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AL Howell
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My name is Al. I fell in love with 3d at the age of 15. I'm currently 36 and love it more than ever! There is no better time to learn 3d than right now. So get started!
My Maya Course:
owlhowell.gumroad.com/l/Noob-to-Ninja-Maya-Volume1
Check out my Maya channel here:
www.youtube.com/@JustMayaStuff
Want to get to know me better? Check this channel out:
www.youtube.com/@owlhowell-vids
My Maya Course:
owlhowell.gumroad.com/l/Noob-to-Ninja-Maya-Volume1
Check out my Maya channel here:
www.youtube.com/@JustMayaStuff
Want to get to know me better? Check this channel out:
www.youtube.com/@owlhowell-vids
Ai and 3d Art...Stop Whining...
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Ai is here to stay... Are you?
In this video I challenge and encourage 3d artists who are struggling with the infiltration of Ai on art.
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Quit Blender for Zbrush?
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Check Out My Maya Channel Here:
www.youtube.com/@JustMayaStuff
Ai is here to stay... Are you?
In this video I challenge and encourage 3d artists who are struggling with the infiltration of Ai on art.
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Other videos you might love:
Learn Zbrush in 2025 | Part 1
ua-cam.com/video/FD4w8e8mqTg/v-deo.html
Zbrush vs Blender Side by Side Sculpt | Dragon Featuring Grant Abbitt
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Quit Blender for Zbrush?
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Check Out My Maya Channel Here:
www.youtube.com/@JustMayaStuff
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Sculpting a Dragon Head Part 4 Final
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My Maya Course: owlhowell.gumroad.com/l/Noob-to-Ninja-Maya-Volume1 Final Part Other videos you might love: Learn Zbrush in 2024 | Part 1 ua-cam.com/video/FD4w8e8mqTg/v-deo.html Zbrush vs Blender Side by Side Sculpt | Dragon Featuring Grant Abbitt ua-cam.com/video/9dw-ijLOoqY/v-deo.html Watch This Before You Buy Zbrush in 2023 ua-cam.com/video/iEfmmW5GPto/v-deo.html Quit Blender for Zbrush? ua-c...
Sculpting a Dragon Head Part 3
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My Maya Course: owlhowell.gumroad.com/l/Noob-to-Ninja-Maya-Volume1 00:15 Polish 00:50 Fix Face Holes 01:12 Benefits of Subdivisions 01:50 Don't Stretch too far 02:01 Face Wrinkles 03:34 Horn Details 05:07 Cloth Brush for Wrinkles 06:09 Let's Make a Tooth 09:50 Create Insert Mesh Brush 10:17 Place Teeth/ Spikes 12:36 Fix Back Scales Other videos you might love: Learn Zbrush in 2024 | Part 1 ua-c...
Learn Zbrush in 2025 | Speed Up Your Workflow | Custom UI, Colors, Pop-up Menus
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My Maya Course: owlhowell.gumroad.com/l/Noob-to-Ninja-Maya-Volume1 This will take some getting used to but I guarantee it will speed up your workflow. 00:00 Intro 00:33 Preferences 01:03 Remove Junk 01:37 Rearrange 02:15 UI Lecture (Don’t Copy Mine) 02:50 Add Button 03:31 Add Brushes 04:10 Change UI Color 05:00 Save Changes 05:11 Save Startup Material 05:30 Hidden Docks 05:42 Create Custom Menu...
Sculpting a Dragon Head Part 2
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My Maya Course: owlhowell.gumroad.com/l/Noob-to-Ninja-Maya-Volume1 We are diving deeper in the details with our dragon head. 00:00 Evaluate Sculpt 00:30 Mask Head 02:00 Mask Horn 02:09 Polygroup Horn 04:24 Face Horn Sockets 05:26 Teeth Sockets 07:14 Add Eyeball 07:42 Eyelid Blockout 08:49 Eyelid Separate Forms 09:41 Eye Brow Details 10:25 Horn Detail Blockout 13:30 Mirror 15:55 Zremesh, Project...
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My Maya Course: owlhowell.gumroad.com/l/Noob-to-Ninja-Maya-Volume1 Today I will be walking you through the process of blocking out the primary forms of a Dragon head. Original Dragon by@popo767 00:00 Intro 00:25 Primary Forms 02:15 Secondary Forms 03:38 Tertiary Forms 04:01 Pure Ref 05:44 Start Sculpt 07:57 Horns 10:13 Landmarks Terrible Drawing 17:36 Back Scales 1 21:43 Back Scales 2 Other vid...
