Hi @tobitaurus – Thanks so much for your kind words! They mean a lot. In fact I copied and pasted them to my personal happy file for the rainy days 🙂
To answer your question: No, I do not sculpt each head like this. The loomis method is only there to help beginners / people unfamiliar shaping the human head. Once someone is comfortable or proficient, it’s much more efficient and reasonable to start with a generic head.
Sometimes I will start with a generic head similar to the start of this lesson, transitioning from planes of the face into the smoothed basic version that needs facial features refined. I’ll usually go this route if my project is more relaxed and I can take my time. Or if it’s going to be a humanoid creature more than a regular human.
Other times I need to get a regular human done quicker, then I will start further down the line. Like a generic head that’s already been retopologized and just needs facial feature alteration and skin pores (like the start of this lesson).
I think there’s a common feeling of “cheating” to start with something other than a sphere. But again, once someone has sculpted a head from scratch a few times and is clearly comfortable / proficient, it’s kinda silly to always start from a sphere. Nothing wrong with it, just not as efficient.
