Dandylion - Art School Journey

daceronine 2023-12-17 19:16:26 UTC #77

Good to hear from you. I think it's fine to adjust Marc's course to what your goals are, I think he even says it himself. I'm also adjusting what I learn and adapting it for comic/manga, and also getting some lessons at the side for that objective, so I think as you move deeper into terms it's something we all do to further our own goals.

You 3D work is great, so I'm looking forward to hear how these classes further your progress.

dandylion3d 2023-12-17 19:38:49 UTC #78

Thank u brother! i appreciate you bunches <3 Yeah & you have been killing it! your art is improving very fast! always excited to see your posts.

gregorya 2023-12-21 22:47:21 UTC #79

Good luck with your goal.

dandylion3d 2024-01-03 21:27:13 UTC #80

Sculpt Upper Body Focus 1/5 : Vampirella

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Recently, i'v cracked open Zbrush to see wats up. Honestly, having a lot of fun with it, sculpting in alot of ways is much more streamlined than in blender and definitley more powerful. UI is damn confusing tho, took me a week of tutorials to figure it out. But i think i got a solid grip on it now. Starting up my new years training arc! Gonna go pro one day!

I thought this concept piece of Vampirella from Jeehyung Lee was sickaroni so i did my best to sculpt it out starting from just a sphere.

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I just used the default Zbrush materials for her costume thong thing lol. nothing fancy going on.

daceronine 2024-01-03 21:37:51 UTC #81

Looks damn good. Excellent work.
If I'm being picky, her legs look a little funny from the back, like it's too skinny, and her spine... huh.. hole? not sure what word to use, where her spine is seems a bit too deep for comfortt.

both of these could just be the angle though, and i'm just being nitpicky, it looks amazing.

dandylion3d 2024-01-03 21:54:15 UTC #82

Thank you so much for the feed back! i totally agree some of the anatomy got a little wacky when i posed her, i need to put more time into reviewing proportions too lol I'll make sure to look more at those areas in the future

dandylion3d 2024-01-11 19:31:26 UTC #83

Sculpt Upper Body Focus 2/5 : Gladiator Boy

Hello! here's another character study i did. Sculpted from a sphere again. I spent alot more time getting familiar with Zmodeller tools, learning how to make some simple stuff and this was my first attempt at making belts/ straps. Lol thank god there's IMMs for that... If you see anything that i could improve on i would love to hear!

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I'm starting to get a grip on the Zbrush BPR renderer. Its pretty slick how easy it makes rendering a sculpt compared to blender. it would take alot longer to set this up.

daceronine 2024-01-11 20:04:29 UTC #84

Looks sick, thouhg his torso is perhaps twisted just a bit too much. Abbs make it more noticeable when placed side by side with the reference.
Impressive sculpt though.

dandylion3d 2024-01-11 20:10:54 UTC #85

Ahh thank you! yeah i think i got overzealous in pushing the pose lol. i attempted to get a little more energy in there than the concept but yea i'll have to look more into how abs work in motion <3 it was a tricky one

mitsuki-youko 2024-01-12 03:05:44 UTC #86

woah that looks sooo good!! its amazing that you can sculpt so well!

dandylion3d 2024-01-12 21:24:36 UTC #87

Thank u so much! i appreciate the encouragement <3 i have a loooot i wanna learn and improve on still though lol. working hard!

gregorya 2024-01-29 23:05:46 UTC #88

So you sculpted this with a sphere? that's impressive. Nice work on the armor pieces.

dandylion3d 2024-01-31 20:21:56 UTC #89

yep! no base mesh. A sculptor i look upto strongly believes that sculpting everything bespoke and from scratch is the best way to learn especially as a beginner sculptor. I wanna get good too so thats how i roll for now lol.

dandylion3d 2024-01-31 20:30:17 UTC #90

Sculpt Game Character [Semi-Real Attempt] : Kyaree the Fox Assassin

Hello! Here's a progress shot of what i'm currently working on. I will continue my upper body studies soon. But i did this bust for my CGMA Zbrush class. If i'm able to i would like to push myself again to make this into a full character. This is a difficult task though that is easy to get lost in so.... we'll see how it goes. I have some instructors whom i can ask questions of though so maybe i'll get somewhere lol.

I was inspired by an anime vtuber design to attempt a Fox Assassin Girl. I wanted to elevate the design to a semi-real style like resident evil, possibly even as far as hitman. But thats a super tall order so i'm ready to fail at it haha. Gotta be bad to get good ya know.

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I feel like my sense of anatomy is getting just a little stronger. gotta keep pushing.

catsforsnacks 2024-01-31 20:51:22 UTC #91

Damn dude this is all really good looking stuff. Cool how you can adapt the assignments to practice 3d more. Keep it up!

daceronine 2024-01-31 20:59:28 UTC #92

That's coming along great! I thought it was a catgirl or a bat girl from the discord post, didn't occur to me it was a fox girl xD

Looking forward to see more!

dandylion3d 2024-01-31 21:03:12 UTC #93

lol yea i hadnt reff'd any fox stuff yet so totally valid observation lmao. I found some pics of fox ears online though that really helped me dial in the shapes. i still need work on emulating fur in clay though.

mitsuki-youko 2024-02-01 01:25:37 UTC #94

yooo this looks amazing!!

gregorya 2024-02-01 17:26:41 UTC #95

Sculpting from scratch sounds interesting.

I'm guessing fox, bat, or cat ears seem similar.

dandylion3d 2024-02-08 20:16:57 UTC #96

Sculpt Upper Body Focus 3/5 : DMC5 Dante

Hello there! spent the week working on a sculpt of Dante's face and studying some upper body anatomy. Really put some work into trying to figure out the complexity that is back anat lol. I'll make another render soon (probably) to show off his abs, i think i'm gonna try to make some of his coat and sword too.

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