{"id":4908,"date":"2021-11-12T22:16:10","date_gmt":"2021-11-13T06:16:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lizliu.com\/sketchblog\/?p=4908"},"modified":"2021-11-16T00:48:26","modified_gmt":"2021-11-16T08:48:26","slug":"blender-sculpts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/landylachs.com\/sketchblog\/2021\/11\/blender-sculpts\/","title":{"rendered":"Blender Sculpts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Earlier this year, I had a hankering to try and learn 3D sculpting. ZBrush is the go-to program for this, but because I wasn&#8217;t sure the laptop I was using could handle it, I became interested to try <a href=\"https:\/\/www.blender.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Blender<\/a> first.<\/p>\n<p>I was also interested in checking out <a href=\"https:\/\/www.blender.org\/features\/sculpting\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Blender&#8217;s sculpting tools,<\/a> because I had heard they&#8217;ve been making real strides as of late. I had heard that their developers were becoming closer and closer to rivaling ZBrush. I also stumbled across the amazing <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BadZrlwt\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Entei Ryu&#8217;s<\/a> &#8220;sculpt+paint&#8221; artworks around this time, which are her gorgeous ZBrush works that she paints over in a 2d program. She&#8217;s largely what inspired to finally try exploring 3d sculpting this year!<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ll post a few of my first Blender sculpts below, and follow-up with another post chronicling my forays into ZBrush next!<\/p>\n<p>These are in roughly reverse chronological order, which means they become subsequently more silly the further down you scroll:<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4938\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4938\" style=\"width: 950px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lizliu.com\/sketchblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/2021.04.21-head-practice-wip-web1c.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-4938 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/lizliu.com\/sketchblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/2021.04.21-head-practice-wip-web1c.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"950\" height=\"950\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lizliu.com\/sketchblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/2021.04.21-head-practice-wip-web1c.jpg 950w, https:\/\/lizliu.com\/sketchblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/2021.04.21-head-practice-wip-web1c-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/lizliu.com\/sketchblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/2021.04.21-head-practice-wip-web1c-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/lizliu.com\/sketchblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/2021.04.21-head-practice-wip-web1c-768x768.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 950px) 100vw, 950px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4938\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Corveil | Blender Sculpt+Paint<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>First, we have a sculpt+paint of Corveil. It was sculpted using Blender&#8217;s sculpting tools, rendered out, and then the still rendered frame was painted over in Photoshop.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/lizliu.com\/sketchblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/2021.04.22-aurelle-paintover-2-web.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4935\" src=\"https:\/\/lizliu.com\/sketchblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/2021.04.22-aurelle-paintover-2-web.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"950\" height=\"950\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lizliu.com\/sketchblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/2021.04.22-aurelle-paintover-2-web.jpg 950w, https:\/\/lizliu.com\/sketchblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/2021.04.22-aurelle-paintover-2-web-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/lizliu.com\/sketchblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/2021.04.22-aurelle-paintover-2-web-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/lizliu.com\/sketchblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/2021.04.22-aurelle-paintover-2-web-768x768.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 950px) 100vw, 950px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Here is a Blender sculpt+paint of Aurelle, one of the characters from a personal project!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/lizliu.com\/sketchblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/2021.04.22-aurelle-2-render-web.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4936\" src=\"https:\/\/lizliu.com\/sketchblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/2021.04.22-aurelle-2-render-web-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lizliu.com\/sketchblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/2021.04.22-aurelle-2-render-web-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/lizliu.com\/sketchblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/2021.04.22-aurelle-2-render-web-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/lizliu.com\/sketchblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/2021.04.22-aurelle-2-render-web-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/lizliu.com\/sketchblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/2021.04.22-aurelle-2-render-web.jpg 950w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Above is the Blender sculpt itself! Click the smaller image to see a larger version.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4937\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4937\" style=\"width: 1080px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lizliu.com\/sketchblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/2021.04.22-aurelle-paintover-web1a.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-4937 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/lizliu.com\/sketchblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/2021.04.22-aurelle-paintover-web1a.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1080\" height=\"1080\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lizliu.com\/sketchblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/2021.04.22-aurelle-paintover-web1a.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/lizliu.com\/sketchblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/2021.04.22-aurelle-paintover-web1a-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/lizliu.com\/sketchblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/2021.04.22-aurelle-paintover-web1a-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/lizliu.com\/sketchblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/2021.04.22-aurelle-paintover-web1a-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/lizliu.com\/sketchblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/2021.04.22-aurelle-paintover-web1a-768x768.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 1080px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4937\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Aurelle | Blender Sculpt+Paint<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Next is a sculpt+paint of Aurelle.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4943\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4943\" style=\"width: 2160px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lizliu.com\/sketchblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/fifth-practice-web3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-4943 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/lizliu.com\/sketchblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/fifth-practice-web3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2160\" height=\"1080\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lizliu.com\/sketchblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/fifth-practice-web3.jpg 2160w, https:\/\/lizliu.com\/sketchblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/fifth-practice-web3-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/lizliu.com\/sketchblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/fifth-practice-web3-1024x512.