4ColorGrafix » the art and designs of Kofi Garbrah http://www.4colorgrafix.net Wed, 10 Apr 2013 18:39:41 +0000 en-US hourly 1 Working on Likeness… http://www.4colorgrafix.net/blog/2013/04/09/working-on-likeness/ http://www.4colorgrafix.net/blog/2013/04/09/working-on-likeness/#comments Wed, 10 Apr 2013 03:59:58 +0000 Webmaster K http://www.4colorgrafix.net/?p=2830 likenessFeature
Working on Likeness is one of the most difficult things to do in sculpting. Trying to replicate the shape, shadows and angles of a face based on photos taken at different stages of someone's life can be challenging. Here are are two of my attempts in ZBrush. Scroll to the end to see who I was trying to portray.

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In ZBrush tools can't be retopologized without destroying existing 3D layers. In Blender, objects can be retopologized and existing Shape keys will be altered accordingly. The altered base object and its shape keys can then be reimported into ZBrush. The conversion is tedious work.

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]]> http://www.4colorgrafix.net/blog/2013/03/10/turn-zbrush-3d-layers-into-blender-shape-keys/feed/ 0 My Nine Favorite Sculptors (Digital and Traditional) http://www.4colorgrafix.net/blog/2013/02/01/my-nine-favorite-artists-digital-and-traditional/ http://www.4colorgrafix.net/blog/2013/02/01/my-nine-favorite-artists-digital-and-traditional/#comments Fri, 01 Feb 2013 07:00:46 +0000 Webmaster K http://www.4colorgrafix.net/?p=2391 Bernini's David from Wiki Commons
Figurative art is all about observation. Looking at the work of other artists helps to improve an artist's technique. These are the artists who inspire me to be better. I learn just by looking at their work and some of them have videos detailing their technique.

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To model from scratch or not. This question has caused great debate between modellers and Poser users.

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Here is a visual demonstration of what a good base mesh can be. All the faces in this article were built off the same base mesh, which can be downloaded at the end of this article.

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Quad meshes are ideal for digital sculpting and 3d animation. Sculpting on a mesh with a mixture of quads and non quads can result in pinching and sharp angles in unwanted areas. Here I present some cases where polygons can be converted into quads.

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I have created some scripts to assist with scene creation in Blender. These scripts are free to use and modify with attribution. I am distributing them under the MIT license http://opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php. View the scripts here.

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What is so great about BSurfaces? Put simply, BSurfaces allows an artist to create an intricate surface with just a few hand drawn lines...

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