How To Sculpt The Mouth In Blender - Real Time Tutorial

A real time tutorial on how to sculpt the mouth and lips using Blender. You can also follow this video as a Zbrush user on any other type of sculpting, as anatomy is universal. Check below for bonus contents!
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[@heyBe56]

If you want to skip the intro just click 3:20. Great tutorial Yan! Thanks

[@yansculpts]

My pleasure :)

[@Donbros]

That intro was a bit annoying (for non subscribers who just came to check something like) and I expected first comment like that XD

[@Horsaz]

Really enjoying your videos! I've been feeling so bored of drawing and painting recently and sculpting's been doing wonders for my creativity, even if it's just a study it's fun! Having that feeling of being a beginner at first, fumbling and getting a hold of the medium feels almost cathartic.

[@yansculpts]

It is super fun indeed, glad you enjoy it :)

[@Caden_Burleson]

Would be cool if you could do a tutorial like this for the Nose and Ears as well.

[@crazykano]

I was just searching everywhere about how to sculpt lips/mouth and couldn't find satisfying tutorials, yet here you are. As if you read my mind and posted this video, any amount of thanks would not be enough!!! Thank you, mate! :)

[@yansculpts]

Haha no problem, i can be a mind reader sometimes :P

[@southrad6911]

Dude, great tutorial, this helped so much thank you S2, my lips aways looked weird aeuhaeu now its looking great.. THANKS

[@yansculpts]

My pleasure!

[@vladilisan3226]

You're the man Yan! I asked in the live just to give me some tips....not an entire video ;D

[@yansculpts]

Haha no probs man, my pleasure xD

[@TheToneBender]

Omg yes. I was working on a sculpture and found I just couldn't get the mouth right (like, in the slightest). I did 1 sculpture of a mouth on a ball to practice (with references), but it still didn't look great. This is amazing.

[@DustedAsh3]

Always learn a lot from watching you. I'm really liking the slower pace! Unfortunately I won't be able to join livestreams often, but sunday evenings would be my best bet.

[@yansculpts]

Sunday was one of my first choices :)

[@ThereAreNoFacts]

Lovely work, helpful description! Just getting started with sculpting :) Subscribed for sure!

[@yansculpts]

Thanks, glad it helped :)

[@mate_1506]

Te agradezco muchísimo, te juro que siempre me costó esculpir labios, era una pesadilla llegar a esa parte, pero con la técnica que mostraste en este video pude hacerlo a la primera. Muchas gracias y muy buen video Yan 🙌

[@rfmyers01]

6:04 This is literally what I see when I someone shows me a picture of their baby

[@yansculpts]

lol!

[@asyabear2311]

Robbie weird

[@inanjoice393]

I'm so glad to have stumbled across your channel very inspiring content

[@yansculpts]

Glad you did as well, welcome ;)

[@jagneeto]

Hi Yan. Have you ever sculpted a simple base mesh for the head then joined a separate mouth and nose sculpt to it?

[@alexanderjuvarn6012]

This was alot better than the other mouth tutorials even though its old.

[@sculptn3dprints]

Lps came out pretty good! thanks for the tutorial.

[@DjTasteless]

I like to see your great workflow and how its all coming together because of it! My main sculpting prob is that I have difficulties to get the heads shape right- most of them look like paper mache jokers...- and the worst- I fall into detail far too early. I think that your workflow will heal those diseases soon! ;) Thx!

[@yansculpts]

My pleasure, i know the struggles you are going through, we all have been there ;)

[@mamadouminta]

Thank you, it help me well to understand sculpting in 2.8.

[@cristiangutierrez1857]

very cool your tutorial !!!

[@jwl2011]

I don't want to name names but this video is better than others on KZbin.

[@mrmachine5632]

thanks for this real time tut. very helpful.

[@yansculpts]

My pleasure :)

[@lucindoflores5335]

Done, thank you so much master

[@virginijasileikiene1989]

Nice tips!

[@leonidyaitski7928]

Hello! Could you explain a little about how to switch to high resolution at the very end of the video? Is it Constant Detail? Or a retopology plus a subdivision modifier? And did you do it step by step or sharply subdivided? TY!

