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Thanks a lot dude! I don't know exact times things took - because I was working on it in the evenings, weekends, between jobs and everything else. First Zbrush file is from mid October 2023, last one from mid March 2024. So was on/off sculpting during those 5 months. Then materials, lighting, rendering and putting together the audio was another 5 months haha. Rendering was a lengthy one for sure. It was 4K animation, think it was about 5-8 minutes per frame on average. And there were about 1.5 - 2k frames before I cut things. Also had to re-render multiple shots too due to some issues and errors. Loong time. Next one I will probably try rendering in Unreal to speed things up. Although depends if I can get a good marble material there. I rarely pop on instagram these days, but whenever I do, I see you're making some insanely cool stuff yourself in 3D these days. Very impressive, it's very cool that you kept pushing forward with it! You're an awesome artist!

@@EyesofLamia Yes, you can definitely see that you have invested a lot of time. That is dedication! Definitely far from a small "evening project." I wish I had that much patience with my stuff, haha. A super interesting topic you choose also! And thank you for your words! Don’t worry about it, Instagram is still dead, unfortunately. But I’m happy that our paths still cross here and there :) I will never forget that you gave me the jumpstart back then. I’m also very glad that I stuck with it, it has opened some doors for me, even though it was really hard to stay committed at times. Let's see what the future brings. Super happy to see that you are also pretty active, even if it's not on IG.

@@Amalgam3D Thanks again dude! I wanted to start doing longer pieces, because I couldn't keep up with pace social medias while also doing work that inspires me. I tried to keep the pace up for a bit, but looking back at work I created during that time, I wasn't happy with a lot of it. So figured I'd rather go slow and do what excites me. I'm getting too old to chase algorithms, might as well just go at my own pace and do work that I want to create. Sorry to hear Insta is still dead dude, I don't really know which social media is alive these days. I am mostly on X and here on UA-cam these days. Sometimes things feel alive, other times not so much xD Glad that 3D stuff opened some doors for you and it's genuinely very impressive how you stuck with it and kept doing it all on your own. That must have been not easy and it's a massive accomplishment how far you've travelled with your work. Very happy if my ramblings helped back in the day dude. And likewise, very happy that our paths still cross here and there :) Hope there are massive things coming for you. Your self discipline and progress definitely deserve all the recognition!

Hey, thanks a lot! haha, the timelapse is coming sometime, just need to finish editing it :) There is a timelapse of the cloth part already here: ua-cam.com/video/GlXr5feWyvs/v-deo.htmlsi=31OJw7tk3HfvWsFa Snake hook and move brushes for the main shape, then a lot of dam standard and claytubes for the folds. Then to refine it all I used these Selwy's brushes too: www.selwy.com/2009/zbrush-clothes-tutorial/

The model is CTL-472 - the small one. For hand gestures - due to the small surface area that I use - most of my action comes from the wrist, so it's just very small movements - there's really not much to show. It's basically same movement as writing with a pen.

Thank you for watching! 🙌

Thanks a lot Trevor! 🫂

@@anonemusofficial2511 thank you very much!

Thank you very much!

Thank you very much! Love this question. Honestly - I am not yet sure where this project will take me. That's the short version :) Longer version: Initially I would like to explore scenes and characters that already resonated with me in some way. My childhood was filled with predominantly Western art, Slavic folklore and fairy tales, Greek and Roman mythology and to some extent the Bible (which is not exactly a mythology, but it's filled with vivid scenes and characters that captured me as a child and are still imprinted in my mind, so may be some works inspired by those in these series). South Asia's art and culture are incredibly rich, beautiful and yet unfortunately - it's not something that I am currently very familiar with. I would like to keep myself open to cultures and mythologies that are new to me however. And if I discover something that fascinates or inspires me, I'd of course potentially be interested to explore it through my art. Whatever culture inspires me for future artworks, I hope that I would be able to reflect some of it in the style of the sculpture too, to be respectful to the culture that inspired it.

@@EyesofLamia Awesome, looking forward to wherever it goes!

Thank you! I didn't have one specific reference for this. Was using a combination of multiple references. A couple of photo packs from Grafit Studio on Artstation. This one specifically was very helpful and inspiring: www.artstation.com/marketplace/p/k1p1k/370-epic-male-reference-pictures-bonus Also Anatomy4Sculptors book and the echorche reference on their website. Also Bammes' Anatomy book when I needed to understand something in more detail.

Thank you so much Lucien!! 🤜🤛

Thank you so much Doug! Huge praise ☺️ I was aiming for a very traditional sculpture feel here. I'll definitely check out the god you mention. There's clearly a gap in my knowledge of Greek mythology, the name doesn't ring any bells 🙈

Thank you 🙌

Ah dude, I am sure your hand looks awesome, so far all your models do! Still blows my mind everytime seeing how much 3D prowess you got. Wish I had that much dev skill!

Thank you very much for watching, glad you found it useful. I pretty much only use the third method these days :) Some further research, after I did this video, shown that this menthod is built upon Andrew Loomis's head drawing construction method, so his sketches and explanations are really helpful.

@@EyesofLamia I also think the third method is good, but the action of "cutting" is not as convenient as carving physical clay. By the way, if you use the third method to make a stylized head, what will be the process?

@@lazyng6631 Yeah it took me a while to get used to cutting too, ClipCurve brush is pretty handy for that. I don't do many stylized heads, but my approach would be to make a rough generic head with realistic proportions first and then tweak the volumes. That's how I approached sculpting Piccolo's head here (First 35 minutes are sculpting a generic head, then after tweaking the proportions and shapes to make the stylized verison): ua-cam.com/video/mXQwg5vnVcg/v-deo.html

@@EyesofLamia Excellent. I'm highly inspired by your carving process. Additionally, thank you for sharing some of your experiences in the video.