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⚡️Free Stuff⚡️owlhowell.gumroad.com/ Don't get me wrong, I love sculptris pro... but sometimes it just won't cut it. Here what to try if you have a ton of lag using Sculptris Pro Intro 00:00 Sculptris Pro Problems 01:09 Bad Geometry 02:08 ZRemesher 02:34 Important! 03:05 Subdivision Levels 03:14 Lag Test 03:52 Project History 04:06 Other videos you might love: Learn Zbrush in 2024 | Part 1 ua-c...
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It's Ok to Break the Rules...
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I Suck at Youtube...
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3D Artist Studio Tour 2024
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You did end up paying for it right…?
Haha. Yeah, I did
Well done
I won't use ai in my pieces as I'm morally against it, however I've finally stopped caring and worrying about it as much. I'm going on to become an art teacher and I'm going to further my own skills and knowledge while doing that. I'll sell art on the side, and maybe even publish something one day, while I do think AI art is a net negative in the long term. It won't stop me from achieveing my own art goals.
Horse owner being morally opposed to cars is funny ngl
Well said Al 👍
I see what you have done here 👍
Lol, I literally add to change my channel name to “A Capital L” bc people kept calling me ai
@@naeemalwah1450 haha it was not intentional 😅
@@AlHowell hahaha that's definitely L in my comment 😂 never crossed my mind when I typed it that it looks exactly like capital i 😂
There jobs that Ai can take for me. Like who wants to waste hours setting up motion tracking in VFX shots frame by frame?
Oh for sure! There are plenty of tasks that I hate too.
God bless you brother- this was a breath of fresh air
Thank you so much. We need fresh air
ive been a 3d artist for year and im all for a.i , 3d models are just so time intensive and only for technical reasons , now with a.i instead of limiting myself to small projects for at mosts a 10 -15 models that i could pump out myself before running out of time and money i can instead have to power of ubisoft or blizzard for my indie project can finaly focus on the artistic side of thing without having to downgrade the art style for time restraints , i wish people would get over the fear and hate for a.i
If your art doesn't stand out from AI, you have a problem, not AI.
That’s the truth 😂
That's a pretty stupid way to look at it when people are literally training these AI on some people's complete art portfolio's.
AI can be trained on anything. No matter how unique your art is. Not all art is going to be trained on just like not every artist deserves recognition. Only the desired art pieces are getting stolen.
@@awman698 Yeah which is exactly why the first point here was bullshit. Only desire art pieces are getting stolen. So you mean if you stand out.....your work gets stolen? Come on man! Use some logic. It takes a human significantly longer to train a new art style as well.
Your voice sounds remarkably familiar, lol. Edit: I remember it now! It's because I watched your video "You Don’t Need an RTX 4090 as a 3d Artist" recently.
I have a few videos where I sound like that lol! 😂 thank for watching 👍
As an individual with a fanciful imagination but who has never been able to draw on paper or computers.... being able to describe a vision in the English language I know pretty well, and then see a visual representation of that is one of the cooler things I have experienced. Custom DND and other RPG/video game character portraits in particular.
There are definitely some cool things about AI.
Cool Speech 👏👏👏
Thanks!
I mean, definitely don't go to college for art. Huge waste of money.
Yeah, I’ve made a video about that lol
If you’re in America. Art school in Europe is worth it
Naw, now if you are talking about making digital commercial art yea skip it, but if u want to teach it, catalog it, dig it up from the ground etc, you have to go to school. The internet is too corrupted to learn art history now.
I have a rudimentary approach on AIs. I see them as an opportunity to get a working prototype done more quickly as an individual developer, whether it's a concept sketch, getting 3D placeholders, and having piece of code that moves the whole thing. Without AI, I could not succeed at all (I already have another job). So I translate it more as an opportunity instead of an obstacle. If it helps me get a saleable product, with the profit made I could hire artists and coders to get even better products. On the other hand, if AI turns out to be a flop, it means that all the complaining from 2 years until the next 2 years has only been worth it to monetize it on youtube or to waste time. Lastly, the ethical issue of “intellectual theft” matters relatively to me, because those who raise it the most are those who until yesterday were proud champions against intellectual property and yet today talk like a Walt Disney's lawyer when they see pics generated by Stable Diffusion.