[@yansculpts]

Ahh i didn't really switch to high resolution per say, it is just how dynamic topology works. Watch the video on sculpting for beginners on my channel, i explain how it works there.

[@IrvinEsmabe]

Nice tutorial Yan, is it really better doing this on a drawing tablet?

[@kopshi]

Drawing tablets make sculpting 9x better, but one with a screen is only marginally better. A second hand Wacom Intuos Draw won't set you back very much and can get you far. Hell, a Huion 420 / H420 can do a lot for less than $30 if you don't mind the small screen.

[@wilsonfinklergeraldo3797]

Thank you dude! It's help a lot!

[@yansculpts]

No probs :)

[@rubenquintanilla3810]

It is a good lip design, but I am curious. Does the neoprene glove not scratch the screen?

[@vishalkadam6461]

Thank you

[@bazla7771]

Wow, thats amazing mouth.. that look like real bro.. awesome

[@yansculpts]

Thanks :)

[@shamanik1320]

Is there a specific drawing glove you recommend above others?

[@yansculpts]

Not really, only tried the one i have :)

[@bharatsahlot223]

Helping me a lot for my school project thnx!! dude

[@yansculpts]

My pleasure xD

[@bharatsahlot223]

Sensei Noticed Me! This is the character a created after seeing ur tutorials. image.ibb.co/cqzChx/Untitled.png image.ibb.co/g8cXhx/Untitled1.png image.ibb.co/hc1Q2x/Untitled2.png Can you make a tutorial on retopology. My character has 1M+ faces.

[@blessingkingsley4613]

Pls can you make a tutorial on a full body sculpting

[@aguatemalachavez]

Hey, I don't know if somebody already suggested it, but you could use key-mon as you screencast key monitor, instead of the one built in Blender. Just google it as key-mon, and the one that is made in python is the one you want. Awesome video, by the way!

[@yansculpts]

Ooh no you are the first, thanks a lot i will check it out ;)

[@ritageraghty4404]

I must buy myself a tablet glove next week, when I get my prepaid card topped up. Right now. I'm eating my ice cream cone, while I watch this tutorial. Add - GREAT sculpting techniques on mouth.

[@yansculpts]

Thanks haha

[@Aielo98]

You could make the livestreams around 7-8pm est every friday. Other week days would be also nice tbh, but that is the best time, at least for me, I'm two hours ahead of that here where I live

[@yansculpts]

I would love to do it on Friday but that is only 1 day after the weekly video i post on Thursdays. Maybe it would be smarter to separate the days a bit, like Sunday.

[@varosan]

thankyouuuuuuuuuuu

[@ave1996]

How much subdivide in starting point?

[@vinigt]

Man really like your videos and your work, please change the values to BLR, EU prices to expensive to us thanks!

[@3Descape]

I would love to see you learning technique.. books you can recommend for anatomy, how you study reference pictures or what are you looking for to actually learn from it and so on...

[@yansculpts]

You can start by checking my 2 videos (yan's daily tips anatomy, yan's daily tips drawing) I talk about some of the stuff you asked. Also, stay tuned for the project i am starting next month, it has to do with the questions you asked :)

[@3Descape]

thank you very much. really like your content so I'm excited for more to come!

[@abdulkadirdoganay2590]

a short vid about sculpting and texturing realistic hair would be nice for me :)

[@yansculpts]

I wouldn't sculpt realistic hair personally, i would go for hair particles

[@Sandra-hc4vo]

did you use constant detail for this or relative?

[@yansculpts]

relative :)

[@user-nr2de3qb1s]

Hay dude, hallo from Russia, you awesome sculpt on all ground in youtube. PLS, can you help me, how are you painted your model?

[@se3d]

I'm a newbie and I'm wondering how can you make so accurate work with so low verts? I have to subdivide my object to have 300 00+ verts and still having problems.

[@yansculpts]

Not sure how to answer this one, video is in real time no tricks involved

[@BLOODCHROMEDESIGN]

He's using the dynamic topology feature, look it up, it's neat.

