How to Sculpt the Loomis Head

It can be difficult for sculptors to get the shape of the skull correct, but we can avoid a lot of mistakes by learning about the Loomis head! In this lesson you’ll learn about the importance of the Loomis method and how to construct a Loomis head by using simple forms and measuring landmarks. Without this method you might find yourself sculpting a skull improperly which can lead to an unintentionally askew face later on. If you enjoy this lesson check out the links below to learn more about it.
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[@ProkoTV]

Check out more of the sculpting course at proko.com/sculpture

[@spectral308]

i've always wanted to learn how to sculpture a head

[@AndrewJosephKeith]

Portrait sculpting course coming soon!

[@symmachus898]

I really fancy this course & I'm tempted to buy some clay. I've dabbled in Loomis for my sketching, only half heartedly but it woked wonders.

[@SC-bg8wf]

It's hard to imagine how you could improve this video. Many Thanks.

[@Msannamitta]

good idea 👍. The sculptures in the instruction is what grabbed my attention, especially the facial features. very nice, I like that! cool 😎!

[@trickster80]

followed along with my kneaded eraser because i was bored, really good tutorial

[@mateteii7277]

This method is simple and fun 👍

[@itsiwhatitsi]

How much you can learn and understand with these kind of shapes! Very interesting video

[@florianfranke323]

Alkq

[@sharadsolas7839]

Beautiful and scientific basic work🎉🎉

[@semiboom]

very helpful!

[@dextersumsaltube]

Very very informative.very very pro. :)

[@benarts2271]

Very helpful!

[@mahanandpandit6253]

You explained very well thanks sir

[@frenchaccent802]

That's so cool ! One more thing to learn let's go

[@sohamkhandre1222]

Very useful video. Thank You sir...

[@sussu3213]

Wow this is really helpful! I'm gonna by me some clay and do it! Thanks a lot!

[@stanimirgeorgiev.87]

The most important question for every amateur is: what kind of clay do you use? 🙂

[@AndrewJosephKeith]

Chavant nsp medium clay

[@DrWhom]

@@AndrewJosephKeith OP was making fun of the noob's habit of always asking about materials. closely followed by the noob's conviction that all that is takes is_patience_

[@stanimirgeorgiev.87]

@@AndrewJosephKeith Thanks for the reply. And by the way a wonderful Loomis head. I prefer to work with more hard clay and just for that i ask because i notice your clay have this hard looking saturation. Unfortunately, there is no Chavant clay here in Bulgaria.

[@frankie461]

My little sister's clay from school

[@stanimirgeorgiev.87]

@@frankie461 Send lots of greetings to your little sister. Last night she was amazing.

We're all going to make it through.

[@BenjaminNBS]

This video was great - clear and helpful! I'd like to try and sculpt my own 'Asaro' head. Do you think the Loomis head is a good place to start, then add the more complex planes of the head? If anyone knows of a good tutorial similar to this, but for an Asaro head, please let me know! Thanks.

[@Just_Javier]

Great video mate

[@sandipabose9415]

Very informative thank you so much sir

[@funkykoval2099]

Great stuff, thank You! After learning 3D cad software last year I'm starting to think that sculpture is a really 3D art, not this hardware and cash demanding software showing isometric throw on monitor plane.. I will work on cheaper version, because hobby materials become pricey recently. Ivanevsky made model from led bulb, but he is a cartoonist, so proportions are diferent from start. All best!

[@VertexCarver]

@Funky Koval A suggestion is to try out "Blender" which is open-source idealist version of Autodesk's different programs (It's a jack of all trades but digital sculpting is one of them). There are tons of tutorials & some of them might give you some nice to have add-on's that make the sculpting easier. Such as a better optimized Dynamesh; Projected geometry which basically gives you more or less detail to sculpt with. Worth mentioning is that the industry standard in CGI & games has & still is "Zbrush" but it's a very hefty investment with a bit of an uncertain future as it recently got bought up by Moxon who does not have the best reputation. Good luck mate! ^^ Edit; typo

[@danielaassj1408]

Me habría venido bien para una evaluación que tuve el año pasado en la universidad. De todas modos es genial 😍😄

[@hiimhunter7649]

If i ever get my hands on some cheap clay i'm 100% going to do this just to have a general model of the loomis head to study

[@tunein6765]

I know it is not the same but you can make play dough at home. You could then bake it to make it hard

[@AndrewJosephKeith]

Dollar tree in the USA also has cheap non-dry modeling clay that works great!

[@acronproject]

Thanks so much 🎉❤

[@CRonaldo72024]

I consider sculpture is much like paint art , you should have a talent and ability and so much time spending to impress the audience.

[@eEdselEdsel]

Talent is a myth. Being able to make art is a series of skills that can be learned. All it takes is desire and lots of practice.

[@prateeksharma1981]

Thank you so much ! 🐵🙈🙉🙊

[@keithlightminder3005]

If the knife gets stuck, use a cheese cutting wire, shippiki, garrotte or a Yumi potters tool.

[@CollegeKidd]

"Dayum this looks easy" 15 minutes later "WHY IT DOESN'T STICK TOGETHER"

[@andesite_ouma3705]

Bro i would loooovr this

[@Mipetz38]

We are all going to make it

[@pramuanpoe3960]

Hello 👋 sir, How Are You Today? Nice 👍 to See You again Sir.

[@gregorioportela]

ótima didática, top!!

[@joaquimraphael4875]

Excelente ótimo conteúdo gratoooo

[@jtris01]

If you wanted true proportions, you would cut of the bottom 1/3 near the back of the head.

[@vaibhavvermaarts]

Ur a goo teacher😮

[@Ohhtooeasy]

what kind of clay is that?

[@davidleong8228]

Ask proko

[@cempaaxochitl]

so good! and what is the material you use to scalp this? what kind if clay?

[@davidleong8228]

I don't know

[@assisviola3526]

Muito bom!!

[@Peachievines5035]

Me one who tried to made this structure with kneading eraser...

[@elinbirgis]

I think sculpy-people usually have a 2-d model to sculpt from, never just wing it

[@mpgaming07]

fk my eyes i watched the whole video thinking its 3k channel but the video is better .. realised its 3M

[@rachelmurphy4190]

My room is now full of macaque heads, am still not very good at it however i only been doing it for two days lol

[@ProkoTV]

Yeah, keep putting time in lol. Two days is early!

[@spectral308]

let's gooo

[@redcafe10]

Hi, may I know what type of clay did you used?

[@ProkoTV]

Chavant NSP medium is his typical clay of choice

[@darkknight4353]

This video is supposed to go in Proko3d

[@ProkoTV]

We put this on the main channel because even if a lot of students don't want to take up figure sculpting, they may want to make this sculpture to help them with drawing. We've received a lot of comments in the past asking Stan how to make a loomis head for reference and this video covers that. The video is also in the proko3d sculpting playlist.

[@acronproject]

❤❤❤❤متشکرم

[@user-ge6yu2fq9k]

Chậm thôi

[@jordanortiz9196]

Hi

[@sergiomorales3551]

Bruh

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hurb

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Urhb

[@shigeokageyama5938]

Burh

[@randalllaue4042]

Why can’t they make a paper sculpture? Paper model life size...

[@AllThingsSoul]

There's so much geometry involved in this. Pretty hard to follow unless you have mastered geometry. And it's really hard to see the clay as you're working. Lighting is not great. Disappointing.

[@cxxmax]

This took too long whats the faster method?

[@davidleong8228]

Play dough

[@sgtpepper91]

this guy is really creepy

[@sillycheese301]

How

[@SC-bg8wf]

He's not but your comment is.