Sculpting The Face - Webinar with Ryan Kingslien

Sculpting The Face - Anatomy & Form with Ryan Kingslien
Image Metrics was happy to host this 90 minute free webinar with guest host and ZBrushWorkshops founder, Ryan Kingslien.
Ryan delves deep into the science and art of facial sculpting and clearly demonstrates to the audience why he is one of the industry's top sculptors.
Note: The first 2 minutes were cut off unfortunately due to a technical problem so he starts off mid-sentence.
Length: 80 minutes
Hosts: Jay Grenier and Ryan Kingslien
For more information on Ryan and ZBrush Workshops visit:
www.zbrushworkshops.com
Visit Image Metrics for more free webinars and information about our industry-leading facial animation software, Faceware.
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[@kandysman86]

When I decided I was going to learn CGI at 35, I set down and came up with an original character, and I began to start sculpting. I watched what I needed to get to the next step. Now that I've got all the characters developed, I have learned zbrush fairly well. Better than fairly really. And now I'm learning rigging and animation to finish my scene. When my scene is finished, all know enough to freelance. But I work everyday on this for 10 hours atleast. So I will be a pro one day.

[@alikhawar520]

My journey has been quite the opposite. I learned to model Characters and environments in Maya, as well as Texturing, Rigging, Animation, Cinematic Lighting, Rendering and Post Production. Only now I am starting to learn Zbrush along with correct anatomy sculpting.

[@adam551982]

Hey man, I'm now seeing this at 37 yrs old. I turned 37 in Ocyober this year. Started my zbrush journey about 6 months ago. Curious to hear how your journey is going. I'm doing the same thing, granted I only work between 2 and 4 hours a day on workdays. Longer on my days off.

[@simplefolding]

i'm start at 30 and i'm 30 now, can we make friend?

[@Alex-jx8ez]

how long did this take and what was the average consistent time spent? Im switching from traditional to digital and now need to learn all software :'/

[@MONEYVAL9]

Ryan you are a true blessing the the community of artist . The methods of teaching is not only practical but most of all insightful and clear . Thank you .

[@K1RKH4MM3T]

This is too good, so much information to process. Ill be watching this many times, lol

[@alessioiellini]

This man is awesome! What he say about learning the bones and muscles name to sculpt ' em correctly is totally true. This is the professional approach!

[@commonlemme]

Absolutely fantastic, I was half expecting a tutorial but this went into so much depth about the way to go about form, shape and the general artistic process... So very helpful! I'm probably going to have to watch this again, so fantastic.

[@MrNinjaFrenzy]

Loved every second of it so much information and in great detail giving us reasons why and even showing an example of how it helped another. You have given me a new outlook on anatomy Ryan thank you so much I will be sure to incorporate this new found knowledge and come to understand the anatomy to the best of my abilities.

[@kasperrubin5754]

Really inspiring talk. You come across some of those toughts I've had about anatomy and sculpting and why I should invest more time understanding, than just pretending to know.

[@PhotographerAndrey]

Absolutely useful, I am a photographer and I find myself thinking about all that stuff while working. Thank you very much for sharing, Ryan!

[@zachs7347]

Great bluntly honest analysis of adopting an appropriate mindset. I'm guilty of some of the habits that hinder my ability to learn. hearing this has reinvigorated my drive to snuff out the meandering and just get productive stuff done.

[@hyphenizm]

i've only watched 8 minutes so far and I already love this video.

[@CinemaZiggy]

I ❤ these tutorials I'm 14 and im teaching my mom who's a registered nurse things about the human body and I'm even showing her in zbrush I would've never known these things without zbrushworkshops

[@nervozaur]

Wow. I wasn't even looking for a tutorial, but i am completely amazed by the information you're giving us here. It was wonderful to watch and listen. 5/5, oldschool

[@tomasla77]

Ryan Kingslien, best teacher......

[@johnrwhite4479]

I have studied faces and the lives behind them what the creases and lines tell you everything ! the life of a person is shown through the face and eyes of a person !

[@mohdnohhussin6793]

+john r White sound interesting.. got any book to suggest? :D

[@kuzographics8687]

+mohd noh hussin same, wondering if he got any books lol

[@ruuuuudooooolph]

Leonardo would have loved zbrush :D

[@Cara.314]

he would have invented it first.

[@stuart2777]

and then he would start working on a totally diferent project #leonardofunfacts

[@iamtrash288]

true...

