Figure Sculpting Fundamentals
Course Intro
Supplies
Armatures for Sculpture
Capturing Gesture
References
Sculpture Techniques
Simplified Head, Ribcage, & Pelvis
Sculpting Mistakes
Abstraction
Mold Making
Texturing
Sculpting The Figure
Bonus Sculpting Demos
Sculpting Challenge
With this in-depth demo, I show you how I capture gesture throughout my sculpting process.
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Technical Software Education
5mo
What gauge wire are you using for the 6" gesture pieces? I know you used 14 gauge for the 12". Did you use 14 gauge for the 6" armatures as well?
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5mo
For smaller sculptures I use a thinner gauge like 18 or 20 depending on how small I go.
Isaiah Herron
2yr
Any tips
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2yr
It's looking good! I'd try sculpting thinner and more of a skinny figure. then slowly add the details of the anatomy and the silhouette from different angles. Keep going!
Sandra Esparza
3yr
Andrew, Honestly My husband , Felipe, is taking the course. So this is Felipe’s work and process. He really enjoys your course.
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3yr
Awesome! I’m thrilled to hear it and glad to see his work!
Pete McG
3yr
Hi Andrew. Some of my gesture studies. Comments please.
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3yr
Hey looking great! Really can feel the poses. I like that you did multiple studies. keep it up!
Strahinja Milutin
3yr
Hi Andrew, here's my latest gesture study.
Strahinja Milutin
3yr
It's a bit better now I hope. I find that shapes affect the gesture greatly... And it's hard to take a photo that looks good :D
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3yr
Great job! I'd try to push the gesture even a little bit further and push the gesture in the extremities as well like the legs. better to have too much gesture than too little with this exercise! Keep it up!
@jakeyboy123
3yr
Andrew, I finally figured out how to post images! Here are a few of my attempt at the pose in the last video. Took about an hour to do this. No tools, just my hands. I am really enjoying the class.
@jakeyboy123
3yr
Andrew, I have been practicing a bit over the holiday break so i am going to send you some results. I am looking forward to getting started up again.
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3yr
Hey these are looking great! Definitely capturing the pose and the gesture of a lot of the forms. I would work on smoothing out the outlines as you work, it might be that you’re exaggerating some of the secondary forms or just using clumps of clay that are too large but try to observe the gesture of the outline and focus less on the deviations from that main gesture. Some areas also look too thick compared to others so try to keep things consistent and not add too much too fast in any one area. Keep it up and I look forward to seeing more!
AJ Nouri
3yr
Thanks Joseph, I am enjoying this course :)
I know that building the body is not the purpose of this video, but is it possible to have a view from your standpoint? (might be camera at your fronthead?)
It would be great to see the size of the clay chunks you're picking up, how you're manipulating them and where your placing them in the body.
Keep it up Joseph!
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3yr
Yes that is something that is tricky to show when sculpting for a camera because it’s easy to forget that the angle I’m seeing is not the angle the camera sees. In the future I may invest in some type of wearable camera for demos but I haven’t been able to do that yet.
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