5 Tips for Beginner 3D Sculptors

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In this video I will be discussing 5 tips for beginner 3D sculptors. I could ramble on and on all day about important things you will need to learn, but these are the 5 most important for those just starting out. If you have more tips for your fellow artists, leave them in comments below!
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Ben De Angelis “Follygon” is a professional digital sculptor with a background in sculpting appealing characters for toys and life size figures for production in a variety of styles. Ben has worked on such IP as Pokemon, Barbie, Batman, Shrek, Ghostbusters, Hotel Transylvania, Madagascar, Flintstones, Clash of Clans and many more. With a love of different art styles he’s done heavily stylized characters for the Looney Tunes, and worked on realistic life-like pilots for the Museum of Flight in Seattle. Now Ben works as a freelancer, runs his online course, and enjoys spending his free time creating content for others that enjoy digital sculpting. You can see more of Ben’s work at artstation.com/Follygon or / follygon

[@Follygon]

Looking to level up? Try my new 30 Days of Sculpting Challenge! A Daily Exercise Routine to Guarantee Improvement. gumroad.com/l/zqRGV

[@ShibaScreamStudios]

Yay! Back in action!! Thank you!!! I am so excited to finish what I started

[@dmitriyshkurenko7783]

- How to learn to draw? - Just practice a lot! - Okay, keep your secrets 😄

[@Follygon]

Says the people that have not tried practicing a lot.

[@dmitriyshkurenko7783]

@@Follygon And it is true! As my coach says, work hard or go home 👍

[@miguelquiroga8006]

bruh

[@maayaneodou6355]

I think it's called serendipity, whenever you keep sculpting sometimes you discover some good tips just by exploring

[@mrzee9975]

Hey man I just bought your challenge course and I'm ready to start tomorrow! I'll definitely post all of my creations when my 30 days is up. Also I love your work a lot, it's what keeps be going :-)

[@lucashaymaker5927]

Sculptober is teaching me how to speed sculpt, and it is actually more enjoyable than spending a week on one thing.

[@Follygon]

Getting better at sculpting is the whole point. Glad to hear you are getting something out of it!

[@anymotion9204]

This was very motivating. Let's start together and model the world together.

[@SVI_graphics]

Hi Follygon, I love this video, all you say is totally true, I started my journey 3 years ago, and I'm still learning and fighting, just to be able to start as a Junior character Artist in the videogame industry. I't is not easy, my firsts sculpts were bad, very bad, and they are still bad, but I'm starting to see the improvement I'm doing and that's what keeps me pushing. For me whatching a very good artist motivates me, as I try to think "this will be me in the future if I keep going". Keep creating content, you are very good and you work very hard!!!

[@Follygon]

Keep pushing :)

[@uzumakikyubi]

thanks you!! This was very motivating...!!

[@tr3buh]

Missing barcode on the back of head xd

[@fredmarquis1105]

Great video :)

[@terra-vail5025]

Awesome video as always, really useful tips @Follygon you wouldn't happen to know of any zbrushcore tutroials/courses or zbrush videos that would be applicable to zbrush core?

[@mohammedgabali6745]

i got it .. i'll try my best to finish it within 30 days

[@shinichiokazaki3705]

This Video literally unlocked my mind , Today im starting to 30DayChallange and after 30 day i'll show the results. Thank you!

[@IICreepyCookieII]

ive been binge watching your tutorials lately, awesome work, thanks for sharing! i just recently become interested in 3d but no 3d program can run on my laptop, ive been wanting to buy an ipad just for drawing instead but now im second guessing cuz i really wanna learn 3d but i dont know how it would work on it. anyone got any suggestions on what i should buy to get the best of both worlds?

[@miosz3678]

Starting your 30 days challenge after I finish my project! See you in 30 days :)

Got ya course buddy! $10 dollars! Keep up the good work!

[@user-bx6ly3dd1x]

i saw a lot of video but im afraid to start sculpt on my own

[@Follygon]

Sculpting isn't scary, I do it every day! Don't be afraid to fail. Failure is necessary to see growth!

