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For a long time now, I've wanted to be a horse...Do a horse..MAKE a horse. Just the tip..Head!. Never seem to get it right the first time round, and it usually evolves into a goat or bull or whatever. Or a Cthulhu, which did happen once. can't seem to muster the bother to finish a horse properly. Even this one seems a bit off still, but I do like the short muzzle style. I wasn't going to use this for anything in particular, but I just got a sudden urge to do Aaron from Undertale. Might be fun. Certainly something different.
I discovered something neat recently. TRACKBALLS are bloody fantastic for sculpting. I've had a bit of an issue with sculpting in general as I move around a lot and usually when I have the time, I don't have my tablet with me. I noticed that if I bind all the buttons to keyboard, and only use the trackball for moving the cursor, I get pretty much the same feel for sculpting as I do with a tablet. I did this one with Logitech M570, but I think a model with the ball at the center would be even better. I just ordered a Kensington Orbit (the one with a scroll ring), which I think will be quite optimal for this purpose. Just a little tip if you're interested in sculpting but don't want to spend a fortune on a tablet.
Also. Answer to the common question: Blender is pretty good for sculpting these days. I don't seem to have much use for ZBrush anymore.
In other news: The coding project is still going on. I had a bit of a hiatus with it, because things, but i'm trying to pick up the pace again. I have done a bunch of new stuff since the last update.
I discovered something neat recently. TRACKBALLS are bloody fantastic for sculpting. I've had a bit of an issue with sculpting in general as I move around a lot and usually when I have the time, I don't have my tablet with me. I noticed that if I bind all the buttons to keyboard, and only use the trackball for moving the cursor, I get pretty much the same feel for sculpting as I do with a tablet. I did this one with Logitech M570, but I think a model with the ball at the center would be even better. I just ordered a Kensington Orbit (the one with a scroll ring), which I think will be quite optimal for this purpose. Just a little tip if you're interested in sculpting but don't want to spend a fortune on a tablet.
Also. Answer to the common question: Blender is pretty good for sculpting these days. I don't seem to have much use for ZBrush anymore.
In other news: The coding project is still going on. I had a bit of a hiatus with it, because things, but i'm trying to pick up the pace again. I have done a bunch of new stuff since the last update.
Category Artwork (Digital) / Doodle
Species Horse
Size 1280 x 516px
File Size 67.4 kB
It probably depends on how you want things to work. I mostly use dyntopo, and it seems a lot of the tools are build around it. If you wish to work with multires, you might have more issues. There's also a nice must-have extension that allows doing boolean operations on the fly and quick cuts with grease pencil.
https://github.com/MadMinstrel/blen.....r-sculpt-tools
Download zip; load the zip to blender through file->user preferences->add-ons->install from file (at the bottom)
The biggest flaw is probably that hiding parts of the mesh is quite fiddly in blender. I've solved that with some scripts, but it might be a bit of a pain to deal with out of the box.
https://github.com/MadMinstrel/blen.....r-sculpt-tools
Download zip; load the zip to blender through file->user preferences->add-ons->install from file (at the bottom)
The biggest flaw is probably that hiding parts of the mesh is quite fiddly in blender. I've solved that with some scripts, but it might be a bit of a pain to deal with out of the box.
That's an option of course, but then you'd miss the chance to be contrarian maverick who does things differently. To be fair though, trackballs take a good while to get used to even for basic use, so it might not be a good idea to get one just for sculpting. I just love them in general, and sculpting is nice added perk. I haven't paid much attention to tablet quality these days, but it's true that old wacoms last a long time. I still use intuos3 from 2006.
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