[@denasewell]

Thank you so much for sharing this webinar /tutorial it has given me so many new tools ..You are a phenomenal teacher ...I did not go to school most of what I know is through my peers and self discovery...but sculpting as a media is for me is a necessary as breathing and always looking for new ways to evolve.I am far from where I want to be technically..I will definitely check out your other video and subscribe

[@krononomikon]

the first pro vs amateur point - that is my weakness right there... I continually get into looking into it and looking into it to "get prepared" but then I just fall off and don't want to do anything. I notice this happening in other parts of my life and having to overcome there, so I love that you said this, because I should bring that "professionalism" from my job into my hobby :)

[@re1]

Thanks for sharing, amazing webinar. Ryan is a beast.

[@Sandra-hc4vo]

i enjoyed this lecture a lot and found it very interesting! I have never learned anatomy though. But the way the names are described are in a way I can engage and understand what they are for was great. It got me interested in a subject I find beyond boring normally. But here I can see the way the anatomy applies artistically. He's obviously a talented teacher cause anatomy is I imagine one of the harder things to teach well.

[@rosielxxrik]

Really helpful!!! Touched on so many great points thanks!!

[@Virtual-Media]

I actually preferred the long lecture type format. It helps to build a solid foundation for why rather than just how to sculpt the face correctly.

[@SurrogateActivities]

Finally a good reason to why learn anatomy. Now I'm exited to learn it.

[@CSMurphyArt]

Fantastic lecture thanks Ryan!

[@Blantmasta]

You really are a great person! thanks for all your time.I wish I could be under your tuteledge.

[@ralphlesterespinas]

You really inspired me Ryan GO inspire more people thank you so much this video help me improve myself so much! Thx! again

[@igoohit]

great find! thank you very much for the knowledge!!! cheers!

[@OriginalPineapplesFoster]

10 minutes in, this is possibly my favourite video on the entire Internet. Dude has provided some simple but incredible tools for learning about who I am and how to grow, AND made me laugh with pictures of muscles and boobs. Keep in mind, I'm a person with absolutely zero interest in personally creating visual art by any method; Interest in watching its creation is barely higher. It's only due to a rabbit hole that began with true crime and led through forensic artistry that I had the good fortune to click on this video. Be well. ✌️🍍

[@Maackan95]

You just made my life a litle harder Great tutorial, made me think alot. Thanks!

[@tmjromao]

Many thanks. Quite inspiring!

[@Shaydo100]

Its a really good series!

[@krononomikon]

PS - this right here I'm doing by watching this video RIGHT NOW is part of the research --- going to go and start the art now

[@pix3lpusher]

Ryan is awesome, good stuff!

[@herbsobers8337]

was very informative I learned a lot, Thank you

[@Shaydo100]

Makes me sad im paying for my education, they dont even teach this at my university, im teaching myself, but who isn't these days.

[@oneplusonetwo]

Very nice tutorial! Learned a lot, but I still have some questions. What if I am sculpting a female figure, is it necessary to put in all those details, female usually not that muscular And what are the most important features on human face besides those most obvious ones like nose and eyes And what are the features people usually forget to put it there

[@DodyPriyatmono]

Love it. Very usefull

[@str3123]

Thanks for sharing!!

[@Colteal]

If this woulde be Maya workshop I would definitely join. It's still really interesting to listen, this speech could be applied everywhere.

[@sahelanthrope]

This is NOT a sculpting tutorial! It is one of the most profoundly insightful and inspiring master classes on this side of the domain name. Ryan proves his philosophy and expertise, yet again, the gold standard of the digital sculpting industry. No humble 500-character comment can articulate my debt to this great artist. Thank you, ImageMetrics, for sharing this.

[@Jaycephus01]

Naming things is important: "Language is our cognitive machinery; it shapes our ability to interpret, recall and process concepts. Lera Boroditsky, writing in Edge a few years ago, describes an Australian Aboriginal community whose language references direction in absolute terms, rather than the relative ones Indo-European languages use. Instead of telling someone to “watch out for the ditch ahead,” for example, someone from the tribe might warn a fellow member to “watch out for the ditch southeast.” Boroditsky writes that “the result is a profound difference in navigational ability and spatial knowledge” between the tribesmen and their spatially-relativist Indo-European speaking brethren." The opposite or negative effect of NOT having a word for something can also be illustrated from the real world: " Studies performed in 1953 on the ability of the indigenous Zuni tribes of New Mexico and Arizona found them to have difficulty retaining and recalling the colors yellow, orange and combinations thereof compared to Anglo-Saxons performing the same tests. As it happens, the Zuni have no separate words for the colors yellow and orange and therefore insufficient linguistic precision to process the difference. It is often said that sloppy language leads to sloppy thought. These studies and others like them conclude the same from the other direction: linguistic precision leads to cognitive precision. If distinct concepts are poorly defined they will be poorly understood."

