Sculpting a Character Head from Concept Art (Blender 3.2 Tutorial)

This is my process for sculpting a character head based off of concept art.
Artwork: The Fisherman by Aveline Stokart
[ aveline_stokart]( / aveline_stokart )
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[ LoganGardner3D]( / logangardner3d )

[@FruitZeus]

Thanks for watching! If you liked this, check out this video where I go over the process for the entire character head, body & rig: kzbin.info/www/bejne/aKW9mIScaLOMhdU

[@fatimazahra-kh9fj]

Thank you !

[@mayabeck7750]

I love the little moments where you get excited about what your working on. Like when you finish sculpting a certain part and say “oh this is going to look so cool” shows how much you like doing what you do 😄 loved this video, it’s such an insightful look into the decision making process of a sculptor, I’m new to blender and your workflow meshes well with how I like to learn. Can’t wait to see more of your stuff!

[@FruitZeus]

Thank you so much!!

[@KeelanJon]

I love how accurate your sculpt is to the original concept, great video man 😁🤘

[@Murderliz]

it’s nice to see different perspectives on how to sculpt

[@Bordie3D]

I completely understand and live for the feeling of "Oh this is gonna look so cool, you can just tell" and "I'm gonna get some colours in there because I'm just too excited about this now" I love those feelings as an artist. Great job btw, I loved watching.

[@walkerdourado]

Bro, its a bit rare to see a tutorial here with someone measuring the character height. That influences directly in lightening. Congrats.

[@coindrop]

I learned modelling the 'hard way' 20 years ago in 3dsmax with just raw modelling and I have never been able to get past that. I have tried many times to get into sculpting but never found a work flow I liked. I have just seen your video and this workflow makes a lot of sense to me, can't wait to try it out, thanks a lot!!

[@LoganGardner3D]

Starting a 2nd channel to post finished works of 3D & 2D 🪄 ❤

[@user-gq1ij]

Yeah, please do the second part, will be waiting for it

[@spydergs07]

I've been looking for some ways to optimize my sculpting. I really like the workflow you have here. Thank you!

[@Itsmymotivation]

You're the best 3D channel ever! You deserve to have a lot of subscribers! 🙏

[@BDSmith]

Dude outstanding work. I was a little confused at first due to the way you started the head, never seen it done that way. It all came out looking amazing. Soon as the color started dropping in, just wow. I hope I can get to that level some day. I have quite a bit of Blender experience but new to sculpting and really modeling in general (did MC animations before). Trying to look to different creators to learn as much as I can as I'm designing a game where, I could use the purchased models but I'd really like to create my own, will be easier to expand the game in the future as well. Hope to see more like this from you. Maybe making different styles of characters. Maybe not so much style, as I like this. but, just different characters in this style so I can learn more :P again thanks man, found you on recommended, 1st vid but it got ya a like and sub. Time to see what other content you have. lol

[@shortfilmstudios4715]

Wow!

[@ChristopherHemsworthCreative]

This was super informative and inspiring, my dude. Thanks for sharing. As for your thoughts at the end of the video, heck yes I would love to see more of your full character process for sure! Share as much as you're willing! You rock!

[@FruitZeus]

Thanks so much!! I’ll definitely share more of the whole process.

[@Just-fx9ir]

@@FruitZeus Brother i beleive you're on vacation i texted you on your Twitter no response.. I jus need a solution i hav installed the add-on in blender even after it checked the add-on isn't showing up under the the object data properties section? Fz Randomizer could you help me with that ?

[@munkmade]

awesome awesome stuff! Definitely will be implementing these techniques, and down to see some more about this character and the rig!

[@MichaelHickman3D]

Sir you are wonderful at this!!!!!! Your method is profound and easy to follow, thank you for this insightful video.

[@CheckPointProfessor]

great tutorial my friend. As somebody coming from years of maya and jumping into Blender, this is super helpful.

[@mark_kulik]

Definitely like!

[@images4632]

Would love to see the next part

[@y0g_s0th0th]

I'm so glad I found you're channel. Need to challenge myself further

[@B4NTO]

Awesome video to see your workflow

[@Mugzrd]

you killed it! awesome!

[@isaacelliottsloman4276]

this is a really valuable tutorial, thank you!

[@princesspiranha]

I would love to see how you did the rest of the model! Great stuff :)

[@DeeOdzta]

Just wanted to say I really enjoy your talk and chalk sessions. One of the worth watching content creators who shows and talks and explains the workflows and creations being made. Thanks for making content.

[@FruitZeus]

Thank you!

[@SalenaVR]

Within the first 20 seconds I learned something new ♥

[@Melanatedone]

This approach. LOVE IT. Subscribed! Oh I am gonna look at ALL of your work and mimic it. I have to learn this stuff.

[@aditiarpiliang2814]

amazing work

[@beeverone4740]

Looking forward to more content from you!!!

[@Ootttooott]

This is amazing😍

[@Darkfredor]

Merci,j'ai beaucoup apprécié ton tutorial,bravo.

