This week, I wanted to try something new: sculpting. At first, I had decided to follow How to Sculpt Characters in 60 Minutes by Kenny Praise, but the lack of guidance for beginners was too overwhelming.
So I turned to Creating a cute character in Blender for complete beginners by Ryan King Art, which, as its title suggests, was more suitable for a first experience in sculpting with Blender.
I thought this little monster looked like Panic Pete from Jurassic Park. In the end, I finished the tutorial, but I wasn’t totally convinced by the result. I must have missed something, but my rendering was pretty mediocre, very pixelated, not very smooth, and this is particularly noticeable on the paint edges, which are a bit blurry. This is clearly visible in the EEVEE rendering below.
Even in Cycles with a similar framing, the imperfections are still very noticeable, even if it’s better.
So I moved the camera and changed a few aspects of the rendering, notably the glass at the back and the addition of subsurface scattering on the small character to give it a more appealing look. It’s still not perfect, but I’m relatively satisfied with the final result.
The video didn’t go any further; you had to sign up for the paid section of the course to continue, so I was able to model my creature and generate a quick render, and I must say I think it turned out rather well.