Keiths Polybook

[Keith]

 Finally I’ve got around to starting Kent’s Epic course, I ‘ve watched the first chapter a couple of times over the Xmas break – so I’m gonna jump in and have a go now! Not expecting my first attempt to be any good, but it should be fun 👍

Here’s some WIP after lesson 2

[Michael Mirn]

Looks like this thread is going to be a constant spoiler alert for me 🙂 I haven’t even unzipped these files yet! But I wish you luck, Keith.

[Keith]

Thanks Michael! You’re in for a real treat when you do get around to looking at this course – I’m really enjoying it so far!

[Keith]

Only a little time this evening but managed to progress to the next lesson. Very challenging to keep things planar – I just want smooth things purely out of habit! Must resist for now!! 😅

[Keith]

A little bit more spam from me after lesson 4 😅 

That was working on the neck which was very interesting. I am starting to understand the benefit of having a good grasp of the underlying anatomy and how those structures are formed. 

Still a challenge to keep things planar, but what great fun! 

[Shawn Blanch]

Very nice. You’re going to end up passing me

[Keith]

Some more progress from me, I’ve followed the lessons and defined more features of the mouth, nose and eyes

The eyes took a couple of attempts to get where they are – definitely the most tricky part yet. I’m seeing a bit of bumpiness here and there so I will smooth things out before moving to the ear.

[Keith]

It’s no race Shawn!!😅  

Besides, aren’t you busy making those sweet assets for the Spice vendors house?

[Keith]

Alert! More of my WIP spam incoming Sorry!! 🤪

I’ve followed along with the next couple of lessons and sculpted the ear, and then some more attention to the neck. It’s interesting how those subtle creases make such a difference on the neck! 

I’ve also practiced trying to capture my own likeness – definitely harder than you think! Interesting again to realise just how asymmetrical my ugly mug is 😅 Probably adding the facial hair later would help the likeness I feel

[jammingammon]

Nice ear! Sculpting those is definitely my nemesis at the moment. 

Everything is looking pretty darn good, I’d say.

[Adrian Bellworthy]

Those ears look great, as does the rest of the head.

[Keith]

@jammingammon thanks fir that! Yea the ear can be a bit tricky for sure – Kent’s step by step is really useful!

I’ve started putting some sculpting boards together on my Pinterest, I’m also finding those helpful – feel free to take a look if you like – maybe they can help you too?

https://pin.it/4uT7uPp

@adrian2301 Thanks Adrian I appreciate it!! 👍👍👍

[jammingammon]

Thanks man! I’ll definitely be checking those out soon. Hoping to move onto some sculpting of the human body in the next few months.

[Keith]

Nothing exciting here, just some more practice results. 

I’ve decided to go back to the start in an attempt to really commit the shapes of the head to memory using Kents formula. Kent’s reference head is orange and the grey one is how far I can go without watching the tutorial. I will try and do the same thing for the next levels of detail and I hope that this will reinforce the shapes to my mind.

I’ve also been sculpting some mouths, again to try and memorise the anatomy – I think I’ll do that with each feature until I really grasp the shapes I need to make.

This is going to take me a while but practice will hopefully make perfect eventually!👍 

[Michael Mirn]

Try Gottfried Bammes or Jeno Barcsay for anatomy)

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