Female form speed sculpt (Nudity)

[tez]

Last month I Joined up with 3D.sk.com to learn the basics of female form. With this project I thought it was time to test what I had remembered so far, so decided to do a speed sculpt with no viewing of references. The base mesh started with a very basic mesh with no edge flow to dictate any form.

By sculpting fast, it would mean by doing so I would have to rely on what is hard wired into my head. I recorded the whole session and uploaded it for streaming which you can view hear my commentry. The whole sculpt took just over a hour incuding building a new topology. The hands and feet was not my priorityfor the speed sculpt, I will update this thread with new sculpts in these areas.

http://www.veoh.com/videos/v1309656TMG6y2GQ?c=CGDreams

Part way through the sculpt of basic form, I used Zbrush rather cool topology tools to produce a new mesh, from which I projected all form base sculpt onto it. From there I continued to sculpt using a combination of the Move, Standard, Pinch, Smooth, Inflate and transpose tools.

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Version shown in video.

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Version 2

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Two different head types

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Thanks, Danny.

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[LD1]

Hi, is there another place that your video can be downloaded? I keep getting this error message: Outside your content setting. BTW: I am using a Mac but I have programs that will run Windows video.

[tez]

There is another version of this video with no audio that is the Mov file, right from Zbrush, this should be ok with your Mac.

I found that watching this one with VeohTv works better than from the site page. In this link your have access to both versions, Audio and no Audio. To download it your need to get VeohTv ,the file downloads via that. Either way they should both be streamable.

http://www.veoh.com/channels/CGDreams

[tez]

Here is a pic of the head with perspective on.

[tez]

Here is a SSS test from Modo. I am new to Modo and havent texture her as of yet, but here is a quick sample.

[tez]

Here is a texture test on the head between stages of the head sculpt. I did this texture test to see what she looked like at. Mind you this was about a body sculpt so I went a little off track, thought il post it anyway.

Zbrush sculpt, Texture and Render.

[MSMBrush]

tez u modeling is simply the best noo simply the gratee, i like ur vedio tutriol and retopology, 5 stars from msm

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regards
MSM

[Duck]

excellent sculpting. love the video

[Altermind]

good face

the back… what happened LOL

[tez]

MSMBrush, Thanks for the support it means alot to me.

Duck, Thankyou for your kind comments.

Altermind, LOL back of what! Head, Body if you could give me a bit more id apreciate it. Iv had plenty of prectice at heads but these heads are way better than iv done before, thanks.

Keep the comments comming, all constructive crits welcome.

[Altermind]

please don’t think of this as harsh… it’s a good start I’m also doing a female body hehe and I’ve been ripped apart also LOL

if u want me to remove this I will >.< but I hope it helps

[strict9]

i think its a valid observation altermind.
myself uuhhmm i forgot to look futher than the upper body…which i noticed has been painted with more detail
than the rest

[tez]

Thanks guys, that is helpfull. The more info the better. If I had done this off a refference picture it would have these areas correct but Im not going to correct these on this model as it wouldnt show what I had retained memory wise during my speed sculpt.

I was a bit silly actualy as the pic your commenting on wasnt my speed sculpt. I will do a new one, and with some refference pics plus using your advice on the areas shown above.

Thanks again, it wasnt harsh if its constructive. Its kinda dangerouse doing it fast as it may not be showing ature finnished result should I have spent a few hours on it, but hey thats whay this test was for.

[tez]

This the quick sculpt version as shown in video. I should not have put other practice pics in my thread as it may confuse people on what was done in that hour. The pics below are direct from my saved quick sculpt. Feel free to crit.

[tez]

Ok, I could not resist, here are some minor added changes some of which you mentioned.

1. She apeared to have no hint obliques, so added some.
2. Inner knee too narrow, added some thickness.
3. For her arm position her arm pit should be higher at the back , lower at the front.
4. Sholder blade should stick out more for that arm position.
5. Her abbs apeared to have ended too early, this is corrected. (Red material shows more definition that is there.
6. gaver her inner quad muscle more size athough this isnt shown in non of my 3d.sk references on any models I have.
7. Lats smoothed out.
8. added more weight to Bum cheeks.
9. Added more weight to tricep area.
10. enlarged the feet
11. added the pectorial muscle definition to the arm pit.
12. redifined the collor bone to reflect the low fat level on her.
13. Ribs too shallow for posture.

[Altermind]

better

ok… here we go… arms are to thin for a female with this much body weight.
the ribs look like they were stuck on as an afterthought… with this much bodyfat… you’d hardly see them. sholderblades… they do tilt into the body… but not as sharp as that… once again body fat. she needs a sternum. I recomend sticking with a basic inni bewlly buttion… this kind is somewhat uncommon and therefor will often look wierd no matter how well u do it… also to big ass… needs more mass… also… needs to hang. give her a lower bulge on her stomich heh

keep going

[tez]

Thanks, il keep these things in mind. Most areas such as the bum are personal prefference as I have hundreds of female references and they all look difference in one way or another. You could say iv picked from my mind, what apeals to me. Ribs, lol, ok ok, I did just sculpt it quick in 30 seconds, my bad, am glad you pick up on that.

When I have more time today I will spend some decent time overal which should show a huge improovment. When its at a better level overal then I will do another speed sculpt and record it again to show that its hard wired into my brain. The new version will have proper hands and feet btw.

[tez]

Put her into a pose to see how she looks so far. This is not her final pose by a long way.

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[Altermind]

I think the thing that throws me off about this model is the perportions of the apendages and there constituant parts. if feels like she was constructed from a bunch of models. the model is most certaintly comming along tho… ribs still >.<

the pose is pretty damn nice mind u… I like the touch of the indentation in her seat

[tez]

PLaying around with a texture to see how she looks. With added sss later will look much better. I ghosted the wire over it as I liked the look. The head is just Zbrush preview, Im only doing these tests for a short break from sculpting.