[@zahreddinesoualem3213]

please make a playlist for scuplt in blender 2.8 I'm really searching fot it but i didn't find any thing

[@yansculpts]

When 2.8 becomes stable i will make one

[@alvinputra3940]

nice

[@fortheloveofnoise]

Nice fleshlight designs.

[@yansculpts]

Thanks

[@vladilisan3226]

What materials or lightning have you used to get the "sculpture" look in the render?Thanks

[@yansculpts]

Check the material video on my channel :)

[@vladilisan3226]

Thanks

[@kingbunyip4560]

how did you get the orbiting working with a tablet? (unless you are using a tabley mounse and keybord (and have 3 arms)))

[@yansculpts]

I have many arms ;) But no i only use 2 for this one. Activate the (emulate 3 button mouse) in the blender user preferences. Here are the hotkeys: Alt + Pen = Rotate Ctrl + Art + Pen = Zoom Alt + Shift + Pen = Pan

[@xxfloppypillowxx]

Really? I just set one of my pen buttons to be middle mouse click then use alt, control, shift like you would with a mouse.

[@mugmellow]

Can you point me to like a starting video? I've been hopping from video to video, but always feeling like i'm missing the essentials to follow along with. Or should I look for that elsewhere and then come back for the improvement tips? Thank you for the content though

[@yansculpts]

Did you check yan's daily tips? What are you missing btw? Why couldn't you follow? Maybe i can make a video series if i get sufficient information :)

[@mugmellow]

YanSculpts I guess I was just looking for a general overview of what tool did what and how to do the starting steps that you mention in most of the daily tips, like even just _how_ you start to block out the shapes before fine detail. I did however find something of the sort, and dont have a problem anymore. Thanks for responding though.

[@yansculpts]

No problem :)

[@ujtyhbfgtfsdxz]

Mugmellow links?

[@HIN30N]

I think you need to watch a beginner tutorial

[@JhoEspana]

How to configure the tablet to work with Blender?

[@yansculpts]

Watch the video on my channel trailer on sculpting for beginners, i showed some setting to change and how to use it with Blender.

[@calvindebeverly7410]

I just bought these on Amazon: Artist Glove for Drawing Tablet Tablet Finger Glove for Graphics Drawing Tablet Light Box Tracing Light Pad (Artist Glove - L 4 Pack). Can't wait to get them and give one to my girlfriend. I do pen and ink artwork and up until now, I have used a piece of paper to keep my hand off of the artwork. This will be so more convenient. Now to watch the video. Counting on it being a good one. I have to morph a mouth on a figure from Poser and make the alterations in Blender then move it back to Poser as a morph.

[@yansculpts]

Gratz on the purchases Calvin, been using art gloves ever since i just love them

[@chaoticracer]

I have a few questions. I should use the standard or clay brush under creases to make those creases look less like they're just kinda there, right? Are there other ways to do this that would be more fitting, depending on the situation? What do those gloves in the intro help with? I can't exactly think of a use for them. Would you say Zaxel's two basemeshes on Sketchfab are anatomically correct and good for reference? Here's the link to both of them. sketchfab.com/models/7ceef678ea32456fbcc1e495714a0f05 sketchfab.com/models/1afa3fa46b6843a79b724e9835bf9bf2 Unfortunately, the male basemesh forgot where his face went, so if I can't find a good mirror I'll have to find another bit of reference :p

[@yansculpts]

Didn't understand first question. Gloves makes your movements smooth with the tablet and even with drawing, avoids stickiness. Something you will understand a lot better if you try it for yourself. Best anatomy reference are real human beings, google images of them. Don't have time to check these models in details but they look good from a quick look. Hope that helps :)

[@chaoticracer]

Alright, thanks! :D If you have time to check them in detail a bit more, that would be nice, but don't feel like you have to.

[@chaoticracer]

Also, the thing with the first question is under fat masses (Like the stomach maybe? I don't know.), I should put a crease, and then an inverse crease or use the clay/standard brush? Am I wrong about the stomach thing, or just in general? Is the crease thing only for certain masses, or for all of them?

