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Originally Posted by Silas Loki
For a long time now, I've come to realise that the mainstream manufacturers are simply not making the sort of statues I want to own.
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This is intriguing.
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Originally Posted by anbarestani
Ive been sculpting for a year and half now. The best way to become good at any for of art is to just do it. now getting help from others, books, videos help, but its you who should put it to practice.
One more thing, whether you do it on z brush or clay, I highly recommend learning classical sculpting first. Meaning, learn the anatomy and sculpt classical stuff like roman statues and stuff then you have a much easier time sculpting superheros with big muscles. cause then that way you have more control over anatomy of the figure and where everything goes.
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QFT.
I'm self-taught - lack of funds and awareness of suitable classes - and although I can't argue against personal instruction and feedback, IMO a few good books can go some way to fill the gap. The first one I'd point to is
Anatomy for Sculptors, available as an ebook here:
https://www.anatomynext.com
I was in on the kickstarter for the print book. Pity that seems to have disappeared from the stores, but in any form it's one of the best books on the subject I've seen. That might not be saying much, but it is very extensive, full of clear, explanatory illustrations, diagrams and references.
I'd also recommend Sarah Simblett's
Anatomy for the Artist, maybe more for the reference pictures than the instruction, and Eduardo Lanteri's classic
Modelling and Sculpting the Human Figure, maybe more for the instruction than the reference pictures! The english translation of the latter makes some of the dense wording difficult to follow, but the progression and exercises are quite useful.
As with most things, YMMV.
I think I could check out a few of the video tutes out there for myself, too.