while trying to apply what I learned from watching a flipped normals tutorial. I had fun making it but I quickly hit a point where I just didn't know what to do next. Hopefully I get better with more practice.

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anthoshee · Feb 18 2026

Today I worked on some pipes and bolts for a fast track course I am going through. I learned a lot about the high poly and low poly workflow.

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anthoshee · Feb 18 2026

Today's sculpt is just as bad, if not worse, than my last one. I was mostly just trying to get familiar with the sculpting process and learn the interface.

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anthoshee · Feb 20 2026

Today's sculpt is better. I was following a tutorial and had reference. I definitely need to improve my observation skills. It doesn't quite look like the reference but just having it helped.

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anthoshee · Feb 22 2026

Today I worked on sculpting some wear and tear to so modular assets and baking the normal maps on to the low poly versions. I had never used marmoset before. It was fun to play around with. I also started working on my first material in Substance Designer.

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anthoshee · Feb 27 2026

I've been following a new Zbrush tutorial and am enjoying it quite a bit. I am pretty happy with how it's coming so far and am looking forward to continuing it.

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anthoshee · Feb 28 2026

I finished following the dragon skull tutorial I was watching. I learned a lot from it and hope I can keep improving going forward. I have been more focused on sculpting lately and need to get back into more traditional modeling and finish the environment course I was going through.

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anthoshee · Mar 3 2026

Here's a sculpt from a tutorial I followed over the weekend. I feel like I am slowly starting to learn zbrush. Now I just need to improve my artistic abilities.

Next month I start my second AnimSchool class `Into to 3D Modeling`. I am looking forward to it.

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anthoshee · Mar 13 2026

I have been busy wrapping up me first term at AnimSchool and haven't had a chance to post here. So here's a simple video highlighting what I've worked on in my classes:

https://youtu.be/3uTQbSi58Ls

anthoshee · Mar 14 2026

I started doing some facial anatomy studies. Here is my first sculpt of a nose. The rest of the head was provided to practice on.

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anthoshee · Jul 12 2026

Here's the block out for my first modeling assignment at AnimSchool. I am only a week in and I have learned a ton.

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anthoshee · Jul 16 2026

The continuation of my coffee machine block out. I've been learning a lot about topology which isn't something the tutorials I've been following up till now have really gone over. Definitely happy I joined AnimSchool!

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anthoshee · 4:31AM

The continuation of the coffee machine block out. This week more mostly about learning different tools. Next week you should start adding some details.

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Eric Chadwick · 2:32PM

This kind of topology will help if you plan to load this into ZBrush for sculpting. But it's not great if you plan to approach it differently, like to use subdivision surface modeling and bake from high to low.

anthoshee · 4:18PM

Eric Chadwick said:

This kind of topology will help if you plan to load this into ZBrush for sculpting. But it's not great if you plan to approach it differently, like to use subdivision surface modeling and bake from high to low.

I believe we will be subdividing it in the end but I’m not 100% sure what the teacher has planned. Can I ask what problems there would be if I was going to subdivide it? I know it lacks supporting edges. We will be having a specific class on that topic soon, but what else would cause problems?

Eric Chadwick · 8:03PM

Generally, it's easier when you use the least number of edges possible. All those interior subdivisions tend to get in the way of editing the model.

You can safely get rid of all the lines in red, keeping the ones in green. Then add supporting edges near the ends, as needed.

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Example, with raw model on the left (also called the control cage) vs. on the right the same model subdivided a few times.

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Check out Frank's Sketchbook, he explains it all very nicely.
https://polycount.com/discussion/221392/sketchbook-frank-polygon/p1

anthoshee · 9:22PM

Thanks! I really appreciate the advice. The class teach is expecting a result similar to the one I have here but I’ll do my own version based on your advice. I really appreciate the help.

Sketchbook: Anthoshee

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