[@dijik123]

So cool

[@tony92506]

very cool!! thank you!!

[@johndeggendorf7826]

Outstanding video.✊ Love your stuff. 👍🍷🎩🎩🎩

[@druide10]

Great job, it looks so easy.....when somebody else make it 😁👍

[@breezstudio9630]

Waiting for next part!

[@QwecySlim]

Really appreciate this. Thanks

[@diegodelacerda8828]

dude i really hope you put out that second video!

[@ArnoldVeeman]

I find it inspiring that you start modeling the concept art without that this art is symmetrical. Great tricks to be learned for me :-)

[@FruitZeus]

Yeah! Thank you. I don’t really care that much as so much of the method I use comes from intuition. I’m not trading concept art perfectly. Just using it as nice reference to work off of.

[@JonasLampePersson]

Such a great tutorial to learn from, really like your simple way. +1

[@_angelina.christine_]

I’ve never seen this method before but I really want to try it. It makes more sense to my brain. Working from scratch with just a sphere is really hard for me

[@RugnirSvenstarr]

I found it amazingly helpful. Never sculpted a face before and got pretty great results, was able to apply this to my own ideas as well. Had to learn how to do ears and mouths separately but thata fair I think

[@BDSmith]

Me too. I use a rounded cube now for short faces, this is the first I've ever seen this style, I question why not use a cylinder, but definitely new knowledge for me in creating longer faced characters.

[@tigistzalka]

this method is the only one that work for me when i try modeling faces 😅😅 THANK YOU!

[@chris60036]

This really helped me thanks man

[@AudreyGoncalves-]

this guy I consider an expert, talkers are only talkers. Thanks a lot !

[@esauangulocampos2550]

Right here with ya, bro

[@ananthaprasetya3263]

Thanks dude for sharing ,, waiting for the next step

[@moeeyt]

this helped me a lot thank you for sharing

[@andrewabuya9315]

Great work bro, waiting for the body sculpt

[@OFAAL]

very nice tutorial

[@neshiah4747]

Great video. 🙏🏼🇬🇧

[@DigitalREM]

Great Video!!

[@shahabuddin4238]

Wow it is beitiful

[@TE_R77]

Nice work

[@mfiuza.2232]

You made the process so simple and easy, thank you! Also would love to see a retopo video.

[@FruitZeus]

I use a plugin called Quad remesh! It’s amazing. Full character retopo with 1 click.

[@FruitZeus]

I’ll cover it with my post Mortem video

[@Emma-fg3sl]

I loved the video sm so helpful and inspiring thank you also where isss part twoooo

[@gadwal]

Thanks you for taking time to make these for us noobs.

[@ThinkTankIllustration]

Like this

[@phillipables3689]

Im into that idea lol

[@JonasLampe-ck1ku]

Awesome :D

[@Gabriel-gabriel]

very nice 😊👍👏

[@dablicecze]

Thank you for that tutorial. I just want to made character for my film and this video is perfectly for me 😅

[@rjdesigns2030]

I like very much ..plz upload next video related this next steps..i am excited to learn about this ..plz ....

[@rangerthegamer5447]

any plans to do a tutorial for body. easily the best head tutorial.

[@sicfxmusic]

Cool 3D selfie 😜

[@FruitZeus]

Haha thank you!!

[@_.Fl4vio._]

Hey what's up. I'm just a begginer in this but I can give you a tip. Instead of going to the smooth pencil every single time, you can actually shift+drag whit any pencil you have and it will do the smooth.

[@userxbw]

keyboard SC for what brushes are you using ? and how to get remesh and dynamic tropo?

[@markokovacevic3225]

Thanks for sharing, looks epic! Always love watching your videos! Do you increase the resolution of the Dyntopo as you go, or do you keep it constant at 4px throughout the sculpt as in the beginning? Looking forward to the next video in this series!

[@FruitZeus]

I usually keep Dyntopo around 4 the entire time. Any lower and it’s too dense per your viewport angle at the time, but I usually want more resolution in the sculpt than what 12 can give.

[@markokovacevic3225]

@@FruitZeus Thank you for your reply! Appreciate it!

[@mcskny]

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[@topaz.a.h.1179]

you make sculpting look so easy >:(

[@roachjpg9134]

this is so helpful & cool to see thank u!!! i love how it’s obvious how much u enjoy it lol, it makes me feel so hyped and motivated as well haha

[@FruitZeus]

Thank you so much!!!

[@yograjmalviya424]

Thank you so much for showing us the process. How much time it took for you to complete the head?

[@FruitZeus]

You’re welcome!! Probably about an hour and a half for the head. And probably about 5 hours for the total character

[@blackblursliver]

When I use the blender sculpting tools I can't see any of the brush strokes, it just makes the object get thicker or thinner

[@batsb4474]

This is amazing ! But my only question can this done on a computer won’t a mouse rather than a tablet ?