Ai definitely has its place. And I can relate about having another job. It can be a struggle I really appreciate your thoughts
Here is the Mouse Story: ua-cam.com/video/vG50E-qqIe0/v-deo.html
Good points, there is also the probability that this bubble bursts and at least levels out, things are crazy right now, but I've seen nothing much that is good enough, or at least only pale comparisons to pro work, the limitations are still huge, only professional artists can fix that. The only people I have come across that are staunch advocates have been people that don't actually have any skills in the field (CG), that can't actually tell if its good or not.
Hey! Haven't seen a video from you in a while... How are you? "can't actually tell if it's good or not..." So true!
@@AlHowell Hey, Ieft education and went back to industry, and I just haven't found enough time to work on tutorials or other content. I have loads of -almost- finished videos. Tutorials in limbo getting more and more out of date.
I just do what I like. Even if I am unemployed and will remain so 🤷♂
Happy New Year! You know the funniest part? People afraid of "AI" because they believed marketing. They believe that "it is inevitable", that "it will get better", that "it will replace jobs". But if they just take a little closer look at it they would see quite a different view. They would see technology that quickly got better but then plateaued. They would see inability (perhaps even impossibility) to fix so called "hallucinations". They would see inability in getting it profitable in any way. Finally they would see unfulfilled promises by those "AI" companies and that those promises are always years away no matter how many years passes. Not only "AI" isnt as good as advertised - its not even true AI... EXCELLENT advice. While worrying about some buggy software to replace us maybe eventually we will be replaced by other person who took time and effort to get better. Great speech btw! Greetings from Mexico!
Happy New Year my friend! The points you make are spot on (although in my sci-fi head, minor hallucinations with fake humility could be advantageous for an AI system surrounded by humans)
The issue isn't going to be AI so much, as getting corporate folks to catch on to the nuances needed for art/design today. I'm going to work Monday not knowing if my job got completely outsourced to North Africa (not joking). Leveraging outsourcing and riding out the wave of the AI bubble that is about to bust is going to be a challenge. Jordan Peterson and Sir Roger Penrose had an interesting (albeit difficult) conversation on how AI is not capable of consciousness because in their view, consciousness cannot be based solely on calculation, which I find very interesting!
I just finished the podcast based on your recommendation. Thank you! I almost turned it off (sometimes JP can’t get out of his own head and talks too much lol.) But they started to mesh together well. It was fascinating. I appreciate the fact that Penrose was able to say “you’re question is too difficult” or simply “I don’t know” You do CAD right? I’m sorry to hear that your job has so much uncertainty right now. That can be a very scary place
@AlHowell yeah, he interrupts a lot. It's good to see how people take a difficult question and find it can't be answered with what we know. And yes, CAD is my jam. Not stressed though. I try not to keep all my eggs in one basket. 👍
im sorry but pretty much every word in your comment is wrong , a.i isnt a bubble and .. just .. dint listen to jordan peterson ok ? , its bad for your health
@@jonathanperreault4503 There's a lot I don't agree with him on, but there are things we can learn from folks we don't often agree with. An essential skill in the workplace, is being kind to others even if we don't agree or even like them.
@@modelenginerding6996 the problem with JP is that he is making money hand over fist to sell you a distorted world view , hes in top tier right wing so i just woudnt rely on him for view on a.i or anything else tbh
great motivational video! However, it is a perfect time to tell the long story of how you saved the life of a mouse via CPR in your follow-up video. :)
Lol! I’ll see what I can do 🤣
Here it is... ua-cam.com/video/vG50E-qqIe0/v-deo.html
Came here one year later because I've been a Blender user, but not having the Alt key for the modeling portion of blender really bogs down the work flow. This solves that problem in a very easy way that still makes a lot of sense, especially since I've been working in Nomad a lot. Thank you for this.
That’s so good to hear. I’m glad it’s working out for you 👍
Is this a tutorial or what?
When I press target stage, I don't have home stage option
Sorry, been on vacation. I’ll take a look and see when I return next week
@@AlHowell Thank you! I'm certain you first should press home to define its initial stage, and then move and press target stage to define a new position
It has been 3 years since the video and 3 years since I have used stager lol. In zbrush 2025, you are correct. the only way I can get this to work is by pressing home first. But I also just tried it in 2022, and I can replicate what I did in the video by pressing target first. Sorry for the confusion
@@AlHowell That's interesting, thank you for letting me know!
