I think people tend to subdivide too early and get lost in the detail without having the basic volumes right, also in 3D you can zoom extremely close which makes this even worse. My advice would be to stick with an uncomfortable low resolution as much as you can and sculpt at a higher distance than you would like (you have to see the general shape, not the details), subdivide when you can't enhance the sculpt any further at the level you're at. A good trick is also to have a basic shader and change the angle of the light frequently instead of tumbling the view so often, shadows give all the information so you should have the light control gizmo always present in your workspace, playing with the angle of the light instead of tumbling the view may feel weird at the beginning but it helps a lot. Matcaps look cool and they may seem helpful specially if you change them from time to time but they also can fool you.

The conversational style of your videos are what set them apart from other tutorials, great video guys

I really liked this video, because instead of it being for the absolute beginner, it is for artists like me who have come a long way but still have problems with the face not looking completely right, and not being able to figure out why! This was very illuminating and I can see that I am making some of the very same mistakes you are showing. Thank you!

You guys are great. I always come back to your videos when I'm having a hard time with a specific piece I'm working on, and you always manage to reassure my confidence as an artist. Thank you.

I love your channel and the tutorials you provide. Thank you very much for sharing your knowledge and uploading quality videos continuously.

Thank you guys so, so much for what you do. I am not new to Zbrush but still a novice, I've done sculpture for years but cannot afford the professional suite. Your videos give concepts and reasoning behind the brush strokes that have taught me more than any other series. I will be a long time follower, ZbrushCore is my weapon and you are my masters, thank you again for all you do!!

lol dude: "in blocking out, it's gonna look like crap." took me long to get over that psychological minefield

This video has taught me that I need to remember to apply moisturizer.

Planes, planes, planes. After finishing two figurative sculpture classes I would say that one concept will make or break your work. Thanks for all of the wonderful tips as usual gentlemen, you're awesome.

Learned so much in a relatively short video. Please continue these excellent tutorials. Subed, reposted and will follow regularly. Thank you!

Wow this incredibly useful, I thought it wouldn’t really help me out a lot since I do not plan on sculpting but it’s really opened my eyes and I actually know now where I go wrong with my drawings thank you

Great video! I started Zbrush about a month ago, and Flipped Normals has been the only source I need. Thanks Morten and Henning!

I cannot thank you enough, both of you. I discovered FP after getting Gavin Goulden's Swordmaster book and searching for him. As a traditional artist and qualified interior architect - this is quite simply gold dust. This has even helped me with a portrait I am painting at the moment! Really appreciate all your insight, talent and wisdom. Fanboy rant = over...

thanks so much, paradise that you are doing this, I really appreciate it!

You guys are the best! Your teaching skills are superb.

Yay for butt noses! I'm proud of my nose crease. Thank you so much for this. These are all things I practice but I'm glad to see a video on it. You guys are awesome.

Thank you for the video, really helps when knowing what to look for.

Awesome video and advice 😊 I was struggling with refining the facial features and this really helped. Thank you!

This video was super informative for how much like click-bait the title sounds. Like I don't even remember what the 5 things are, but I learned specific areas to look out for. Thanks!

A really very very very useful video !!! It's my reference now ! Thank you so much.

Great video! I need to buckle down and get to work on my fundamentals on faces. As interesting as the end result might be, there is only so much a displacement map can accomplish XD.

I had lots of problems with the eyes this video was super useful thank you so mush.

I could listen to you two forever.

Not sure what this says about the educational system but I'm learning more from watching your videos than I ever did going to college. You have me going back and checking out what I thought were my best pieces only to face palm like I just did. Had to go fix the eyes and lips, and the muscles lol. Keep up the great job guys!

This is turning out to be my favorite 3d/vfx channel. And Im even using just blender! hah Your discussion about the topics have shown to be the most honest and thorough!

this is basic stuff but every one should see this video to know something more, i didnt know that line between nose and chin, and some other stuff, now i know and will use that knowledge!

Never knew about Farault. Super valuable

i am study head anatomy and u guys post this video :0 i love u guys we need more tips about forms sculpt or anatomy mistakes

Love your video's keep up the good work!!!!

