2013
Lynda
Ryan Kittleson
2:38
English

Sculptris is a free sculpting program made for artists. In this course, author Ryan Kittleson introduces the technology behind Sculptris, covers the sculpting toolset, and finishes with two hands-on sculpting projects, where he blocks and sculpts a concept vehicle and a character with facial detail, hair, and clothing.

Introduction
Welcome
Using the exercise files
Optimizing Wacom tablet settings for Sculptris
Dealing with occasional glitches
1. Understanding the Basics of Sculptris
Navigating around a model
Using dynamic tesselation
Loading and saving a model
Working with symmetry
2. Sculpting and Editing a Model
Using the Grab tool
Sculpting with the Draw and Inflate brushes
Smoothing out details
Sculpting creases
Flattening and exaggerating details
Masking off protected areas
Using rotation
Resizing with Scale
Hiding parts of a model
Working with multiple objects
Duplicating objects
Posing asymmetrically
3. Adjusting the Settings
Using the hotbox
Using brush textures
Using different materials
Importing a reference image
4. Painting and Making Texture Maps
Entering Paint mode
Painting color
Painting with textures
Painting bump maps
Masking in Paint mode
Painting materials
Exporting texture maps
5. Artistic Sculpting Theory
Using Sculptris artistically
Blocking out the big shapes
Building in the secondary forms
Maintaining a sense of structure
6. Sculpting a Vehicle Concept
Blocking out the basic shape
Sculpting the intermediate details
Adding the finishing touches
7. Extended Sculpting Demo
Starting from scratch
Detailing the face
Adding eyeballs, eyebrows, and teeth
Adding the body and clothing
Finishing the symmetrical details
Adding hair
Finishing the sculpt
Conclusion
Next steps

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