[@FruitZeus]

I would say it can be done, but my honest opinion is that it’s worth the investment. You don’t even need the most expensive one either. I use the XP Pen 22E It ran me about $450 when I picked it up, but even that is more expensive than you really need. You can get tablets without a screen that are relatively cheaper. But my recommendation is a tablet with a display. There’s just something about being able to draw directly onto what you’re looking at that can’t be beat. XP Pen in my opinion is an incredibly reliable option for the price.

[@bigmek2903]

do you use that head base mesh technique when making realistic things aswell?

[@FruitZeus]

I don’t really try for realism because every time I’ve tried, I’ve landed deep in the uncanny valley. I prefer the stylized look for this reason. I wouldn’t be the best resource for realism, however if I had to give my opinion, I’d say there’s no reason this method wouldn’t work for realism also, you would just have to use “realistic” shapes and sizings. Also, you’ll likely have to go way deeper in the sculpting details to make a realistic human head.

[@patizzcreations9928]

always better than last time🤩🤩

[@FruitZeus]

Thank you!

[@stanleythrewbrick]

@6:20 ctrl+A _to_ apply any modifiers *then* ctrl+J to join

[@josephvanwyk2088]

Wow dude, thanks for this, your process = 100% sense. My only question would be,, before sculpting in detail.... would you try and build the medium polly face first (as if you were to retopologize afterwards), drop multi-res on it, sculpt the detail - and then just bake the high res bump map on the medium res uv? Is this a good practice or unnecessary? For example, you started with a low poly base and then sculpted detail. I assume you would retoplogize this way at the end to get rid of the gazillion triangles.

[@FruitZeus]

Hey! I’m usually not too picky. My sculpting process is a pretty iterative so this means I’m usually going back and forth with high detail, then retopo, then sculpt more detail in, then maybe another retopo (quad remesh) until I’m happy with something. Only when I’m really happy with the character and I’m ready to call it finished, I’ll do one final retopo, and then add on the multi res modifier. There’s a few ways to go about it, you can bake the details back into the multires from a high poly sculpt, or you can just do extra sculpting on it. Sometimes, I’ll just wait to add all the final detail to the absolute last pass with multi res. But I don’t worry too much about “the right way to do it” I just sculpt as it feels right and eventually, I end up with a character I like after going back and forth a while.

[@DarkDule1234]

Can you show the workflow for creating clothes? I’m really bad at making them and I do not know where to start!

[@rigrysnu]

дякую)

[@user-gq1ij]

Second part please

[@roughwolf9763]

bro also upload videos for whole character sculpting

[@neonbarnowl]

I almost got stuck at 2:27, wasn't familiar with the bevel tool. For anyone that may get stuck he presses Ctrl+B

[@MajhalaAnimationStudios]

Next video, can you put your "nice guy face" on bottom-left, we need to see your brush selection there on top-right.

[@user-oi2fz1ew3v]

Which plugins do you use?😅

[@zainulabdinofficial7467]

sir i make nft Collection si how i can apply many image texture in one animation video and render many videos PlZ reply

[@nataliamathias3825]

Yeah too, exceptt I feel the exact sa way i did.

[@Raikovip]

Hey man! Great job! What is your tablet?

[@FruitZeus]

XP Pen 22e

[@maceproduction5697]

Pls kindly make the body also.

[@Rand0m-yt]

cant understand which brush u using

[@FLICKROBOT]

This is amazing, do you think it's ok to sculpt with a mouse instead of a tablet?

[@FruitZeus]

There’s no reason you can’t try to. I used to make all of my characters with just a mouse. However I’d recommend investing in one. The “Wacom One” is an incredibly affordable option and will help you get your foot in the door at drawing right into the screen.

[@FLICKROBOT]

@@FruitZeus Thank you for the recommendation! Does the Wacom One integrate into Blender/Mac seamlessly?

[@abhieditz477]

Sir who to import a image

[@prithvidevadiga4196]

17:01 really reminds me of someone

[@zainulabdinofficial7467]

Can i apply 1000 image textures in one character and render 1000 image at one time PlZ tell me sir

[@shahabuddin4238]

I need this chracter please

[@jelloshots]

Can you make a tutorial on the beanie😂

[@jeffersonmiranda7452]

I need too see what at u trying too

[@estefaniahernandez1654]

It's not really that confusing it just looks like that, because of all the many buttons.

[@SaravanaKumar-pf1jv]

please a request can u leave ur webcam in the bottom right will be helpful to see what brushes you are using

[@blendcreator]

Can i get the rig somewhere?

[@goldkat94]

Nice tutorial, thanks for sharing. I think its way more easier to make a good head with the remeshed lowpoly basic shape, instead of taking a sphere and do the whole thing. I would recommend not to cover the brushes. Facecam isnt really necessary for these tutorials and it feels a bit distracting to me, because i always watch to the cam window when you start talking instead of following the sculpting. But the comments are really helpful. I think some big channels are recording it the same way but they only share the good comments while sculpting or record them later again (with better words and quality) and put them in place.