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Hi Laura. When should I move to the next chapter? I have a basic understanding of the tool now, but I can only sculpt a sphere into the head of a creepy rabbit, instead of a cat. Should I keep practicing till the result is a lot better, or should I move to chapter 2 of this series?
You can move on after you’ve sculpted an animal head or two. You’ll sculpt human heads further down the line and you’ll get a lot out of that.
Thanks, Laura.
Hey Laura, would like to know your opinion on this. I learnt to use dynamesh to a certain point where the piece is established and relatively polished. Then I duplicate it, Zremesh it, add about 6 subdivs and then ProjectAll from the dynamesh onto the Zremeshed duplicate. That way you have subdivs and you can polish the model further. It’s quicker than to have to retopo in order to have subdivs. What are your thoughts on that?
It’s a solid workflow Willie, I do that a lot too.
Ok awesome, thank you.
thank you
Hello Laura, in the Q&A part of the video, Quix asked you about the export scale and right geometry size that you covered weeks ago (video time about 3:56:00). Is the video on the website so I can watch it? I’ve been sculpting the whole time without setting it correctly and always have the AutoCrop status enabled so I cannot change the focal lenght. Thank you.
Hi Daniel! I made a Youtube video on this very topic: https://youtu.be/EXjfH_X2hkM
Hope that helps!
Awesome! Thank you very much.
I should save my sculpture as an active tool. So I can go back to it?
Yup! Saving the document won’t save the tool (the sculpture).
Hi Laura, when I try to sculpt with claybuildup brush, the strokes always felt very blocky. I tried to play with focal shift and lazy mouse settings but it just felt… off. Is there any adjustments I can do to achieve the smooth feeling like yours? Sorry if I can’t expain the question really well, English is not my mother tongue, I hope you can still understand what I am trying to ask.
Hi Shu, thank you for your question. Have you set the Alpha-> Blur value to 15 and the Stroke -> Roll Dist to 6? Those two settings have a bigger impact for me than lazy mouse and focal shift. I’m not sure what else could be contributing to your brush strokes not feeling smooth but if you can’t figure it out, send me a quick video of your strokes at laura@outgang.studio and I’ll see if there’s anything that comes to mind.
Cheers!
Laura.
Hey Laura, I tried your suggestion and it works like a charm! Especially the roll dist setting really makes my strokes A LOT smoother. Thank you for the helpful suggestion and quick reply, Laura. You really are the best teacher out there on the internet.
Hi Laura, The point about the second screen was great, it’s something i’ve sorta suspected for a while, but didnt’ really take seriously as i did not want to give up “screen real estate”. Today i gave it a try to put my ref on my primary monitor with pureref, and i have to say, it’s been a HUGE difference for me. How could something so obvious have taken me so long to grasp. This alone is going to be HUGE in my improvement as an artist.
It makes sense to want to maximize screen real estate but having references close by has been well researched. There’s even a name for it: Spatial Contiguity Principle. Look it up if you want to nerd out.
I can’t watch the video
Hi Long, the video plays fine on my side. I’ve reached out to you by email to troubleshoot what the issue might be. Cheers!