Good video, not many of these around! I always tell students and artists to worry about representing weight. First you have to get solid structure, then features, then work on weight. Planes and weight is what separates pro work from beginners. I see so many weightless faces, ageless beauties and smooth skin in many posts, that only happens in Photoshop :)

perfect timing I need this video

That face at the very beginning of the intro, is PERFECT... I want to purchase this model. lol

Thanks, it was very helpful

you guys are amazing. thank you :)

This was super helpful. I do clay sculpting, and I didn't realize how much it helped to be able to touch the figure and feel the planes of the face. And I have a hard time getting past the "Oh god I created a monster!" stage. lol...

Something I didn’t hear you mention is trust the process, you will just keep on refining it it doesn’t need to look perfect on the first brush stroke

Awesome work. Do more top mistakes videos.

Awesome tips. You guys are the best

Thanks guys!

Oh god thank you! Please do more about sculpting human anatomy! You guys are the best!

owf Voldemort looking good right here xD

Your channel kicks ass! Great advice.

Your video got suggested to me on my homepage, but it's definitely not in my today's subscription feed. I think I recall Linus saying that there's some advanced video setting you can check to send your video to people's subscription feeds? Anyways, haven't watched this yet, but I'm sure it will be just as groundbreaking as the one about muscles. Can't wait for exams to end so I can practice!

oh- JESUS- IOwatched this video around three times, I remember when It first came out.. But after getting use to seeing the faces you've been teaching us from your most recent videos, When I came back and saw the "Base face- It was horrifying. XDDXDXD!

Thank you very much!

I think the problem with blocking out and looking bad without smoothing - at least from what it saw rn - might be the stroke direction and size. It kinda looks better if by blocking out shapes you also get some crevices that are natural in a situation rather than just making circles and trying to get a smooth result right away. But ofc this is just temporary so it doesn't matter that much.

I learn many tools snd ideas of sculpting from you guys ... you are fabulous.. keep going teach us ... Love from 🇮🇳India... God Bless you ... 😇😇

Thx a lot! Really useful :)

That's one freaky looking sculpture. Cheers for the tutorial guys:)

Damn this waz so helpful. Brealimg up the lips into those 5 shapes was so eye opening. I'm fairly new to sculpting and the lips have been my kryptonite

Really liked the pace of the video. I am an amateur trying to teach myself sculpting and watching different workflows really helps. My problem is that my models look more like Neanderthals than Homo Sapiens but hey I am slowly evolving!

this is GREAT

Many thanks dear

loved it.

A very interesting and insightful video. I'm guilty of ALL of the mentioned mistakes, and I couldn't tell why my sculpt looks like an alien escaped from Roswell xD

This is soooooooooo Helpful Amazing Video

so nice ty

What about ears? That's my biggest problem! Thanks for the videos.

great video, I've been sucking at eyes for many years! Also that self-doubt in the blocking stage of anything is crippling sometimes. A suggestion for other sculpting videos: How to deal with perspective in reference photos vs the viewports in Zbrush or other software. Persp/ortho & focal settings in Zbrush etc. Its something there's a lot of misinformation out there about, and would love to hear your take on it.

Beautiful

Good work sir. I see all zee brush video sir realy nice work. Sir multipal sudant apriceat in this chanel thanx

very helpful!! i making dolls in the classic way, im a bloody beginner in 3d, the eyelid thickness it is always problematic when the eyelids are too thick on dolls, the eyes later appear too dark and too deep, a little bit difficult to find the perfect thickness. thank you for this very helpful video!!

Apparently I have a very strange face because your reference of my mouth and nose are completely different from the perspective that you have. My mouth is sunken in comparison of my nose, and my nose is not that big at all, in fact the bridge (connection between the bone and cartilage) is incredibly less than what you are describing/referencing. It could be due to my ethnic background (Japanese and Spaniard), but it's dramatically different. Though you were spot on about eyes being forward though, as my eye is inline with my frontal bone. I will say, this is incredibly useful for opening perspectives of references, I feel confident about a lot of my references, and mainly watch these for brushes, and how people use them. I tend to use only 3-4 brushes, and want to expand my toolkit.

great tips

"the inside of the eye doesn't have to be pretty. there's always going to be an eyeball there"

Thank you man

I hate flipped normals. They always go unnoticed.