[@andresvillanueva5421]

Why does yours look smooth while whenever I try to sculpt something it's blocky or looks pixelated? How to fix this, please?

[@bulittix6919]

is dyntopo enabled? and the details increased?

[@pascalw7869]

i started yesterday and everytime i saw a video i asked me the same question. and i think it is the the "relative detail" option i the dynotopo menu.at first i used constant detail because in the very first video i saw the guy said that and i kept it that way.but now that i have changed it to relative details it is much better.you get more details/vertices when you sculpt zoomed in.if you zoom out and sculpt you have less.hope thats right.im a beginner.

[@ipodtouchiscoollol]

under dyntopo enable smooth shading

[@asofyett]

@@pascalw7869 Constant detail works too, you just have to change the resolution. Relative detail can be tricky sometimes because the resolution changes depending on how zoomed in you are.

[@hvmaru9273]

im so confused... the crease brush doesn't crease for me, it makes bulges... I'm following everything up until there but I can't get past the crease part, because the brush isn't working..

[@yansculpts]

You probably inversed the brush option < from subtract to additive, if ctrl while sculpting creases for you then that is what you did.

[@SoimulX]

0:00 no idea animations song intensifies

[@Pod-Peek]

i fucking did it !!!!! thank you man

[@jad4945]

That ring light is terrifying.

[@nearnobi23]

Friday )) best of all )

[@yansculpts]

Noted. Friday is a day after thursday which will make it 2 videos in a row then 5 days of silence (since i release a video every Thursday)

[@karlamiranda6812]

What's pantreon?

[@yansculpts]

Lol unsure if that is sarcasm. Incase it isn't just a website to support creators you would like to continue doing contents :)

[@m4Rlb0roR3d]

my claystrip doesnt work :CC please help

[@yansculpts]

Restart the scene, or preference. You probably messed up a setting by mistake.

[@bradkaf8670]

i wish i could afford to be your patron

[@yansculpts]

The thought itself is more than enough, thanks :)

[@4diamondz318]

There's no store that sell that gear. I know I hand make them gloves at home from any gloves but what material should i choose?

[@yansculpts]

Not sure, i personally got it from amazon though.

[@JoseMartinez-qx6ur]

What kind of software do you use and how much of practice or experience do you have?

[@yansculpts]

2 years sculpting and Blender. Also you are asking the wrong question, it has nothing to do with the program, but your artistic knowledge (drawing anatomy etc)

[@digitaldope6247]

Why didn't you use the x mirror? You make it look so easy.

[@yansculpts]

Wait wasn't I?

[@nicktumi]

Can you update this with blender 2.8?

[@yansculpts]

Nothing will change, here i am teaching anatomy the blender version doesn't matter. Plus sculpting is the same, ui only changed in that matter

[@nicktumi]

@@yansculpts Starting out I was really nervous, which is why I asked. But I watched it once, then watched it again starting along with the tutorial and now I can sculpt lips! Thanks man!

[@joy_junli9059]

Oh, hang out with people, really?😍

[@PascalAlt]

hi i have a grafik tablett but i dont know how to use them real good can you pls make a tutorial ;-), and ther important things heavy to see strengh change, name of the brushes, and sorry the chin looks like a hamster

[@yansculpts]

Sculpting for beginners in blender video i have explains how to set up Blender for tablet use, check that one out

[@onkarghonge3675]

plz let us knw when ever u stream like if your gong to stream at night let us know 2- 3 hrs before it ;D

[@yansculpts]

Haha oki, i will try my best. How would i let people know though?

[@onkarghonge3675]

on fb insta and so on..

[@wintsify]

Nice Show -)

[@yansculpts]

Thanks ;)

[@owos100]

Perhaps this is arbitrary, but I'm very curious: are you wearing contacts? (Also thank you for the tutorial :3)

[@yansculpts]

I do but i don't believe i had them in this video since i don't wear them at home (and i can see fine close), and you are welcome :)

[@keebs7888]

HOW ARE YOU GUYS GETTING TO 2 CURSERS i cant find how to do it anywhere

[@gunk84]

cute!