[@CinemaZiggy]

at 34:40 since you take that "crap" and turn it into a correctly proportioned face or skull would that be a good or a decent way of starting a face?

[@TherealHaaku]

subbed, great course!

[@wduoogle]

i need to know the screen drawing software he used in this video. very smooth draw... ?? tell me !

[@Keimoj]

Thanks!

[@Keimoj]

What was the webpage you mentioned after lacrimal, frontal process & gray's anatomy? at 0:53:50

[@EdFunka]

thanks alot!

[@Kapojos]

i cant find any of his sculptures on google! does he only do computerfigures??

[@PostalPete]

i would say.. Ryan is good, awesome stuff.

[@GaryCalhounnufftalon]

i cant find this Paul Aikman your referring to any one have a link by any chance?

[@enniohend745]

how can I write on the screen by pencil, on the zbrush canvas I meant...nice video

[@dvo8412]

This lecture seems relevant to 2d artists as well. Thanks

[@crypsisjim]

Camtasia. He does say in the video.

[@FictionCautious]

The naming conventions don't really matter in digital sculpting unless you're teaching people anatomy. What's really important is to understand the mechanics of the human body and practice sculpting. Practice is key!

[@brandynnoel9682]

*correction* i believe its pronounced frontoSPHENoidial process. not "sephenoidial"

[@mysticalgod9782]

Let me say all the things have to say about this tutorial. "Wow. "

[@anzejurkovsek]

thanx man

[@MatthewBaileyBeAfraid]

Oh, and Paul Ekman can be googled. for some reason, KZbin won't let me post the links.

[@KumarSambhhav]

i didn't know when i fell asleeep,,

[@sourcekings]

im so new i dont know how to control how to take something away with control

[@grenninexile]

Ryan clearly knows what he's talking about... The shame is just that he does so very very much talking without really saying anything. Granted, I am not sure what the target demographic for this webinar was; I get the feeling it wasn't for people who have been doing art for a long time and he felt it necessary to repeat things in different ways multiple times throughout the video. That was just in the roughly 15-20 minutes of it that I didn't skip straight over.

[@thepenpusher0674]

Thank you! I'm now 5 mins into his tutorial and he hasn't stopped talking yet. If it's like this throughout the video, I'm disappointed already. Time to try skipping forward.

[@cptspoofy]

Have you ever been in a really good art class? He talks like the professors do. You're supposed to sculpt along with him and just focus on what you're doing while letting the cool, inspiring facts guide you in the right direction. I think what Ryan is doing is fantastic and is unique to the online world. There are plenty of lecturers out there on the web that will tell you exactly what to do, but Ryan is the only one that reminds me of my great professors and teaches you to explore. There's use for both, but I prefer the latter.

[@TheAtomicMango]

Tyler H My professors never spoke like this... Seems like he's focused on his ego.

[@3Rton]

I doubt these numbers.

[@gdsworld]

Awesome tutorial and thanks for sharing. ;) Some great stuff in there.

[@speedfreakpsycho]

Srry. lost it around 18 mins.

[@GreenGrid]

Anatomy is organic relationships. A dichotomy between endo and exo structural information.

[@IrakliKhakhviashvili]

@art4med what is wrong can you please explain?

[@angeloseconomopoulos8918]

Unique video the best from all of those "shits" on KZbin that i have watched.

[@finessewes9119]

Anatomy= the stuff that makes the body.

[@NooMaaaam]

bless is he in the valley of good will travels to the valey of darkens, for him he would be his father keeper and the founder of young children.

[@elOmegart]

29:30

[@TheSimonMarley]

Ryan is the Terence Mckenna of Zbrush

[@DickCheese182]

That's actually a trapezium, not a triangle. damn.

[@adam551982]

Anatomy are the puzzle pieces to the body.

[@adaniel2929]

The Pink Floyd quote got to me, no one ever gets that reference, makes me sad. Anyhow, as someone who's been trying to sculpt faces for a while this is a pretty amazing video for someone trying to learn how. Not really an artist myself though, more of a designer/programmer, but I've had to lend a hand towards art creation since my indie game has only one other person working on it.

[@art4med]

@Marner0501: Sorry, THAT was a bad day-- nothing that a medical course in anatomy wouldn't cure. My admitted bias: I trained at medical school (most animators NEVER need to even approach that level). Just pronunciations (a pet peeve) and a few inaccuracies, of which *every "anatomy for artists" work contains. But there is some real meat here, esp with/for ZBrush, which this author knows absolutely intimately-- he worked FOR Pixelogic for years. Keep watching-=> I look forward to more, too.

