3 Ways to Start a Portrait Sculpt (Loomis, Bridgman, Bodem)

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3 Ways to Start a Portrait Sculpt (Loomis, Bridgman, Bodem)

Lesson by

Andrew Joseph Keith

in Portrait Sculpting

19K

Mark as Completed

Assignments 22

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Make all 3 of these block ins with clay.

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Hannah DeForest

2mo

Ready to move on so I'm posting these as good enough! Thanks!

Andrew Joseph Keith

2mo

Awesome! Keep going to the next assignments! Keep it up!

mdm206

4mo

How do these look? I'm having issues with the frontview, especially in Loomis and Bodem. What am I doing wrong?

Andrew Joseph Keith

3mo

Remember to keep everything thin. Something Robert Bodem told me after was to think of the Bodem method more as an Axe blade or wedge shape that tapers towards the front of the face. (so without the lines for the back of the head, the cheekbones and the chin. I've found this to be a simpler approach and very useful.

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Igor Cornelis

4mo

Why don't you work at a normal head proportion ? It is easier to understand . When sculpting small or drawing small ,you can not feel the lines or volumes . It's like learning music or a skill; First slow before fast .

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Roy Nottage

11mo

Did Loomis first, then Bridgman and finally Bodem. Loomis felt like it went ok, I had some familiarity with the Loomis head on paper and always thought it seemed like it could be a good starting point in 3D. Didn’t really get on with my Bridgman, perhaps because I made the head too blocky / big for the neck. Of the three, it’s the one I kept having to tweak because it felt off. Think I came at it all wrong - it just wasn’t vibing at all. In Bridgman’s illustrations and when Andrew uses it, it looks a lot more natural / organic, so maybe I overdid it with the angles. Should've gone more curved triangle? Enjoyed having a go at Bodem. Found it easier than the other two to visualise how I could ‘work into it’ and use it as a starting point. More adding, less removing. Also it reminds me of Gray Fox’s helmet from Metal Gear, so hard not to like. For my preference of the three, I guess I’d have to try starting a portrait with each to know. But I reckon it’d be somewhere between Bodem and Loomis.

Andrew Joseph Keith

11mo

Hey these look great! the back of the head might be too small on the Bodem method block in. Keep it up!

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sscottie

11mo

I keep posting in the wrong area🙃! Anyway hope this is the right spot for this and certainly hope I understood the assignment!!

Andrew Joseph Keith

11mo

Nice! the proportions look like they might be a little off so make sure you're comparing them with a reference from the front and side view. Looks like the widest point at the back of the skull is too low on most of the studies and that they are a bit too close to a sphere. Keep it up!

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Roy Nottage

11mo

Nice. I like the presentation you did with these within the photos. Although I'd perhaps crop off the white fill border/background. It limits how easily we can look at each of the models (particularly on mobile), since that white takes up most of the screen space.

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sscottie

11mo

Hope I have understood this assignment. Here are my attempts..

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