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[jacked]

thnx cxyda for the tips no its just an anatomy study for getting the proportions right, not really for muscles or anythin just put them in there as a reference for me to figure it out. just a way to check if the stomach area is in the right place and cuvres etc.

hey piggy thnx for the tips. im following ryans blog and visualariums posts but i really want to follow his or scott eatons workshops on anatomy but just cant afford them yet… soon i will and i really hope i learn what i need to learn, i have no doubt i will though…

this sculpt is only dynamesh and organic buildup brush & move brush just trying to get my proportions right. so i can have a more realistic sculpt.

yeah i know the books from scott spencer are great i read them latest one i bought whas introduction to z4, still reading and testing techniques but here in amsterdam there are really slim sources for finding books on zbrush so most i have to order online… which takes for ever to get here coz its all overseas.

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[Cxyda]

hey … i prefer video tutorials like the gnomon tutorials or tutorials at youtube are sometimes good too, they are free and as long as pixologic releases everey month a new version with outstanding new features, books are outdated as soon as they where published

Cxyda

[jacked]

hey guys i started from scratch to retry the anatomy this time a symetrical and i think im going the right way now.
maybe youre right about starting to see different cxyda. thnx a lot for the advice.

yeah i’ve watched them video tutorials a lot. also found some gnomon tutorials although there from zbrush 3 they still help tho.

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hey guys thnx for all the advices here is my anatomy tryout or mayb i should call it proportion try out.
anyway tell me what you think of it.

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[CarlosVidal]

I’m not one to give lessons but I think you should practice with simple things. Try to make body parts.

[VISEone]

It looks like you want to jump right into the big game but missing to go step by step and learning the basics.
Try to concentrate on one thing first so you don’t loose track on your model.

Why not start a bust first - and try out several faces/expressions/gender before you go on and start with a full body.
You have much better control over a bust than over a full body and while you sculpt on that you learn trechniques that will help you when you start to go further and model whole characters…

I started with simple things too and slowly now start to go over to full body models which is really hard - not loosing proportions and not even speaking of the techniques neccessary for sculpting good anatomy.

I highly recommend tutorials from EAT3D.com - much better investment than books. I bought INDRODUCING ZB4.0 by Eric Keller but use it more as a manual if I’m lost with different tools. But PIXOLOGIC is developing so fast lately that it will be hard to find an UP2DATE book - so online resources are the better thing in my opinion.

I’m still learning a lot myself and I don’t even start thinking of modeling a full humanlike character since it takes a lot of practise and knowledge about anatomy and using the right sculpting tools.

So it’s only a personal advise from me - since it won’t help you to praise your stuff like “cool - keep going!” and comments like that.

I think it’s a general problem of the forums these days. Lot of upcoming artists and/or forum users are posting comments and praise the stuff instead of really giving advise and a helping hand. Sometimes I think it’s fishing for compliments like I praised your stuff - now visit my thread and leave a positive comment as well…
This is not helping at all…

So you are very lucky and some fellas here already did give you some good help like Cxyda or Piggy - you just need to listen and slow down for a second…

[MaxPeterson]

Not true. If you know what you want, and have a picture of what you will get you can archieve everything.

I started directly with human bodies. Doing anything, just to learn, tells me you never had a target.

An artist needs only one big thing and this is observationskill.
I worked 2 years now on my first project (besides i did a lot others) but the first one is always the project which will decide if you give up or realize your idea until its perfect.

You will have to redo it agains and again. But NEVER change the filename! this is more an ego thing.

Things I came up with some years ago during my own first project:

Hairs always as seperated tool. Topology is everything. And import a predone human mesh into your zbrush.

The maybe best advice i can give you is:
Use porns as references. I used a lot of Metart models.

The difference between porns and body references from pages like 3d-sk is that porns are mostly more frequently found on forums than 3d-sk pictures.

[Silo]

hey guys thnx for the feedback, yeah i know my anatomy is terrible for now but i just dont know where im messing up, i have almost full database from 3dsk on pictures i watched almost every tutorial i got my hands on about tutorials, subscribed to visualarium from ryan watched all his work but still there is just something i cant find that keeps messing it up…any ideas guy’s ? should i sculpt in perspective or not, even if i overlay my sculpts on 3dsk references most times they match on silhouette so i just dont get it.

please help me out??

thnx jacked

one Qu. jacked… do u use a tablet !?
Practicing is ur answer to all ur Questions;)

[VISEone]

Don’t give up so quick - and don’t be dissapointed by your own work…it needs a lot of practise and you are on the right path - just give yourself some time and you’ll see - with each model it gets better.

[Pixolshaper]

It seems that you have a good basic understanding of ZBrush. Your human figure skills, still at a beginning level.

Here’s my suggestions to level up:

If there’s a community college near you, see if they have a life drawing class. See if you can enroll in it. Go to each class and forget (for the time being) about sculpting, computers. Just focus on the drawing. This will tie in with what others have said about observing and drawing from pictures. Nothing beats life drawing for getting a good handle on human anatomy.

If the life drawing class isn’t an option, then go to a park and do quick sketches of people there. Watch TV with your sketch book at the ready and if you can, pause when there’s an interesting pose and draw it.

Don’t worry so much about every single muscle, try to see how the big forms (torso, thigh, etc…) look and work with what they’re attached to. Get an understanding of proportion and relationships in the human form.

A great book for beginners is Jack Hamm’s Drawing the Face and Figure, heck, I still have my copy and continue to refer to it. Another good book is by Joseph Sheppard – “Anatomy: A complete Guide for Artists.” He has other books out that are good references: “Drawing the living figure” and “Realistic Figure Drawing” to name two.

This is all about internalizing info on the human figure, so when you get into ZBrush, your sculpts will be based on that knowledge.

This is a life-long pursuit. You can watch all the how-to videos you want, but without lots and lots of practice – you just won’t really improve.

[jacked]

hey guys thnx for all the tips and crits i just stopped anatomy for now had to do something else so ill be able to have a fresh look on anatomy. soon to be continued but for now just an speedsculpt of an 1,5 hour i just did

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[bio-designer]

My god, I love this so much - beautifully clean curves… small_orange_diamond

J

p.s. I’ve just PM’d you

[VISEone]

Great progress!!!
Good sculpting - clean concept - awesome!

Congrats!

[jacked]

thnx guys for the comments and thnx guys for beeing honest with me on th anatomy soon ill pick it up again for so far im putting it to a rest for now.
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[jacked]

hey guys

@ silo yeah im using a tablet from wacom, i use the bamboo for now coz it was a present but im saving for a cintiq and a new laptop or desktop currently working on a samsung that actually is workin great but lacks a good videocard. so im still wondering if i should go for another laptop or should i go for a desktop cause most work i do on the road so i dont know yet.

@MAXPETERSON yeah i know what you mean ive build quite a database on metart models because i find it more realistic the way they pose, then 3dsk but yeah its just an opinion for me.

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[jacked]

het guys finished my speedsculpt so here it is
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[jacked]

hey guys started something new for a change hahaha

[jacked]

hey guys just a quick retry of anatomy think im going the right way…still a dynamesh fase just trying some stuff. let me know what you think and see

thnx
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[jacked]

hey guys just a small update put in some hands and feet
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[jacked]

hey guys just another update here started to take it part by part first the base mesh then the head slowly going down and then try to keep it all right still strugling with that but it will come eventually

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