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Head Sculpt - Blender Character Sculpt Tutorial part 3

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Summary (what happens in this tutorial)

This is the 3rd part of a Blender character head sculpt workflow. The video continues from earlier blockout/body sculpt steps, moves into remeshing, then sculpts major facial landmarks (head shape, eye area, nose, mouth, eyelids/lips). It adds eyes as geometry with materials, and finishes with ears using careful brush choices and settings to prevent issues on thin mesh.

Artistic techniques / creative process shown

1) Mesh preparation & iteration

  • Enter Sculpt Mode and choose a Remesh resolution (starts moderate, then increases when needed).
  • Use remeshing strategically when the sculpt becomes too crude to define forms cleanly, especially around:
    • eye/nose/lid areas

2) Building likeness using landmark-driven shaping

  • Establish overall head proportions using:
    • Top/Front/Side views
    • Adjusting back vs. front volume (squaring, then refining)
    • Pushing/pulling key regions (chin, muzzle, jawline)
  • Use reference guides via lines (including eye line and brow line) to place features accurately.

3) Facial sculpting tool workflow

Multiple sculpt brush functions are combined to form planes, then refine edges:

  • Grab brush: large-scale shaping (pulling/pushing planes for jaw, muzzle, nose, eyelid forms)
  • Clay Strips (often with Ctrl to subtract/cleanly dig): build or carve cavities such as:
    • eye sockets
    • eyelids
    • mouth mound area
    • nostrils / planes under the nose
    • cheek mass / lip fat
    • ear interior/exterior forms
  • Draw Sharp: hard-line control for crease boundaries and eyelid/nose definition
  • Smooth + Scrape: reduce artifacts, flatten surfaces, correct overshoots
  • Pinch / Crease / Inflate: refine edges and curves:
    • Pinch to sharpen lines
    • Crease to define folds and eyelid edges
    • Inflate to add soft volume back (e.g., eyelids)

4) Plane/edge control for realistic structure

  • The sculpt repeatedly creates and refines “planes” (flat-ish regions), then blends them:
    • nose underside and nostril area
    • eyelid creases and shadow line placements
    • mouth inset lines and lip structure

5) Eye setup as separate geometry + shading

  • Adds a UV Sphere for an eye and rotates it so it faces forward.
  • Uses a Mirror modifier to duplicate the eye automatically.
  • Assigns materials:
    • white sclera
    • black color for a selected vertex region (iris preparation)
  • Sculpts the eye shape:
    • carves eyelids using clay strips + draw sharp + remesh
    • adds eyelid volume (inflate) and crease definition

6) Mouth “sexy lips” reference-inspired build

  • Builds the mouth from a mound placed where the mouth will be.
  • Follows a described approach for lip flow:
    • shape begins near center to corners (different pressure/amounts across the lips)
    • adjusts lip height and angle for side-view alignment (upper vs. lower lip angles)
  • Corrects issues by:
    • pulling back/pushing areas to prevent “teeth pushing mouth out” distortion

7) Ears sculpted with thin-mesh precautions

  • Notes that ears are thin, so large brushes can pull volume from the opposite side.
  • Uses tool settings:
    • Advanced → Front Faces Only (limits sculpting to the visible side to avoid punching through)
  • Sculpt details:
    • ear depth (digging interior)
    • earlobe volume
    • inner cuts and ridges using draw sharp, scrape, clay strips, grab

Steps / advice presented (clearly formatted)

  • Start the head sculpt

    • Go to Sculpt Mode
    • Remesh with a moderate resolution (~“three thirty”; later more detailed when needed)
    • Use Big brush to blur/smooth and unify forms
    • Use Top (7), Front, Side view to adjust silhouette and proportions

  • Refine head mass

    • Pull back of head wider than front
    • Squish sides, raise chin, extend muzzle slightly
    • Smooth bumps and adjust jawline

  • Use guide lines for placement

    • Draw a straight line for eye line
    • Draw/mark nose location relative to the eyes
    • Use an annotation tool to create brow line guides
    • (Workflow tip) Annotation tool can be added to Quick Favorites via right-click so it’s faster to access with Q

  • Define eye sockets / brow structure

    • Use Clay Strips with Ctrl to dig eye sockets down beside the nose
    • Smooth back up after carving

  • Set up eyes

    • Add UV Sphere
    • Rotate (RX 90) and scale/position above the head
    • Add Mirror modifier
    • In Shader Editor, assign sclera and iris/material colors
    • Sculpt eyelids around the eye shape, using remeshing when geometry is insufficient

  • Sculpt nose + mouth

    • Block and draw nostril planes and edges with draw sharp
    • Use scrape to flatten and refine the underside and curves
    • Build lips from a mound using clay strips; shape from center toward corners
    • Correct mouth projection/fit by grabbing/pulling back or adjusting bottom lip placement

  • Finish ears

    • Increase remesh resolution for ear detail
    • Enable Front Faces Only to prevent thin-ear artifacts
    • Sculpt:
      • interior depth (dig hole)
      • earlobe and outer ridges
      • flatten specific edges using scrape
    • Add Mirror modifier at the end
    • Don’t join head/ears to the body yet (planned later during retopology)

Creators / contributors mentioned at the end

  • Danny Mac (referenced for “sculpting sexy lips” tips) (No other specific creator name is clearly stated in the provided subtitles; the rest appears to be the instructor narrating the process.)

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