Blender head sculpting for beginners

Name: Blender head sculpting for beginners
Rating: 4.4 (7 reviews)

Blender, Head, beginner, sculpting

Created byJust Tis

Last updated 10/2023

English

English [Auto],

What you'll learn

Learn blender sculpting tools
Head shapes and anatomy
Different styles of heads
How to keep getting better
How to learn from examples

Course content

1 section • 15 lectures • 7h 20m total length

All you need to know for starting the course4:33
Install blender and pure ref (optional lightshot), download Lux head from League of legends, and use anatomy for sculptors and face planes via Google for more references.
Learning about sculpting tool and setting up the scene12:37
Set up the Blender theme and 3d viewport for sculpting, switch to sculpt mode, apply a matcap, and master key brushes (clay strips, smooth, crease, grab) with masking and symmetry.
Starting with first head28:43
Sculpt a female head in Blender using base sphere, remesh with voxel size, and clay strips to shape features, guided by anatomy for sculptors and a Pure Rev reference file.
Continue with first head46:05
Continue with the first head in Blender head sculpting for beginners, refining ears, jaw, lips, eyes, cheeks, and nose with masking, grab brushes, references, and remesh workflows.
Finishing first head47:21
Finish the first head by shaping eyelids and iris with draw sharp, crease, blob, and grease brushes and masking; refine lips, chin, and jawline with grab and smooth.
Learn from the masters28:53
Learn from two master heads—LoL stylized and realistic—to guide your Blender head sculpting, using references, a cube base, and mirror-assisted refinement.
Seeing forms from the shadows58:53
See and sculpt facial forms by refining eyelids, nose, lips, and cheekbone using brushes (crease, clay strips, grab, blob), guided by light and shadow and evolving references.
Ending with second head20:40
Refine facial features, eyelids, nose, lips, and ears, using grease, blob, crease, and grab brushes, with remesh and smoothing to match the reference head.
Third head Realistic25:45
Build a realistic head by establishing a strong base, using subdivision, masking, clay strips, and draw sharp in Blender. Align to reference images with front and side views for accuracy.
Polishing realistic head36:51
Polish a realistic head by refining features with sculpting brushes, adjusting nose, jaw, eyelids, and ears, using masking, crease, draw sharp, and remesh to match references.
Doing Critique with your own work15:05
Practice self-critique by comparing side views and other angles, adjust lips and neck, use grab brush and remeshing, and smooth the mesh to improve head sculpt accuracy for beginners.
Commentary over quick sculpt42:08
Explore blender head sculpting for beginners as the instructor demonstrates a quick head sculpt workflow—from building a base skull with references to iterative tweaks and practice.
Add eyelashes and hair22:32
Add eyelashes and eyebrows to a Blender head sculpt. Use edit mode, extrude vertices around the eyelids, and curves for eyelashes, then sculpt hair with voxel remesh and modifiers.
Sculpting additional head realtime43:53
Learn how to sculpt an additional head in real time, expanding your Blender head sculpting skills for beginners.
Sculpt amazing head without amazing skills6:58
sculpt a head in Blender using a free or purchasable 3D head as a base, applying multires subdivision and symmetry for accurate proportions.

Requirements

Computer, basic knowledge of Blender

Description

Are you struggling with sculpting heads?

Are you lost and don't know what to do?

Do you want to learn to sculpt heads like a professional?

You are in the right place! This course is for anyone who is having a rough time sculpting heads in blender 3D.

We will start by setting up our scene so we can see more details and better view of the shapes. Move to talking about the head shapes and lines and how to form them without any problem.

I don't like to force students into frame but to give them the keys to open up there creativity and style. This way I will give you the rules to follow and break for creating your own unique and amazing head sculpts.

We will sculpt 4 heads together to make sure you are moving thru the progress smoothly and strongly.

The first head I will teach you the basics of forming the head with the face. Talk about which shape is created by what.

With the next head I will show you how industry professional heads are sculpted.

We will finish up with the realistic head sculpt .

Then I will do a quick sculpt which anyone can follow while explaining why I'm doing and what I'm doing.

In the last video you will learn how to easily get an amazing result without having much skills!

The course will have 5 items attached to it.

The pureref file with many good references you can follow.

3 Blend files for all the files used in the course for easy studying.

And finish up with notepad for everything you need on your further journey!

I don't know what are we waiting for any longer, LET'S GO!

Who this course is for:

For beginners who want to learn how to sculpt head and faces using 3D Blender
People who are struggling with head sculpting