The Most Common Anatomical Mistakes While Sculpting Human Faces!

In this video I go over the most common anatomical/proportion mistakes I've seen over the years (some of them still haunt me sometimes!) when it comes to sculpting faces digitally. I hope you enjoy the video (longer than I thought it would be!) and if you do, please help me to share it, hit the subscribe button if you want to see more videos like this one and the bell icon to receive notifications for my next videos!
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[@Aleczanderm]

I cant tell you how many anatomy videos ive watched where the instructor is very vague and theoretical. "Just sculpt/paint what you see." "always compare". Thank you for being straight and showing areas that have the most mistakes. This proves how great of a teacher you are!

[@leandrosn962]

Can't believe such a high level content is available for free. Thanks, Kris!!!

[@TheAntropusChannel]

Glad you enjoy it!

[@anthony_leckie]

I've been appreciating your work since 2007. Thank you for what you've shared of your process over the years. Hugely inspirational.

[@JDLeeArt]

Great video! I really appreciate the detailed information.

[@scarlet8078]

This is SO GOOD!! I mainly do environment concept work, but when I do characters I notice a few areas where the 3D artists struggle (to be fair, I'm sure their job is technically more difficult than mine in 2D): #1 failure to recognize loss of mid-face volume in older characters. Any char who is not a child, teen, or highly stylized has SOME loss of mid-face volume. This manifests in concave areas below the "eye bag" & in the cheeks. #2 is insufficient cranial volume in the back or lack of sloping in front top of cranium. You mention this, too. #3 is the neck, just all of it, I realize it's incredibly complex but so many 3D guys just model a cylinder neck & it really detracts from the char. #4 lower part of skull by mouth not properly convex, seeming flat. I tend to also observe low nose bridge but this varies widely by ethnicity so if your 3D team isn't accustomed to sculpting Westerners, they need to be told to pull out the nose bridge. I could go on, but you've covered quite a few. Your sculpting is beautiful, A+

[@drewgamble8380]

Dang dude, this is some top-tier advice (and very well articulated). Mad respect for releasing content like this for free.

[@micielago]

Thanks Kris! I can't wait to enroll in one of your courses!

[@Noob12369]

brilliant video to watch whilst drinking my morning tea :)

[@emmanuelardizzone9743]

Inspiring and full of great information as always! Thanks for sharing!

[@TheAntropusChannel]

My pleasure!

[@live3dprintspt920]

My go to video ❤

[@angelnievesphoto]

Great content, this is a gold mine. Hope to keep seeing more videos from you bud.

[@pierrebourgeot]

Thanks for this video Kris, your classes are awesome too, highly recommend!

[@khoinguyen3414]

thank you for that summary! I just realize my models got alot of mistakes that you mention. Looking forward your awesome work!

[@3d3do]

peekaboo

[@Gatz3D]

This was very helpful and informative! I really appreciate your use of anatomy to explain placement and breaking up the parts. Really awesome video, thanks! 👏👏

[@kurtbutler5692]

Very professional bro , you're a natural!

[@pietrofirmino]

You're a legend Kris! How incredible is your work!

[@cameron9225]

Happy you back great work kris

[@viniciusvelo6292]

That was great, Khris! Awsome! Thanks a lot!

[@gevikshanazari9972]

Only youtuber I hit the ringbell for

[@ivo4277]

Really cool that you started this,. Channel, keep it up. Great stuff. Will watch the vid tonight.

[@OlegRTT]

Rly great video. Most of this forms ignoring by other. THANK YOU! and some people just better in explaining. Thank you one more time.

[@andrekling]

wow, superb. I can see so many of my mistakes in this video, thank you for that, i will revisit this video many times for sure. A master class, so much igood nfo in a short time.

[@someoneintheearth5117]

Thanks for this valuable informations.

[@eberriera1]

that carve brush, though. Teach us the way, master. How do we do it? haha amazing vids, man! Really educational.

[@212gui]

Obrigado por este video Kris!!!

[@raphaelferreirabjj]

Thank you very much for this video, Kris! You are amazing, man! I'm a huge fan. Cheers from Brazil!

[@AlexTamayo.]

Thank you, Kris!

[@alexcas]

Incredibly helpful video. Thanks a bunch!

[@melsoro7311]

you are the greatest teacher ever. this taught me so much! every minute was worth it 16:36 bookmark

[@sergiogonzalez2611]

wonderfull. thank you for kindly shared the knowledge of countless hours, thank you and best regards

[@chrisjames6424]

Great info - thanks for sharing! I love these more technical anatomy videos.

[@AmitKolay]

So many great information here, thank you very much!

[@ZephrusPrime]

Looks like were gonna needs some BIGGER RAM!!! Super cool bro thanks so much for your help!!

[@simplythebest2k]

I love his work.

[@adityaverma6024]

Thank you so much it helps me a lot

[@MrShadyMustafa]

big like for you before i watch anything

[@iskanderkhalmurzaev7111]

Sir, you're a legend !!!!!!!!!