[@NXS18]

Scott eaton teach anatomy and fat pads (fat pads are SO IMPORTANT) of the face, but duuude the course is not cheap :(

[@common_cross]

Anatomy is our minds way of placing ourselves in the conscious universe. How we look depends on how we see ourselves subconsciously. We cannot change our subconscious look because it is unreachable, but it is there. Think of it as Psychological DNA. The universe looks the way it does because of our 5 senses and how we use them. Without the 5 senses there is no way of letting our mind know the universe actually exists. Anatomy describes the vessel of the mind. At least that is how I see it

[@Santisc4d]

How can you have any pudding if you don't eat your meat!? Haha, great lecture!

[@CROFTYNESS]

Ananyame

[@idontlikeyouyo]

Yo-ho, the pirates life! The pirates life! The pirates life! Yo-oh, the pirates life is the best life of them all.

[@KRossing91]

Suddenly I realized... You would make some amaaaazing zombies.. O_O

[@moinessgaming]

Frontosphenoidal Process of Zygomatic!

[@sergiyrudenko905]

Phx my freind)

[@KevBoy3D]

Less yap, more Z!

[@tddavis]

Also why

[@dudeinasuit]

you said it took 9 years to research, does that mean it will take 9 years to get t this point?

[@extraiokken1284]

I think the answer is; Pay for a course and find out ; )

[@Lathspell_]

i found the crazy one...

[@franciscogomes4416]

The golden ratio is based on the Bibonacci sequence: 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21..........ad infinitum .We just sum the two former numbers to make the next on the sequence. If you divide the last two, say 21/13 you get 1.6153.... That is the golden ratio. It has been found in nature, and is aesthetic pleasing.

[@anzatzi]

a bit overly discursive, but I learned a great deal. thanks

[@AllThatJuice-]

yall motherfuckers need to appreciate free educational content, then, maybe you will learning something

[@pormacrhistian]

he's modelling a face, just the begining, there are not eyes, or mouth, there is nothing, and then he jump whit a finished face, where is the process?

[@FullchanAnon]

Would not recommend this as a "tutorial". The only thing I learned from this by watching 40 mins is that you need to know anatomy. That you need to learn what the Zygomatic bone is, where it connects to the Infraorbital Margin, etc. He won't tell you WHERE it is in the video, just that you should know it and to know its name (or give it a pseudo name). He starts sculpting at 33 Min mark, but goes on 10 more minutes to again explain the importance of knowing anatomy, of having a visual library for anatomy. By the 42 Min mark, you might actually learn something if you don't know anatomy, but he's just glossing over most of it and giving names of doctors who found or named the muscle. He's a good sculptor, and you might pick up a few things or two from this video, but I wouldn't say you'll learn a lot of things from the video, especially since it's an hour long.

[@Pedrokyubycardoso]

I understand what u mean but from what I see this was a good thing for people who already have some anatomy knowledge and need to fill some places we didn't know yet

[@twalling]

I wish he didn't get sidetracked when he was talking about the lips.

[@jessicaseley2045]

I wish that it would be more to the point,:( too much talk

[@TLordeh]

You should not rush, be patient listen carefully and devote your time thats the only way to become good at this and learn stuff ofc if you are a genius you can just ignore what i said

[@mikrusby68]

are nostril wings a bit like bingo wings:)

[@herokiryu2652]

You know the artist that teaches you to draw, half way he cuts the video and then show you a complete version. Feels like cheating.

[@tddavis]

Anatomy isn't about learning names it is about learning the shapes and forms of those names. The time you have the shape memorized you will know its name.

[@MatthewBaileyBeAfraid]

The first thing that pops into my head when you say "anatomy" is "the human form." But then I am not exactly typical (and I learned a bit of latin when I was younger, which tended to give me a deeper understanding of Western language than most my age). And... It is Paul EKman, not "Aikman". The distinction is slight. Ekman is a psychologist and Behavioralist, and not an Author, and he is probably more "pop-science" than "real science."

[@knight2battle]

I search for Grey Anatomy and i get these stupid TV series bullshit!

[@knight2battle]

qullabit thanks for the correction...

[@artistrahhul4244]

ha ha ha

[@knight2battle]

qullabit i still get fucking grey's anatomy! sonova bitch!

[@kingdeanvfx]

Ryan Kingslien Is the best teacher ever. Seriously :D I wish he will teach us more and more. The best Zbrush instructor plus easy to understand .

[@Harsh_Trip]

HOW CAN YOU HAVE YOUR PUDDING IF YOU CANT EAT YOUR MEAT !?!?!?

[@brazwen]

Pink Floyd