Thanks!! Clear and to the point!
You are welcome!
So...Buy full version for me!
blender.org
Brilliant set of videos, thank you!
Right on! I'll keep them coming
With PureRef 2.0, it is now only free for personal use. You will need to pay for any other kind of use other than personal usage.
That’s silly
nice work, any reason to go for zbrush and not for nomad?
Zbrush for the The highest poly counts available. It really is THE best digital sculpting solution. But, the price is atrocious. It’s low risk buying nomad. And if it gets the job done for you, it’s perfect
@@AlHowell I'm a zbrush lover, however the pricing is ridiculous, enjoy your sculpting!
Amazing explanation of SculptrisPro. Thanks
For sure
that´s why i hate this software
Excellent tutorial, keep up the incredible work 😁
Thank you! I'm glad you're enjoying it 😁
I got my mars last week and i've done literally almost every single thing in this video, specifically the pouring hahaha. got lucky i didn't scratch the FEP though. Thank you for sharing.
At least you can laugh about it now 😂 have a blast!
Dragon's looking sexy! Neat trick with the Xtractor brush. Never used that before, but will add it to the toolbelt.
Thankyou! I really dig the Xtractor brushes
THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!!
@@pooferfeesh4546 you are welcome. This way is even better though ua-cam.com/video/ISaCFmwNi6o/v-deo.htmlsi=pEzFasW7DyGQOSF8
Very cool Al! I missed these videos, great stuff. I feel like Dragon is one of the staples of 3D art. Probably most 3D artists have tried creating one at some point :D
Thanks! Yeah, I like my students to start with a dragon head bc they are a lot of fun, you learn a ton, and they are hard to screw up 😎
@@AlHowell Haha, true! Funnily enough, I never sculpted a dragon until I had to do it for a client's job last year. My first Zbrush sculpt, I still remember was a dog/wolf thing. That I then saved as a document 😄 The pain of opening it again after and realising it's a flat image instead of an editable model haunts me to this day xD
Oh no way?! That’s a TERRIBLE feeling lol. You’ll never do that again 😂
@@AlHowell Haha, indeed! Best lessons are learned from painful mistakes :D
Its hard to compete with Zbrush's Pixol tech, Blender is unworkable at the same polycounts
how do you carve into an object??
Hold alt while sculpting
Can you still buy zbrush for 850 bucks or only still monthly
Nope. They stopped perpetual licenses. You might be able to find a third party reseller with a copy of Zbrush 2022 though
super straightforward, thank you so much. cant stand when people make something that takes 3 minutes into an hour long video!!!
@@xhxneybeex oh I hate that too!
Hey Al, I just finished all your videos about ZBrush tutorials. Thanks for them; they are very helpful, and I'm definitely more comfortable with the software now! I will dive into your other videos now. +1 subscriber! :)
That’s so great to hear. Keep it up!
Hi, this is a very educational tutorial. I see that you have finally upgraded to the new ZBrush. I will do the same one day. I usually use everything on my UI i never change anything because I use all the functions. Again great video.
I am a teacher so I pay $60 a year. I still use Zbrush 2022 often. Thanks for the kind words
I actually am a student, I just don’t 3D model for school.
Well, you could still do it if you wanted
For anyone wondering, the reference used in this video also a “course” so you can actually watch it made for scratch
@@TTW616 it’s in the description
Nice sculpt! What a coincidence-I’m currently sculpting a dragon too!😁
Very nice! Can’t wait to see it!
omg what a lifesaver!!!
Boom! Saved your life 😎
Wait hold up a second, how do people who sculpt in blender navigate then? use the mouse and then let it go and grab the pen and sculpt and grab the mouse again each time they want to rotate the thing?
Or maybe map one of the buttons to middle mouse click to rotate? I’m not sure lol. I just like how Zbrush does it
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Can you provide the reasoning on why green is faster?
There is no scientific evidence to suggest that the color green directly increases speed by 12% or in any measurable way. However, some studies in psychology and color theory suggest that colors can have certain psychological and physiological effects, but the claim of a specific 12% increase in speed is not a standard or widely accepted finding. This comment brought to you by Chat GPT
Slime Brige King of Kings 🤪🤣
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