[@Lupo_Den]

master class!! great content MR!!

[@dimitry9817]

Hope you make more awesome videos like this in future! 🙏

[@sheepFactory]

Thank you so much, This is Beautiful.

[@Smelly13]

Some of the things you're going through is also anatomical differences; All the bones are varied in different individuals - the teeth and mouth not the least. Overbites, underbites etc. Something that is not explored enough maybe! Because both are normal variations. But otherwise it's nice watching your tutorial :)

[@inky4690]

This is some amazing stuff

[@bohdan_lvov]

Holy shit, that's the most useful video on this goddamn site. Thanks, Kris!

[@pitakja]

So nice

[@VHSlasher]

Thanks for Sharing

[@matthewwilliams9093]

JUST WOW!!! THANK YOU

[@Timmen8e7]

thank you for sharing

[@DejiDigital]

The main anatomical mistake people make when sculpting the face is not learning anatomy at all. I don't know why people don't... A lot of people would rather stumble through the dark for years trying to get good with just reference when they don't need to. Anatomy can be daunting but there are amazing courses and teachers that make the process of learning much easier. There's Kris Costa, Scott Eaton, Ryan Kingslien, and quite a few more. But people would still just poorly copy reference and have all these models with weird random lumps and bumps. Where as if you just spent a few weeks learning the actual anatomy, you're like 70% of your way to becoming an advanced skilled sculptor. 70% anatomical knowledge, 30% reference.

[@CurtisD01]

luckily I got into sculpting faces cause of historical facial reconstructions like they did with Richard III, so I got all the info from that

[@RyanKingslienVertexSchool]

True and Kris is a master. We're blessed to have his wisdom here.

[@harrysanders818]

After starting to learn drawing and painting, I realized its not all about Anatomy either. You gotta also understand other fundamentals like simplification/shapes, values/lighting, basic forms, geasture, types of folds, big medium small, contrast etc. Only knowing Anatomy does not guarantee to make an appealing sculpture that has life in it. Albeit it is an an imortant basic part of the equation, it will only get you so far if you stop there. There are lots of examples also of the opposite end out there: Sculpts that look like medical charts, done by the numbers, overly symmetrical, stiff, with a lack of feel, emotion, and interptetation of the subject, and an obvious lack of observation skills. There are multiple levels to this. Anatomy is just one of them and overly focussing on it can also be a crutch to blend out that it in itself is not all we have to learn.

[@oliveuk]

Really good tips !!

[@FrazettaGirls]

Beautiful work! Reach out to us if you need a high resolution picture.

[@TheAntropusChannel]

I would LOVE that! How can I get a hold of them? Thank you :)

[@likesyrup_creative]

Really great info

[@rafasouzaart]

Belissimooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo Kris

[@aleksanderw5536]

Great video.

[@guaracilage]

Baita de um aulão!

[@anulchand5552]

great video . Can u make video on the face proportions thanks

[@woodbyte]

I don't think I ever truly realized how important Weta's Tissue system is until I watched this. At some point of fidelity it actually becomes much, much harder to fake it than to accurately simulate it. The body is just too intricate even in a static form, let alone in movement.

[@TheSatzy6699]

Excellento !!!

[@adrianperez3878]

Thanks for the info =)

[@KarelChytilArt]

Thanks a lot

[@invntiv]

the render looks like JK Simmons!!!

[@gargalhandooO]

Valeu Kris ♥

[@MattiasLind]

Great video, really amazing info! :) Sound distorts a bit though, maybe need to be a bit further from the mic ;)

[@Valkonnen]

Frazetta is the best fantasy illustrator who ever lived. Guy's like Boris Vallejo try to do the same, but fall way short.

[@SuicidalCookie]

your sculpt so far lowkey also looks like Jon Hamm from MadMen

[@urkogaldona]

Thank you so much master! the ear 1km from the face XD

[@m0r0gu3]

Human binocular vision is 35mm lens on a 35mm camera, 50mm is equivalent to monocular vision on a 35mm camera. And zbrush cameras just suck. Pro photographers usually shoot portraits with 85mm to make people look better.

[@michaelnavarromilanes7326]

Are you planning on creating a bundle with your last three classes?

[@ArtofNock3d]

nice!

[@luizalexandre2204]

Cripta era muito massa mesmo!

[@danjo1967]

and just think; the romans and greeks had no z brush, no 3d printers... just stone and marble with a chisel

[@gustavosantos106]

At first I thought it was G-Man. Put him a military haircut and a suit. "Time, Mr. Freeman?"

[@ocadyen7044]

looks nothing like G-man, clean your glasses!

[@DDesigner123]

what do you charge to create a model of someone's likeness?

[@alishzart1183]

❤❤

[@DaveDFX]

Whooooa!

[@srinantumukherjee]

❤

[@xalener]

follow in the footsteps of Frazetta get fucking yoked so you can just pose in front of a mirror and you never have to hire a model

[@dischodave]

Wonderful video. I'm currently sculpting a character for a college assignment and this video is a welcome resource. Thanks man!