[@yansculpts]

Haha it is a cute sculpt now that you say it xD

[@CGJam]

why? why the gloves?? what do they do? i need to know moore!!!

[@yansculpts]

Haha, they are magic for drawing and tablet use. Hands stick to the tablet especially when it heats up, the gloves allow smooth elbow movements. Same for paper and in addition to that, pencil doesn't smudge :)

[@CGJam]

thats pretty neat, i'll have to look into getting some then :D

[@narendernalamasa5808]

what is the name of that glow i mean hoe to search that shopping apps

[@aliamirdivan8333]

Draude Sandstorm

[@4diamondz318]

love those gloves!

[@Ragnak_]

what theme is this?

[@yansculpts]

What theme? what do you mean?

[@speedyy28]

You keep on saying how drawing is important, so I finally decided to learn how to draw! ... ... ? Welp... I kinda hate drawing but if it really is so important... I just gotta get right into it! ... where do I start? That's an honest question. I have no idea what to do, so um... help?

[@yansculpts]

Hey Speedy. Glad you decided to do so. You asked in the right timing, since i you already commented on the latest video i wont have to direct you there. Wait till the channel is out on the 1st of August and you will get your answers over there ;)

[@speedyy28]

What a cliffhanger!

[@lkledu2]

I think it's a little difficult to do female lips

[@theworldofcritics2656]

I'll save you guys the trouble 3:20

[@yanamorim5747]

my name is yan

[@yansculpts]

xD!

[@B3D]

but a glove and cut it . same result ha .

[@rumory]

it's a miracle how my sculpting gets worse when i zoom out

[@yansculpts]

Lolwathaha 😂 It is imprtant to get the basic shapes right before you get into the details that might be why :)

[@bimalhessa7677]

Chin

[@digitalsketchguy]

Coffee with no sugar? No!!

[@AnujSharma98]

Any Binod FAN here.

[@Kira-zf7te]

change the thumbnail text and it will look like a fleshlight advertisement

[@cristiangutierrez1857]

great bro !!! like ... it would be fantastic if you put subtitles in Spanish so we do not understand your language very much !!!

[@LesterShipMirOleg1992]

Mine looks like a baby dinosaur or a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle.

[@lucasgnr1001]

damn, I´m not gay, but you are beautiful, good tutorials bro!

[@yansculpts]

Ahaha thanks :)

[@turtlesip28]

i frickin hate myself rn i'm stressin over my first sculpt, i can't even finish one, everytime i try to make a stylized girl it always becomes a frickining ogre like creature.

[@jen2526]

don’t be discouraged! it’s not going to be perfect at first, but with time and practice you’ll get there. i’d say the most important thing is to enjoy the process :)

[@turtlesip28]

@@jen2526 thanks! it really hit me at the "enjoy the process" part, I'll do that. It was just so stressful to see perfection compared to my art, i guess i was being such a perfectionist. I'll remember that everytime i sculpt now, thanks again!

[@EDITMODE]

I actually can't draw for shit but can sculpt. Yeah....I don't understand how that happened, either 😂😂 it makes zero sense to me that I can sculpt a mouth almost perfectly but if you ask me to draw one it'll end up looking more like a butt. 😂

[@yansculpts]

2 things come to mind on the spot, we generally spend more time with out sculpts, so if you spend equal amount of time drawing the mouth i think you will get it (unless you never drew before). Second thing is 3d take cares of perspective and volume for you for the most part, in 2d you need to aquire that skill.

[@shamicentertainment1262]

It's not surprising. Drawing in paper is quite different to drawing on the computer.

[@kevinsundelin8639]

wth is that chin?

[@joeabstractjoe]

First 3 and a half minutes are just unnecessary talking!

[@yansculpts]

Yes, yes it is! You will notice a drastic change in how i make my videos later on, this is an old video :)

[@Br3nd0ns]

you talk too much

[@jadimatic1096]

This is how to sculpt lips, not a mouth, this is clickbait.

[@robertpietraru1939]

what the