How to Sculpt Profile Pancakes

Portrait Sculpting

Profile Pancakes

How to Sculpt Profile Pancakes

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How to Sculpt Profile Pancakes

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Your assignment is to do three profile pancakes. Mmm. Yummy!

Don’t be upset if the first few don’t come out exactly as you’d imagined. The point is to get practice in. As you gain experience, you’ll get faster and more accurate. 

Upload your images to get feedback from me as well as the Proko community. You can also share your assignment on social media using #profilepancake.

Now get cooking!

Newest
Eric Lee
2mo
My first pancake
Andrew Joseph Keith
Nicely done! exactly what I like to see for this assignment. Keep it up!
Hongtong Song
My profile pancakes. thanks
Abi
3mo
My profile pancakes.
@mvrek
3mo
I did not like the free handling, so i sculpted directly on my working table.
Andrew Joseph Keith
cool! Like a low relief or bas relief portrait study. These are great! I look forward to seeing more of your work
@a_b
4mo
Hope you can match the references to the pancakes... 😅
Andrew Joseph Keith
Hey super fun profile sculptures! I can definitely tell which is which. If I had to give a critique it looks like the facial features might be just a tad large compared to the back of the head so I would watch out for that mistake in future sculptures. I look forward to seeing more! On to the next assignment!
Andrew Cothill
I'l be working digitally on this course so that's why my stuff may look a little weird.
Andrew Joseph Keith
Hey nicely done! these assignments can definitely be done digitally and that adds the possibility of 3D printing and other cool stuff. Keep up the hard work!
Andrew Cothill
Sorry, i should have also added the reference!
carla toms
6mo
My favorite one so far
carla toms
6mo
still playing with these
Andrew Joseph Keith
Hey so great to see how much you're doing! Keep posting your work!
carla toms
6mo
Passing an enjoyable afternoon making these
carla toms
6mo
First three pancakes
Andrew Joseph Keith
So fun! keep up the great work!
@justwings
9mo
Second profile pancake
@justwings
10mo
@cdiazsimon
Well done!
@justwings
10mo
This was my first . I’ll upload the other two shortly
SilverbackCT
DANI DIKMAN
good job . I like the older man's portrait the best
SilverbackCT
Assignment 1: Pancakes.
DANI DIKMAN
Hi everyone.  my first assignment
Andrew Joseph Keith
wow nicely done! Great character and I love the style. Keep it up!
Roy Nottage
These have a lot of character to them!
@endrigodebem
Hi Andrew. Do you have any clay brand that you prefer? Or that you indicated?
Andrew Joseph Keith
I really like Chavant NSP medium clay. I also recently did a video about some inexpensive Dollar Tree clay that's not bad. https://youtu.be/OmtQ7yCitgs?si=NQ0CTheiqyb3I1AB
leonel C
1yr
Hellooooo Everyone, First assignment completed. Please share your knowledge and help me improve.
Andrew Joseph Keith
great job on this first assignment! You might double check proportions by holding your sculpture up to the reference. Keep going!
@lisaann
1yr
The third profile pancake will not attach. Every time I try to attach it, Proko.com freezes. I've tried several times with no avail, so I had to stick to two instead of three. I found this to be very difficult. Rather than get frustrated and quit, I decided to stop and submit.
@cdiazsimon
I LOVE THEM!
Andrew Joseph Keith
Hey these are looking great! Don't get frustrated. These are just for having fun and getting warmed up. Sculpting takes time to develop and get good at so make sure that you can enjoy the process and you'll find much more success and skill as you have fun with it! Keep it up!
Zeina Baron
Hello! My assignments
Andrew Joseph Keith
These are looking good! Great references too! Keep it up!
@mdm206
2yr
I deleted the 3rd one by accident. What are you opinion on these?
Andrew Joseph Keith
It's coming along! remember the primary and secondary forms come first. for example the brow ridge that covers the eye should be much more prominent than the eye lids but on the male study the eyelids look poofy and exaggerated compared to the surrounding features. Hope this helps and I hope you'll keep going!
Hannah DeForest
Profile pancakes! Fun exercise. I had a difficult time sticking to the profiles and will likely try this again trying not to get as distracted by the rest of the portrait.
Andrew Joseph Keith
Nicely done! Great start! I like fabric and headdress of the last one. Keep it up!
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