Not sure what you mean. These are a few snippets from a sculpting timelapse. Shorts is not the best format to show off the entire process of sculpting. The whole sculpt was streamed here if you're interested: ua-cam.com/video/9fVbXYA_ReM/v-deo.html

@@EyesofLamia I am interested. It just looks like your going up levels of density

Haha, I will do soon Doug, I promise! 😄 video is done, just need to edit and VO it once I'm back home.

Thank you for watching! 🙌

Thank you for watching!

Thank you for the kind words! This method was inspired by watching @Stecca. 's channel. I talk more about it in this video (the third approach to sculpting heads): ua-cam.com/video/V4grvLUvn58/v-deo.html& (In the description of that video is also the link to Stecca's video that inspired me to try this) As I discovered later - it's a variation on Andrew Loomis's method for drawing heads. So looking at Loomis's drawings and explanations really helps to internalise it.

@@EyesofLamia Thanks so much for the insight, much appreciated. It did strike me as Loomis-esque, so that makes perfect sense. And I will definitely check out that full video and the Stecca one, thank you for sharing! Looking forward to seeing more of your sculpts!

Haha thank you Doug! Yeah it was really fun to sculpt them, especially the second one 😄

haha, most definitely not xD

Thank you very much!

Thank you!

Thanks a lot for the kind words! 2-3 days for a full body sculpt is already great. There are many variables indeed, and a polished sculpt can take a long time. One of the pieces I'm working on now - I sculped the body over several months haha. To improve the speed I think sculpting to a timer really helps. Set yourself a timer for 1 hour or 30 minutes (if you're feeling really brave xD) and see what you can sculpt within that timeframe. Even if the result is not perefect, leave it and move to the next one. Once you do these quick studies for a little while, your brain will start to adapt. The "deadline" will force it to concentrate on the important bits and stop it from getting too caught up in the details. Of course doing this regularly helps too. If full bodies are too much to do within an hour, then maybe isolating and concentrating on different body parts could help too. Good luck with it, and hope dating with an artist will all work out too :)

Thanks! Yeah definitely will be more. I try to sculpt both male and female forms, even though female bodies I find much more challenging.

Thank you!

Thank you 🙌

Thanks a lot dude!! 🤜🤛

Thank you for the kind words Mag! Feeling is mutual, always astounded by your videos 🙌

Wasn't the same without you! Hope to see you next time :) have a great remainder of the weekend!

Thank you so much!

Thank you! I did this a while back, so can't remember exact sequence of steps, but I think it was combination of radial sym, masking and move brush (or maybe transpose tool?). So pretty much exactly how you described it :)

Yeah both the music and the inspiration for the portrait are from original 2 Fallouts. Not a big fan of Bethesda's games :) Although loved the series and that got me replaying Fallout 2 again now for 10th time haha.

@@EyesofLamia ah, I see. I only ever played the Bethesda Games. I thought they were okay, but I am a bigger fan of the Elder Scrolls series. What made you not like the Bethesda games?

@@prestonowens4594 I don't really know. It's not that there's anything specifically wrong with Bethesda's Fallouts, they are just very different. The originals left a big impression on me, because I played them first when I very young, so it would be hard for anything to live up to them :) I enjoyed the art-direction more in the original games, the dialogue trees too (especially compared to F4) and I enjoyed the turn-based combat haha. It's nice when you can go make a cup of tea mid-battle. But yeah Bethesda did a great job modernising it and keeping it alive and relevant for new generations. They are great at building environments and worlds. It just didn't click with me so much.

Thank you Mag! Oooh, good question. I can't think of any videos specifically related to anatomy in movement. There is of course the "Bodies in Motion" website by Scott Eaton, where there are sequences of photos that show off different movements and how the body changes through the motion. Then there's a cool Twitter/X account called AnatomyStandard. They have quite a few short videos on their feed that show off motions of bones/ecorche. These are probably the closest thing. Can't think of any educational videos that would specifically cover the anatomy of movement. Definitely would be an interesting topic. If I come across anything like that, I will let you know.

@@EyesofLamia Thank you so much! Either way, you've given some great advice.

Thanks so much!

Thanks a lot!

Thanks a lot! For anatomy practices - I only did one anatomy sculpt per week in this time. For my day job though I do a lot of non-anatomy specific sculpting and I am sure that helps too. I think if a person can dedicate themselves to specifically anatomy sculpts on a daily basis, they could get this progress much quicker than me. But we all have different time availability and also different pace at which we progress. I think it's best thing is to just set a comfortable pace that works for you and stick to that for a year or more :)

@@EyesofLamia Awesome advice!!! Thanks so much for replying!

@@enthusiasticallyOptimistic thank you for watching and commenting :) good luck with your sculpting journey!

@@EyesofLamia thank you!!!!

Hey, I can't remember the exact workflow. I think it was just enabling the radial symmetry, then using a combination of masking and Move brush to shape them up. Nothing fancy :)

Hey, thanks a lot! Currently I have Ryzen 5950X processor and 64GBs of RAM in my work machine. But I worked for many years before the upgrade on i7 4770 and 16/32GBs of RAM. For Zbrush alone I can't say I notice a huge difference. At least on the level I am using it. But it was definitely worth the upgrade for things like Houdini, Maya and After Effects.

​@@EyesofLamia This info will help me alot. Much appreciated ☺️