17:40 this made me laugh pretty hard haha

please make some tutorials about sculpting "Asian Eyes" and describe how to retopologies them for animation properly. the topology is a little bit tricky and complicated on the inner corners and around that double eyelid when it's open or close

So good! Great video for a noob (me)

Amazing video guys! very helpful. I just have a couple of questions: how much persepective are you guys using? is it quite similar to maya's camera or we have to edite de perspective over there too in order to get the same perspective as zbrush?

thanks alot igjen with insights n tips for free! i will purchase at ur marketplace when i get some cash this summer!

how long have you guys been working in the industry, and how old are you guys? I'm just curious.

thanks

It’s rare too see so many positive comments on a KZfaq video; pretty cool

Hi so since you guy's are answering questions I want to get the Zbrush to Modo tutorial but I only have zbrush core will that work?

Hey FlippedNormals, great stuff, are you using graphic tablet for sculpting?

you are fantastic!! can you tell me if "standard curve" brush works with Subdivision? I create my curve, but when I click nothing happens does not affect anything, can you give me a light please?

Thanks so much for this video. Infinitely helpful! Can't thank you guys enough I struggle a lot with all this, still trying to improve in all key areas showed

What size and strength are you using for the fine detail of the eyes? Like the deep creases and to plump it up "just a little bit"

cool video thanks for the quality content, 1 thing i want to ask,its a bit off topic,Why is it that despite being the intensity of my brush is less like 9,why doo i get so harsh strokes,i am using wacom intous,pen pressure is working but still that issue?

I just realized i need to look at more references, noses have always been a headache for me

Whenever I have to draw noses, I always Looked at how it had a small "Cat" Front. I noticed with my own nose the small triangle- and then I thought. "Oh God, Don't turn me into a furry."

Hey cool new logo, even though I really liked the old one

i havent slept in days, just learning zbrush, 3ds max, and substance painter, when i heard the second person talk i thought someone was in my room for a second. SO SPOOPY

This is an accurate model of my pe teacher

How big is the entire eyeball, not just the visible parts, relative to the face?

Hey there, I’m just astonished by the level of your work and i just want to thank you for sharing all your experience with everyone! I am going to University next September and i could use some advice on what laptop to buy. (I can spend up to €2000) Thanks :)

For someone in space you'll see that their skin just falls away from their faces almost like it's swelling a bit. You can see it on the ISS footage on the various space agency channels.

For sure

Noob questions how do I keep the reference window open when working with zbrush? When I go to sculpt the ref window closes. :/

@17:40 Looks like someone went to the shady dr in the dark alley and got a botched botox lip job LOL XD

HHmmm, a lot of this hearkens back to polygonal modeling which is step that I think shouldn't be skipped but people are jumping into sculpting without understanding anatomy or what to expect out of polygons because retopo is important. For this reason, I still model in Lightwave 1st then export to zbrush then back to Lightwave. All of these issues you mentioned are dealt with before I even get to zbrush.

Do you use a tablet (ipad or wacom) or a mouse to sculpt? Not sure what would be easier.

Hey Guy's I really appreciate taking your time for the videos I think they are the best out there. Could you spell or provide a link for the Sculptor you reference Phillip DeFerone or something?

Hi! Where can i get the images u guys used in the pureref?

What is your settings for Clay BuildUp ?

I need help. I got a Ztool file made by a different artist. But when I try to open the ztool , the program says it found an error and simply does not open. Any suggestions?

"For sure!"

Great video as always! I'll make sure to go through it as a checklist whenever I do a human head (hopefully I'll learn by the time I do the 100th head, haha). I'm not sure if you guys accept video requests, but there's one topic which keeps popping on my mind regarding 3D modeling: AI. After watching "Humans need not apply" and some papers on the "Two Minute Papers" channel, I got a little worried that 3D sculpting (any kind of art actually), even the creative part of it, is bound to be replaced by AI in 20 to 30 years. I'd love to see your guys take on it (and I'd highly recommend seeing the aforementioned videos in order to access how developed IA that creates art or that automatizes stuff actually is).