The Beast is done whoo hoo! The 3D print was painted to have a bronze patina. It was a fun experience with all the steps. I really enjoy the mix of digital and traditional art. I'm hooked on 3D printing. It's a satisfying experience for me, because I love physical sculptures, and it is fun to be able to make them with digital capabilities.
Here are a few of my life drawings from Common Art class. I edited the drawings in Procreate. Life drawing was fun and stimulating!
It'll take me too long to make the high res details I'd like to make, so the second week is finished for this assignment. I added texture to the horns, cape, and rock, and added branches with thorns to the base. The branches and thorns took me forever, because I placed them all individually. On to 3D printing!
Project Schedule:
Week 1: Plan out the project, make pure ref boards, sculpt the proxy/low res/Primary forms
Week 2: Finish the secondary forms and tertiary details.
Week 3: Retopo or do what I need to do to print the sculpture - OR continue to sculpt during this time
Week 4: Texture/assemble and paint and high res screenshots - OR just make a good 3D print
Only about halfway through this Beast sculpture. For week 2, I'll be refining everything: figuring out the base with the rose thorn branches, adding more fur, making the cloth ragged and asymmetrical, then adding fine details and asymmetry in zbrush. Made with Nomad.
Project Schedule:
Week 1: Plan out the project, make pure ref boards, sculpt the proxy/low res/Primary forms
Week 2: Finish the secondary forms and tertiary details.
Week 3: Retopo or do what I need to do to print the sculpture - OR continue to sculpt during this time
Week 4: Texture/assemble and paint and high res screenshots - OR just make a good 3D print
For this 3D art project, I have to manage my schedule and create my own subject matter for the project. I made a list of projects for myself in a previous post, but I have chosen to make a new subject: Beast, like from The Beauty and the Beast. I want to make something I am comfortable with, but making it realistic and detailed is still challenging. I'd like to make a bust of the beast that will be 3D printed and painted traditionally. I'd also like to prepare the pieces of the sculpture as if they are to be a sculpture kit to be duplicated and sold. I've never 3D printed anything and would like to learn.
This project will be challenging because I will need to render realistic, hair/fur, skin texture, horn texture, rose petals, and cloth. I will also need to figure out a fitting base for the bust to stand on, how to create keys for the parts of the sculpture to attach to one another, and how to 3D print a good model. I will be happy if I can just get a good print and everything to assemble well, without worrying about painting it.
I'll follow the schedule we have been using throughout the semester:
Week 1: Plan out the project, make pure ref boards, sculpt the proxy/low res/Primary forms
Week 2: Finish the secondary forms and tertiary details.
Week 3: Retopo or do what I need to do to print the sculpture - OR continue to sculpt during this time
Week 4: Texture/assemble and paint and high res screenshots - OR just make a good 3D print
Pure Ref Board of The Beast project and two possible other subjects for this project:
The Beast
The Wolfman
Universal Studios Halloween Horror Nights Wolfman illustration: I love this illustration of the Wolfman and it seems simple enough to make a bust of it with a base. I would also like to turn this into a 3D print. I'll texture this in substance and will also traditionally paint the 3D print.
Frankenstein's Monster
Frankenstein's Monster. I have always admired Bernie Wrightson's rendition of Frankenstein's monster. My version will not look as corpse-like in the face. He will keep the same form but have more of a stitched Robert De Niro Frankenstein look.
I decided to kill two birds with one stone by studying anatomy and practicing VR Sculpting simultaneously. I am a week behind now, but I pla...