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/lizliu.com\/sketchblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/fifth-practice-web3-768x384.jpg 768w, https:\/\/lizliu.com\/sketchblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/fifth-practice-web3-1536x768.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/lizliu.com\/sketchblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/fifth-practice-web3-2048x1024.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/lizliu.com\/sketchblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/fifth-practice-web3-1140x570.jpg 1140w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2160px) 100vw, 2160px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4943\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lion Head | Blender Sculpt<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>This was one of the earlier sculpts I tried. I was mainly familiarizing myself with the sculpting tools and brush in the program. <a href=\"https:\/\/lizliu.com\/sketchblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/2021.04.20-open-mouth-web4.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-4940\" src=\"https:\/\/lizliu.com\/sketchblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/2021.04.20-open-mouth-web4-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lizliu.com\/sketchblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/2021.04.20-open-mouth-web4-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/lizliu.com\/sketchblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/2021.04.20-open-mouth-web4-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/lizliu.com\/sketchblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/2021.04.20-open-mouth-web4-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/lizliu.com\/sketchblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/2021.04.20-open-mouth-web4-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/lizliu.com\/sketchblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/2021.04.20-open-mouth-web4-1140x641.jpg 1140w, https:\/\/lizliu.com\/sketchblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/2021.04.20-open-mouth-web4.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/lizliu.com\/sketchblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/fourth-practice-wip.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-4941\" src=\"https:\/\/lizliu.com\/sketchblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/fourth-practice-wip-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lizliu.com\/sketchblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/fourth-practice-wip-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/lizliu.com\/sketchblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/fourth-practice-wip-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/lizliu.com\/sketchblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/fourth-practice-wip-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/lizliu.com\/sketchblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/fourth-practice-wip-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/lizliu.com\/sketchblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/fourth-practice-wip-1140x641.jpg 1140w, https:\/\/lizliu.com\/sketchblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/fourth-practice-wip.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Here is the sculpt and sculpt+paint of one of my <a href=\"https:\/\/duskbirds.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&#8220;Duskbirds,&#8221;<\/a> formally referred to as &#8220;Skullbirds.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/lizliu.com\/sketchblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/untitled.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-4942\" src=\"https:\/\/lizliu.com\/sketchblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/untitled-1024x576.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lizliu.com\/sketchblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/untitled-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/lizliu.com\/sketchblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/untitled-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/lizliu.com\/sketchblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/untitled-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/lizliu.com\/sketchblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/untitled-1536x864.png 1536w, https:\/\/lizliu.com\/sketchblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/untitled-1140x641.png 1140w, https:\/\/lizliu.com\/sketchblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/untitled.png 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>And here is a bonus render of a silly Elsium, glowing from within.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Earlier this year, I had a hankering to try and learn 3D sculpting. ZBrush is the go-to program for this, but because I wasn&#8217;t sure the laptop I was using could handle it, I became interested to try Blender first. I was also interested in checking out Blender&#8217;s sculpting tools, because I had heard they&#8217;ve<span class=\"excerpt-ellipsis\">&#8230;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/landylachs.com\/sketchblog\/2021\/11\/blender-sculpts\/\" itemprop=\"url\">Continue Reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,5,6],"tags":[435,436,437,432,433,438,434,74,431,430,439,441,442,440,276],"class_list":["post-4908","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-3d-sculpting","category-digital-art","category-sketches-and-studies","tag-3d","tag-3d-sculpt","tag-3d-sculpting","tag-aurelle","tag-blender","tag-blender-3d","tag-blender-sculpt","tag-corveil","tag-duskbird","tag-duskbirds","tag-lion","tag-lion-head","tag-lion-mane","tag-lion-sculpt","tag-skullbird"],"rttpg_featured_image_url":null,"rttpg_author":{"display_name":"Landy","author_link":"https:\/\/landylachs.com\/sketchblog\/author\/liz\/"},"rttpg_comment":0,"rttpg_category":"<a href=\"https:\/\/landylachs.com\/sketchblog\/category\/digital-art\/3d-sculpting\/\" rel=\"category tag\">3D Sculpting<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/landylachs.com\/sketchblog\/category\/digital-art\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Digital Art<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/landylachs.com\/sketchblog\/category\/sketches-and-studies\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Sketches &amp; Studies<\/a>","rttpg_excerpt":"Earlier this year, I had a hankering to try and learn 3D sculpting. ZBrush is the go-to program for this, but because I wasn&#8217;t sure the laptop I was using could handle it, I became interested to try Blender first. I was also interested in checking out Blender&#8217;s sculpting tools, because I had heard they&#8217;ve...Continue&hellip;","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/landylachs.com\/sketchblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4908","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/landylachs.com\/sketchblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/landylachs.com\/sketchblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/landylachs.com\/sketchblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/landylachs.com\/sketchblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4908"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/landylachs.com\/sketchblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4908\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4968,"href":"https:\/\/landylachs.com\/sketchblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4908\/revisions\/4968"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/landylachs.com\/sketchblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4908"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/landylachs.com\/sketchblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4908"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/landylachs.com\/sketchblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4908"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}