[ENDED] BC2-1803 – March 2018 Class Homepage – Creating Stylized Characters with Blender

[Kent Trammell]

I agree, your sculpt is recognizable as Conan to me. I like your choice of features to exaggerate (that quiff!). The only thing I see right away that I would have exaggerated is the slant of his eyes. Still though, great job. A-quality work 👏

Sure, it’s no problem doing a character with animal traits or additions (like the rabbit ears). The principles we’ll explore in this class are applicable to non-human characters.

[Kent Trammell]

Good to see you again for this class, Katerina! This is a fun character. I like your idea to make his eyes feel glasses-like.

I do think @malhomsi makes a good point about the face being flat in profile. I’m looking forward to seeing this character fleshed out with a body 👍

[malhomsi]

good work! u may go heavier on the wrinckles around the eyes and the mouth , and deepen the eye pouches ! bigger ears maybe ? 

[malhomsi]

i see  Ian McKellen here ! nice 🙂  i saw ur stream yesterday it was cool ! i ddint recognize all u sculpting brushes , is this an add on ?

u sculpture (as usual ) is very good , i may just hint u to the upper eyelid,i may nid some fat , to make it fall a litlle !

[Vladislav Barsamov]

Thank you @oboshape !

I was aiming for Martin Lawrence, so @codywinch guessed right.

I did the facial hair with Clay Strips brush, with radius to almost minimum, maximum strength, doing quick brushstrokes. The subdivide modifier seems to preserve the form quick well for these.

@theluthier 

Thank you very much for your feedback, Kent! I would give Jason another try 🙂

[Jake Korosi]

Yeah, I gotta go with Ian McKellen too.  Not many around with eyebags like that!

[Kyle Blaine]

FINISHED!!! Here is my homework assignment for part 1!! Thank you SO MUCH Kent, Jack, Mike, and everybody for all your help, the draw-overs, everything! Sadly the hair was a bit of a rush job, but it’s now 3:00 AM and I have to be up at 6:30. Was it worth it? Well…yeah, actually. I learned a ton and I can actually be proud of this I feel, even if it’s not perfect. 🙂

I’m just happy I could get it done by Sunday. Sorry the screenshot is all I have at the moment. I’ll fiddle with cycles sometime to get it looking perfect eventually! (Or drop it by a mere 2MB so Sketchfab will take it. lol!)

I was fresh out of time for the cloak, but I threw in a stand-in to get the idea across. 🙂

[malhomsi]

great work here ! likeness is here anatomy looks ok ! the exageration is somewhat discret but u nail it !

u may go crazier with the hair ! it was helpfull to follow ur progress and the feedback of the others !

[Katerina Novakova]

Yesterday, I continued working on the character and gave him a bit of colour (first time using vertex colours). I found out it has its advantages, but also one major drawback. As I went back in today, I realized I couldn’t change the sculpt without losing the colour information. And as temporary as it is I didn’t want to redraw it at this stage. Luckily, I saw someone mention the lattice modifier, so I used that to slightly change the shape of his forehead and nose.

I also played a bit with his chin, but I didn’t capture it in screenshots. And I’ve started working on his clothes, so the latest version sports a badly sculpted shirt (which will be mostly hidden, I think).

[Jake Korosi]

Homework Submission Week 1:

All right, I think this is about as good as I can get him by today.  Ron Perlman:

Using the advice I was given here, I cranked up the exaggeration a ways.  Perlman has a huge brow in profile, it makes his eyes look small and set back in any non-straight-on perspective, so I shrunk his eyes and deepened the sockets.  The nose is a gimme really.  And then he has the long chin, and that very interesting shape to his upper “muzzle” that I thought was unique until you guys mentioned Will Ferrell.  Photos of Perlman have hair of many different lengths, so I went somewhat close-cropped to save myself a little work.  No filed horns I’m afraid, but I compromised with a red matcap.

Did you know that there was a Big Trouble in Little China comic book?  For real neither did I until like today – why am I never notified about these things?  Well now that I know about it, I think my character is going to be the comic illustrator’s rendition of Jack Burton:

[malhomsi]

very good sculpture ,i love it ! u may give hime a wider chin and jaw , but wow !

i see him doing the intro of a Fallout game : War, war never changes !

[Vladislav Barsamov]

Week 1 homework submission

So, to make it an official submission, here is my two tries on caricature bust.

First try – Jason Statham

I am not quite happy with how it turned out. I guess one of the key feature of Statham’s appearance is his “haircut”. I am not familiar with particle hair so tried my best with clay strips.

So, second try – Martin Lawrence

This one was actually much easier to work with since his facial features are much more apparent.

As for the concept art I’d also have two. Think I am gonna try doing both.

The first one is empowered with my 16-bit childhood nostalgia – Boogerman

*any similarities of Jason Statham and Boogerman are purely coincidental.

Now I’d check out the Boogerman movie starring Statham… Or I’d rather not…

As a backup plan I found a nice concept on artstation by Audrey Axt.

[malhomsi]

good work ! both feels fine , even if Lawrence is more recognizable !

[malhomsi]

i’m curieus to see if anyone has choose a feminan character !

i wanted to give a try with a woman quick sculpture trying to get the likenss .

u see who she is .?    ( Taylor Swift )

[Vladislav Barsamov]

That’s Emma Stone maybe?

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