Top 10 Sculpting Mistakes

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In this lesson, you’ll learn 10 of the most common mistakes made by sculpting beginners throughout all stages of the sculpting process, and how you can avoid them. Being aware of these common mistakes can help you notice when you begin to make them yourself so that you can correct the mistake and move forward, without letting bad habits become ingrained.
MISTAKES:
6:02 Proportions
6:57 Imbalance
7:39 Stiffness
8:21 Details
9:24 Anatomy
10:43 Avoiding Hard Areas
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COURSE DESCRIPTION:
This free sculpting lesson is a sample of the Figure Sculpting Fundamentals course offered on Proko.com. The premium section has more demonstrations and extended lessons on the forms of the human body. It also has 3d models that you can spin around, study, and sculpt from any angle. Get the course at proko.com/scul...
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 TH-cam channel: Proko - / prokotv
CREDITS:
Artist | Instructor - Andrew Joseph Keith (www.andrewjose...)
Producer - Stan Prokopenko (www.stanprokope...), Charlie Nicholson ( / shloogorgh )
Script - Andrew Joseph Keith
Production Assistance - Charlie Nicholson
Editing - Hannah Lim (www.hongjulim...., Charlie Nicholson
Model images courtesy of posespace.com
Additional model images from 3d.sk/
Music Used with Permission
Intro - The Freak Fandango Orchestra
Additional music by Epidemic Sound (www.epidemicsou...)

[@Proko3D]

What are some other problems you, or sculptors you know struggle with?

[@sksk-bd7yv]

I have too many ideas. It's like living in a constant blizzard of creativity. Focus on the first idea is near impossible. I start trying to sculpt a cat, and end up with a unicorn.

[@AndrewJosephKeith]

It’s great to learn from your own mistakes but why not learn from other people’s mistakes too? Hope to see you in the premium course!

[@sksk-bd7yv]

I CAN do difficult things. Cheers!
I will try to repeat this to myself a great many times.

[@capuchinosofia4771]

seems like a very informative course. will keep it in mind!

[@khalanesachin]

Thanks for being consistent and giving great lessons.

[@rkeithh5]

Great tips - thanks. I have fallen victim in the past to putting detail in too soon, then having to redo a lot of stuff because the volume underneath wasn't correct. The other common mistake I see in beginning sculptors, that I fell into early on, but thankfully got out of fairly quickly, was smoothing things too early. Seems there's a tendency for people to want to make things smooth because, ultimately, the skin is smooth. But they end up smoothing things that are incorrect, then sort of thinking of that part as more complete because it's smooth, even though the volume is incorrect.

[@pogoboxy]

Developing only one side of the body or face and regrettably procrastinating the other side is one of my biggest mistakes.

[@dnegron8]

I really appreciate the information! Thank you Andrew!!!

[@AndrewJosephKeith]

Glad to hear it!

[@TribbleArtCreations]

That last mistake and what you said about improving those areas. A comic book artist said something similar. We went in to Marvel(I think) but wasn't good at drawing hands at the time. They said he could never be a good comic book artist. He took that and really started practicing hands and got hired on by another comic book company.

[@ntapretygrll]

What a great video!! My daughter is super into sculpting and only 11 , which is why we looked this up together- checking out your courses right after posting this!!

[@Proko3D]

Thank you! Good luck to you and your daughter with sculpting!

[@MajedKash]

0:48 I laughed so hard , thank you man 😂

[@darrenporter1850]

Spot on about the face. My first few efforts, the face was flat!

[@SD_sculpture_Khmer]

Thanks you for sharing ❤😊

[@初心者-g9u]

this helps a lot

[@AndrewJosephKeith]

Glad it helps!

[@jasper_landscape_tutorial]

Nice.thank you for impormation

[@Sculpted_stache]

Would this course be useful for an aspiring digital sculptor in Zbrush? I want to do character art but figure sculpting is really hard to learn.

[@eonian1717]

Great channel ❤❤❤❤ ty

[@chaosordeal294]

0:51 We're the dancers!

[@ghinaradwan8287]

Amazing

[@CAZZIEK321]

My art tutor said ‘never polish a turd”, in other words get the foundations right before wasting your time on details. You will only end up destroying them later because the anatomy is wrong.

[@prakashdabhade3354]

Nice gaid lines sir

[@thomass7140]

11:20 who was your sculpture mentor?

[@inbarlushi5211]

Loveya!!!

[@sarahmcfadden8990]

"It chaffs my tenders" I'm gonna start saying that lol

[@lakshmanankomathmanalath]

😊👍

[@helenarose580]

Everything is shapes first then sculpt

[@AnandaPunchihewa-q9c]

😊❤❤❤❤

[@murdocklesban6836]

there is some discord?

[@sakerberg4512]

:D

[@mushyua]

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