[@quodena6527]

challenge accepted!

[@rodcav3]

Does the 30 day challenge show how to use the tools, brushes, and workflow you are using as shown in this video demo

[@clawed50java71]

just started doing the thing and I have learned so many zbrush things I have a headache lol yes model is bad

[@BarKeegan]

Is this for any ability level?

[@Yakimo1]

What is included in the 30 day challenge? Is it only text prompts or are there some kind of pictures as well?

[@Follygon]

It is purely text, although there are a couple images to illustrate two specific topics more clearly. There are no prompts necessarily. More so assignments and information on the methodology. Overall, it is a daily exercise routine that you should do for at least 30 days and is designed for those that are ready to put in the work necessary to grow quickly.

[@HellGrimo]

Alright but let's say I'm a new artist,want to try zbrush, my trial already expired before I gathered enough of motivation and only after few months when I finished some blender tutorials I feel urge to learn. What do I do? Zbrush is crazy expensive so is there any version you'd recommend?

[@gabe_lamas_art]

Download ZBrush Core Mini. :D

[@ukaszklich6658]

Just looking at the thumbnail i like the one on the left more... has more character

[@thefoxiestbutt]

There's a file in the download that is lacking a type. I don't know how to open it.

[@Follygon]

It is a plain text file. (.txt). You can open this is any text program. If you don't know how to do this, manually type (.txt) at the end of the file and then a simple double click will open it. I will update it to automatically do this in the future.

[@Velzp]

I decided to accept this challenge, but inside there is one file without a type, can you tell its type to open it correctly?

[@Follygon]

You can open it with any text editor. I sent out an update to do this automatically for those that do not know how to do this. You should have received an email with the updated files.

[@Velzp]

@@Follygon I already figured it out myself, I thought maybe there was a specific file. But in any case, I informed you. Thanks for the quick answer =)

[@sike3228]

I dont have Zbrush but I want to use Blender but having a lot of trouble their isnt really a good tutorial for that

[@sam2099]

You can get a free trial of Zbrush for 30 days from their website. If you still don't wanna do it, blender will still work, you can carry over the techniques from zbrush to blender or vice versa. You just have to get going and start sculpting. Since blender is free, you can have a lot more time figuring out how to do stuff than if you get the free trial of Zbrush.

[@rezrezzy7781]

I spent I believe 200 hours on one alone, and 50 hours on several busts.

[@Follygon]

That's awesome, way to put in the work!

[@rezrezzy7781]

@@Follygon however those of the class said is was unacceptable modeling for the time I put in, "showing no growth" in their words . Basically many years and I'm still no where good Vs some of them. They put half a year and less time to surface my 7 years or more of sculting 😬. Not a good feeling

[@callumbright34]

If I started doing your 30 day challenge , is there a tag we can use on Instagram ? It would be a great way to showcase our 30 day challenge work as a community !

[@Follygon]

Yes! It's in the document and on the gumroad page itself. #30daysofsculpting

[@callumbright34]

@@Follygon ah great just purchased it there , can't wait to follow along ! Just starting my journey 🙂

[@demypeace]

hey if i want to make a squished old man face I will deamnit.

[@nootnootman6353]

Noot noot

[@sayanthas8212]

How many years or months took for you to reach this level..? I started sculpting few months ago, I really really like ur sculpts... So I just want a general idea tho..😁

[@Follygon]

I have found over the years that time is a horrible indicator of experience. You could be sculpting a few times a week, a few times a month, or you could be sculpting for hours every single day. When I had been sculpting for a year or two, I was passing people that had been doing it "much longer than me." But in truth, I had been doing it much more every single day than them. Instead, I recommend that you ask about people's level of experience. This also gives a chance to hear a more open ended answer. I have been sculpting almost every single day, for multiple hours, for the past 6ish years.

[@sayanthas8212]

@@Follygon thanx a lot mahn

[@RainbowSlinky5]

is that Lex Luthor?

[@Follygon]

it is now lol