3 Ways to Start a Portrait Sculpt (Loomis, Bridgman, Bodem)

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3 Ways to Start a Portrait Sculpt (Loomis, Bridgman, Bodem)

Lesson by

Andrew Joseph Keith

in Portrait Sculpting

45K

Mark as Completed

Assignments 37

Downloads 1

Make all 3 of these block ins with clay.

Some student work will be featured in critique videos so if you want your work featured be sure to do the assignment and submit it!

John Tollefsen

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2mo

My assignment for Loomis, Bridgman and Bodem. There is always something to correct, but I just had to get it over with.

Andrew Joseph Keith

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2mo

Hey I like seeing them in their own colors! really fun. For a block in these look good but make sure that they are symmetrical from side to side and that they have a clear front plane to add the features on top of. Keep up the sculpting! I hope to see more of your work soon!

Eric Lee

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3mo

3 block-ins

Andrew Joseph Keith

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2mo

Good job! Keep going. Can't wait to see more of your assignment submissions.

Abi

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3mo

I sculpted the three heads over again.

Abi

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3mo

My three heads.

Andrew Joseph Keith

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2mo

Great job! keep going!

@mvrek

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4mo

A quick block in of the 3 methods

Andrew Joseph Keith

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4mo

great job! You might also try the more simplified wedge shaped Bodem method block in. I talk about that in later lessons. Keep up the great work!

SilverbackCT

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1yr

Bridgman and the Keith-Bodem Block-ins. Looks a bit like Batman. 3D Viewer https://skfb.ly/oOGn8

Andrew Joseph Keith

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1yr

great job! Make sure to pay attention to the general shape of the head from the side profile view. I think that angle could use some work. Keep it up!

SilverbackCT

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1yr

Loomis: 3D Photogrammetry viewer of the model just for fun. https://skfb.ly/oOFYs

Andrew Joseph Keith

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1yr

So cool!

@lisaann

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1yr

I am an absolute beginner. I did my best, and I can see some of my errors; I tried fixing them but wasn't very successful. Well, the only way to go from here is up! By the way, I did the profile pancakes, but I had a computer glitch and lost all of my photos. I wanted to keep going, but I feel that I should back up and do those again. I did not keep the profile pancakes, so here I go again.

Andrew Joseph Keith

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1yr

Hey looking good! sorry to hear about the glitch! Keep it up!

Hannah DeForest

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2yr

Ready to move on so I'm posting these as good enough! Thanks!

Andrew Joseph Keith

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2yr

Awesome! Keep going to the next assignments! Keep it up!

@mdm206

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2yr

How do these look? I'm having issues with the frontview, especially in Loomis and Bodem. What am I doing wrong?

Andrew Joseph Keith

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2yr

Remember to keep everything thin. Something Robert Bodem told me after was to think of the Bodem method more as an Axe blade or wedge shape that tapers towards the front of the face. (so without the lines for the back of the head, the cheekbones and the chin. I've found this to be a simpler approach and very useful.

Igor Cornelis

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2yr

Why don't you work at a normal head proportion ? It is easier to understand . When sculpting small or drawing small ,you can not feel the lines or volumes . It's like learning music or a skill; First slow before fast .

Roy Nottage

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2yr

Did Loomis first, then Bridgman and finally Bodem. Loomis felt like it went ok, I had some familiarity with the Loomis head on paper and always thought it seemed like it could be a good starting point in 3D. Didn’t really get on with my Bridgman, perhaps because I made the head too blocky / big for the neck. Of the three, it’s the one I kept having to tweak because it felt off. Think I came at it all wrong - it just wasn’t vibing at all. In Bridgman’s illustrations and when Andrew uses it, it looks a lot more natural / organic, so maybe I overdid it with the angles. Should've gone more curved triangle? Enjoyed having a go at Bodem. Found it easier than the other two to visualise how I could ‘work into it’ and use it as a starting point. More adding, less removing. Also it reminds me of Gray Fox’s helmet from Metal Gear, so hard not to like. For my preference of the three, I guess I’d have to try starting a portrait with each to know. But I reckon it’d be somewhere between Bodem and Loomis.

Andrew Joseph Keith

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2yr

Hey these look great! the back of the head might be too small on the Bodem method block in. Keep it up!

@sscottie

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2yr

I keep posting in the wrong area🙃! Anyway hope this is the right spot for this and certainly hope I understood the assignment!!

Andrew Joseph Keith

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2yr

Nice! the proportions look like they might be a little off so make sure you're comparing them with a reference from the front and side view. Looks like the widest point at the back of the skull is too low on most of the studies and that they are a bit too close to a sphere. Keep it up!

Roy Nottage

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2yr

Nice. I like the presentation you did with these within the photos. Although I'd perhaps crop off the white fill border/background. It limits how easily we can look at each of the models (particularly on mobile), since that white takes up most of the screen space.

@sscottie

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2yr

Hope I have understood this assignment. Here are my attempts..

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