10 Most Common Portrait Sculpting Mistakes

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In this lesson, Andrew reveals the many mistakes he made while sculpting his life-size self-portrait.
From messing up the block-in to getting the angles wrong, sculpting portraits can be tricky, but you can avoid frustration by learning from his experience. He talks about his sculpting fails and gives tips on how to avoid common beginner pitfalls. You'll learn the best practices he’s picked up over the years for taking proper reference photos, symmetrical block-in's, regularly checking proportions, and more.
CHAPTERS:
00:00 - Intro
00:31 - Mistake 1: Bad References
01:19 - Mistake 2: Bad "Block-In"
02:38 - Mistake 3: Didn't Measure
03:10 - Mistake 4: Not Starting Over
04:00 - Mistake 5: Sculpting from Different Angle as the Reference
04:41 - Mistake 6: Misplacing the Ears
05:30 - Mistake 7: Not Checking Often
06:39 - Mistake 8: Eyes Too Small
06:43 - Mistake 9: Armature Too Large
07:01 - Mistake 10: Not Observing Extreme Angles
08:32 - Outro
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3 Ways to Start a Portrait Sculpt (Loomis, Bridgman, Bodem) - • 3 Ways to Start a Port...
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COURSE DESCRIPTION:
This portrait sculpting course will dive deep into the techniques and principles that will help you master the portrait. Portrait sculpting is one of the most difficult challenges that visual artists can take on but if you follow the lessons and do the corresponding assignments you'll be surprised how fast you will improve.
ABOUT PROKO 3D:
Instructional How to Sculpt videos for artists. These sculpting lessons are approachable enough for beginners and detailed enough for advanced artists. My philosophy is to teach timeless concepts in an entertaining way. I believe that when you are having fun, you learn better. I take pride in producing high quality videos that you will enjoy watching and re-watching. If you want to learn more about drawing check out my other CZcams channel: Proko - / prokotv
CREDITS:
Artist | Instructor - Andrew Joseph Keith (andrewjosephkeith.onuniverse.com)
Producer - Andrew Joseph Keith, Charlie Nicholson ( / shloogorgh )
Script & editing - Andrew Joseph Keith
Model images courtesy of www.pixabay.com

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[@FatmaAli-gw2de]

Thank you for the video and how good that u spoke about u mistake this is amazing from u 😍 I'm form Egypt and I'm fans thank u🙏

[@AndrewJosephKeith]

There’s always something to improve on. Stay creative. Stay productive.

[@thivolan3d]

Always great to admit and share the corrections to your mistakes. Thanks!

[@CAZZIEK321]

This is great, thank you. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve had to move ears around!

[@SD_sculpture_Khmer]

Thanks you ❤ sharing ❤

[@brianmeuse7595]

I'm a 2D artist that hasn't made art in 20 years. I'm making a bust of a relative whose passed away and I have one photo. I have two tools, a scrapper and a hook. I made a good human head, but it won't look like the man. Very complicated face, not like my own. My method is flawed and this will get me back on track. Starting with buying calipers. I got used to my base face and just kept working, building on bad blocking, adding, subtracting adding it back. I need to get back to accurate, I need to go backward and fix proportion so I'm trying you out. So far, you've said all the things I expect, but this provides and organized way to work it out that I couldn't grasp. Good stuff. Also, excellent lighting.

[@Dr.ChayanGupta_PlasticSurgeon]

What clay do you use?

[@g.m742]

Wow.....

[@Ulujmf]

For sure I made so many mistake

[@dana6593]

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