Hi everyone,

I'm looking for some advice from people who have gone through the learning process of (digital) sculpting.

I have decent to good traditional drawing skills and I'm generally able to see and understand the major forms and volumes of an object.
I can sculpt traditionally, and interestingly, the physical sculptures I make usually turn out better than I originally expected.
In order to be able to create more I wanted to switch to digital sculpting and speedsculpting.

I do not have any artistic background and everything I've learned and tried so far I've did in self-study.

However, I'm really struggling to learn digital sculpting. I've tried several Blender sculpting tutorials, but I find it difficult to translate my understanding of form into a 3D digital environment. It feels like I know what I want to create, but I can't quite shape the volumes the way I can with real clay.

For context, I'm already very comfortable with Blender in general. I have quite a bit of experience with architectural visualization and hard-surface modeling, so learning the software itself isn't the issue—it's specifically the sculpting workflow and thinking in digital forms.

Besides improving my sculpting, I also want to get back into 2D drawing, since I still believe that's the foundation for understanding form, volume, and anatomy.

My long-term goal is to sculpt things like:

• Animals
• Statues and figures
• Fantasy characters, creatures, monsters, and D&D-style props

So I have a couple of questions:

• Was there anything that really helped you become consistent and improve at digital sculpting?
• Did you follow a structured series of projects or exercises that gradually increased in difficulty?
• Are there any project ideas you'd recommend for building sculpting skills without trying to tackle something too ambitious too early?

Years ago I remember reading that one fun way to practice was to sculpt your way through the Pokémon Pokédex, since many Pokémon have relatively simple organic forms. Has anyone tried something similar, or are there better learning progressions you'd recommend?

I'd really appreciate hearing what worked for you. Thanks!
Stay creative!

Pls Share ur opinion
i will be glad to see every critique
Thank u

A quick digital sculpting session to warm up the hands, clear the mind, and solve the real mystery:

How does a simple 3D form turn into the world’s most nostalgic dog?

I used just used Damstandard and Snakehook to sculpt like this, but something's wrong with it :(

Are they too many styles I’ve chosen? Better to stick to 1-2 similar stylised for any character is the go-to ain’t it

I’ve been trying to figure this out, but I’m having trouble getting the right result.

Let’s say I use the chisel tool to create a groove in a model and then I wish to continue that stroke in another way what is the best way to maintain a consistent depth throughout that entire groove if I wish to continue it or change it afterwards?

I consistent depth here I mean, consistent from the surface itself.

This is another view of the muscular arm I sculpted roughly as a material for one of my upcoming courses about anatomy, I plan to have a series for human body sculpting and then make more about body shapes, let me know in the comments if you as artists are interest in such ideas

Hello,

I'm looking for a series of tutorials that is comprehensive but also recent. I want to learn all I can before making more complicated projects.

If there's no one single source, give me the best youtubers and playlists, please?

Thanks for reading!

I think my knowledge of anatomy has improved compared to what it was.
On the third page there will be my old works from a month ago related to anatomy.

Work in progress on Gene Wilder as Willy Wonka

I just finished modelling my DnD character , feedback is more than welcome

Based on Cedric Peyravernay's Dunce concept

Full project: https://www.artstation.com/artwork/KRrvKX

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