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The Process—From Base Shape to Final Character
1. Sketching the Core Structure
- Using Curvy’s sketch-based modeling, you likely started with a basic oval shape, ensuring the proportions felt smooth and stylized.
- The soft move tools helped refine the jawline and facial curves, making sure the silhouette was clean and anime-inspired.
2. Sculpting the Facial Features
- Large, expressive eyes: Using voxel merge, you shaped the eye sockets, ensuring they had the signature anime look.
- Minimal nose and mouth: The warp brushes helped refine the subtle facial details, keeping them simple yet effective.
- Smooth forehead and chin: A mix of inflate and deflate brushes added depth to the face, ensuring it looked soft and stylized.
3. Creating the Hair with Lathes
- Lathes were used to form the hair strands, giving them a natural curve and flow.
- Pinch and pull brushes helped tweak the individual locks, ensuring they looked sharp and dynamic.
- Layering different sections added depth and movement, making the hair feel alive and full of personality.
4. Painting & Texturing for Maximum Impact
- Flat shading gave the model a clean, anime-style finish, keeping the colors bold and simple.
- Lightmaps & Specular Highlights: These enhanced the hair’s shine, ensuring it looked smooth and polished.
- Subtle shading: Added depth to the face, ensuring the character looked like they stepped out of an anime scene.
Final Touches & Rendering
Once the sculpt was complete, you likely posed the head in a neutral or expressive stance, ensuring it looked ready for animation or illustration. The clean background and soft lighting helped enhance the anime aesthetic, making the scene feel like a moment frozen in time.
Conclusion—Why This Was So Much Fun
Sculpting this anime head in Curvy 3D was a fantastic way to explore stylized character design! The combination of sketch-based modeling, adaptive sculpting, and detailed hair techniques made the process fast, fun, and visually striking.
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