#sculpting in blender

[mootmead]

Found this little guy and thought it would make a nice exercise to sculpt him. It was ! Love the rounded shape and sculpting the face was so much fun. It is the Pope Leo X, painted by Fernando Botero . I also uploaded him on thingiverse (https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:6147216) because why not !

[everydaylouie]

vibing

[snippit-crickit]

eeeeeehehee i made the guy in 3d as a sculpt hehe

the skibidirizzler himself and a lil turn

Its a sculpt but it might serve as a base for a 3d model suitable for animation someday (which is why i did not pay much atention to the hair cus it would be redone probably)

some viewports and notes for myself

[lilliangst]

biblically accurate, semi-realistic candace or kandake, who was a nubian queen

image renders:

Incoming yap about the current genshin problem:

As a Chinese person swarmed by western media, Liyue means so, so much to me. Seeing the culture that I've been taught to be ashamed of all my life being represented so accurately and positively makes me incredibly happy. It was the first time I saw the famous landscapes that I've visited in person and recreated a fantasy game. Seeing characters wear clothes with similar designs to what I’ve worn and eating similar foods to what I’ve eaten, is indescribable. The euphoria I felt when I first climbed atop of Qingyun Peak and heard the music is something I wish I could experience again.

That being said, Sumeru was a mess, and Natlan is just depressing. What I would give to have people from SEA/SWANA, Latin America, Africa, and Indigenous groups etc. to feel the same way I did when strolling through Liyue.

HYV’s colorism isn’t just stifling their character designs; by whitewashing real-life people, real cultures and even their deities, they are inadvertently whitewashing history. They are taking from actual ethnic groups: learning their history and struggles, then retelling these narratives after replacing their people with bleached protagonists in orientalist clothing.

All this because of what? Out of touch beauty standards? The possibility of lower sales? Dehya is extremely loved in China and her fans donated thousands to a children’s charity in her name. Other Chinese companies like Lilith Games and Bluepoch don’t have this problem. Dislyte is able to consistently pump out gorgeous character designs with varying skin tones and Reverse:1999 makes accurate designs and does in-depth research into the cultures of their characters.

It’s a basic lack of respect.

I've heard that Iranian players were extremely happy and touched by their representation, and that's amazing. And most European, Chinese, and Japanese players are fine with theirs. I just wish this extended to the representation of people with skin tones that are darker.

HYV has shown that they are capable of making characters with darker skin tones and interesting designs, but they will only do that for npcs and enemies. Orientalism, culture mash-ups and inaccuracies across regions is unfortunately common in the game, but the problem with the unchanging pale color of playable characters reflects an obvious and sinister bigotry. I do personally believe that a lot of this has to do with the meddling of higher-ups; many playable characters look like they’ve been white-washed at the end of the process, and just from an art/design standpoint, they fit darker skin-tones much, much better.

It is impossible for Genshin to be a fully “fictional fantasy game” because they chose to bear the responsibility of incorporating real life cultures into their world-building. The criticisms about Sumeru and Natlan are what they brought upon themselves. If you don’t want to represent properly, don’t do it at all. You cannot take everything from a culture and leave their people out of it. They deserve the same respect and research as the region representing your own nation.

For the people who have seen themselves represented in media over and over again, or for those who do not care about being represented at all: even if YOU don't care, others do, and they have a damn good reason for it. This is a big deal, it isn’t too much to ask for, and I will be blocking racists. Peace.

[martyryo]

Yaoi blast!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[villiedoom]

New Kotie model I'm working on!

*Koties are fantasy/fictional felines from my personal story/lore.

It includes the skeleton, muscles, and the whole Kotie in flesh and skin, which is based on them. I used the northern Kotie as a model this time, so this one has some large paws :)

~ Made in Blender.

This definitely took a lot more time and effort than the simpler method with just sculpting all the muscles (like I did in all my previous models; link to my previous Kotie model), and shrinkwrapping the skin to the muscles was really a challenge for both me and blender (maybe there are easier ways to do this, but I worked intuitively from my crazy idea, just as I always do). But it was also very interesting!

Each bone and muscle are created as separate models (most muscles are made with curves, then sculpted a bit), which gave me the opportunity to study each of them (and to desperately search for detailed references). I did not model the internal muscles however.

The anatomy is rough and simplified in some details, and attaching all this to even the basic armature turned out to be too extreme, so not all poses work well. But it is already a great reference for the Kotie anatomy! I'm happy with the result, and modeling all this gave me some more insight into the realistic proportions and shapes of the Koties, which I have been struggling with since the very beginning of drawing and modeling them.

The final sculp is not finished yet; it needs a lot more work and has no textures at all for now, I just quickly painted some colors with Vertex Paint, to make the character feel more alive.

[nomburlargonus]

[forksthousands]

🌹 Anthy Himemiya 🌹

(made in Blender)

[cowboydudeart]

Created a 3D model of Human Pomni/Poza designed by exceptionally talented @moumekie!!

[filurig]

ive had 3d printing class which ended up encouraging me to make something completely unrelated to it in that i wanted to make a folke sculpt because his face pisses me off to draw a lot for some reason. I needed to Understand him

[mootmead]

Hobby Journal : I fell in love with Alicia in Wintermoor Tactics Club and thought it could be a good exercise to sculpt her ! I learned a TON. She's definitely not perfect. I struggled with the general shape of her face. The lips are honestly pretty good, well better than where they started. The eyelids were so so hard. I don't really wanna mention her hair. I should have made them a bit broader I guess. I had so much fun sculpting the clothes ! Originally I want to learn to re-mesh everything and paint her a bit. That worked pretty good on the face, it smoothed the eyelids, but I lost a bit details on the eyebrows. That didn't worked well on the body. So I decided to stop there.

[bratua]

What is this tumblr thing?

[0ddoblivion]

HER NAME IS OPHELIA AND I LOVE HER

Got a new iPad and wanted to try “Nomad sculpt” ended up texturing it in procreate, then exporting her to blender to rig and pose. I have done nothing today BUT THIS.

[lilliangst]

SEMI REALISTIC KAEYA

image renders

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[bubblebaath]

somewhat unnerving looking wip of her head for the ortho ref i traced over both spyro and embers models (ripped models from here) i have embers mesh in another window to use as a ref, the weird tri above the eyesocket was on the original as well ok

i was wondering why the eyeball mesh had chunks missing from it on embers model until i did the mouth and it was completely clipping thru the back of it sdjfhsdkjh

[pointynetta]

old fiona 3d model from 2023