Questions tagged [sculpting]
Questions pertaining to Blender's built in sculpting tools and or plugins.
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Any tips on making mesh flush where they have been joined? Model is already high poly, and re-mesh is giving me undesirable results
Bear with me while I explain away. I modeled the head, body, and the hands separately. After finishing, I joined the objects together. I'm left with these seams where the objects are joined. Usually, ...
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while sculpting in blender, my inflate brush shows pink lines but doesn't inflate the geometry
I'm Vishakh. I'm new to sculpting in Blender. While sculpting in blender, my inflate brush shows pink lines but doesn't inflate the geometry. I'm not sure what settings need to modified so I reset to ...
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Extrude pattern from modeled mesh
I have been trying multiple methods to extrude motifs from a figure. The end result should look like raised skin off the model. I've tried modeling it on as well as using different modifiers but can't ...
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Remove parts of object, which are inside of another object
I want to remove the inside parts to retopo this model (made in nomad) properly:
The hair wrapping around the body is also inside the body:
I want to remove the parts of the hair inside the body.
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Same sculpting curve on multiple brushes?
I've looked around the internet, but couldn't find anything about this..
Is there any way to use the same sculpting curve for multiple brushes?
I'd like to first draw sharp along a curve to make a ...
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sculpt tool is stuck to z axis
I have a student working on a sculpt and i'm not sure how they locked the tool to the z axis
I can't unlock it or change it's axis to anything else
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creating bas relief from 2d vector curves
I am trying to create bas relief type models from curves created from an svg. I filled then extruded the curve, now I want sculpt and/or bevel the parts using the curves as a guide.
For example, for ...
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sculpting mirror is not topological
Is there possibility to mirror based on topology? Now After Moving the mesh with Armature, sculpting mirror option works in local coordinates without taking the account modified mesh. May be there an ...
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What is happening with my sculpt tools/viewport?
I have just finished sculpting the body of my model and moved on to do the hands separately. I joined the objects, remeshed, and checked the normals of the final object. I have cleared masks and ...
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How can I smooth these lumps and bumps, to match with that of the surrounding surface?
I am trying to get rid of these creases, lumps and bumps so the result is a continuous smooth surface.
I have looked at so many different ways to smooth and flatten, but so far this is the best I ...
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How do I fill/fit an object into the empty space of another (eg the center filling of a cookie)
I'm not actually looking for an answer to help me currently (at least I don't think). Ive managed to move past this step with an acceptable result, but as a beginner, I suspect that there are much ...
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Help creating a texture for cookie - not sure how to improve texture bump with my simple texture node tree
I am trying to recreate this cookie:
but I am stuck on how to create this crumbly/cracking like texture. I am using the Voronoi Texture -> Bump, which I think gives me a good starting point in ...
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How to configure how much my cursor need to move to blender start computing a brushstroke? (brush deadzone) [closed]
While sculpting i find weird sometimes the distance my cursor has to move, from the moment i touch my tablet with my pen, to start seeing the vertices being affected by my brush, so i was wondering if ...
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Blender sculpting
How can I remove this ring, which makes editing symmetrical along this ring?
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The Active Tool Tab in the Properites Editor is Entirely Empty
I was doing some sculpting and went to change some of the settings on the tool I was using, but the Active Tool tab was entirely empty.
I don't know what could have caused this and I couldn't find ...
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Modeling Problem (Persian Helmet)
I want to model a Helmet, and I am attaching a photo so you can see what it looks like.
I wanted to know what method you would use to model if you were in my place?
And the second question, is it ...
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How do you sculpt without messing up geometry?
I feel like I must be doing something fundamentally wrong in blender. Every time I sculpt I seem to create geometry where faces overlap/edges inside of faces. unintentionally. I can even be very ...
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How do you shrinkwrap part of a mesh to another mesh with a smooth falloff?
In ZBrush, there is an option called Project All which basically works as a shrinkwrap modifier and projects the low poly to high poly to get the details
In order to do that in blender, the way I know ...
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How can I get a multi-colored object in the solid viewport display like in this Joey Carlino Tutorial?
I'm very new to Blender and I stumbled upon this tutorial Faces are EASY with this trick - Blender tutorial by Joey Carlino.
It's a very good tutorial and he explains everything well (I watched it ...
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How to model this type of edges in chocolate's packshots
I need to model this inside of a chocolate usually seen in packshots. I started with block modelling then started sculpting it. I easily sculpted the liquid chocolate in between wafers. But was not ...
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Softening the corners of the grid without adding polygons
I am creating a landscape, and in order for the game engine to apply its smoothing, I need the height difference of the points not to exceed 25 degrees.
I want to see the difference in the height ...
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Sculpting issues - doesn't smoothen
I have a couple of issues in blender.
Sculpting
When I sculpt, it isn't smoothened at all. E.g. in the following images, I tried to draw but it just ends up emphasizing all the edges/faces of the ...
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How to prevent deform sides when in sculpt mode?
I am in the process of sculpting some legs from the Y side. (front) But when I look from the side I can see that it is being deformed. is there a method to prevent deformation of the side of the ...
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Selection paint brush does not highlight the selected hair
Can't solve this problem no matter I do.
The brush works fine but does not highlight the selected hair strands.
I already tried to change selection oppacity, but still no effect.
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How can I recreate this roof inside Blender?
Hey I am pretty new in Blender and I want to ask if somebody has an idea how I can recreate this roof?
[Edit] It does now look like this how can I fill that gap? (Nvm I figured it out! :)
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Unable to sculpt object with Subdivision Surface modifier
I have used a Subdivision Surface modifier and a Mirror modifier to create my object. I was able to create a body of the object, make a robe and boots, but I wasn't able to sculpt the face.
I have ...
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Why does my sculpture looked so vague
As you see in the images above, the sculpture that I made with brushes looks so vague that the final rendering looks the same, how can I solve this problem, thanks!
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Vertex mesh won't sculpt
hey all very new to blender(day 3) I am currently making a donut and I have what looks like 5 vertexes that no matter what I do won't stop looking pixelated when i'm sculpting. how does one fix this?
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what is the proper way to remesh for sculpting props?
I'm working on a stylized lamp post. I have the low poly and now I want to start sculpting out the high poly. (Just to clarify im not sculpting characters)
Usually I use a bevel modifier with subd to ...
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Best way to get legs straight
Working on a base model for a project and the automatic weights aren't working properly, tried using the pose brush method but the brush wont let me move just the legs. I am really trying to just ...
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Multires modifier destroys shading but only when sculpting
Does anyone knows why does this happens?
I successfully apply Multires subdivisions when I am on Layout mode, but the same modifier destroys shading? UVs? Textures? when applied in Sculpt mode.
Any ...
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How do I get rid of these weird clumps in sculpts?
Whenever I'm sculpting I notice these clumps of verts mostly on edges sharp or smooth. What do I do? (Also smoothing doesn't help)
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How to reducy Poly count just for a specific area?
Hi I made a mistake while sculpting und now I dont know how to reduce the Poly count on that specific area... I know there ist decimate tool etc.
But that reduces the Poly count for the whole model. ...
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tear problem in sculpt mode
I don't know why this issue is happening.
there's a tear on the object's face
Can you help me solve this problem?
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Normal map baking issue
I searched a lot for answers on this but couldn't find any solution that would fix the issue. In the image below you can see that the normal map is not exactly.. normal. I tried playing around with ...
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Alpha brush creates indent when applying over another alpha brush stroke
i am trying to apply alpha brush to my sculpt and when i apply an alpha brush stroke over another it creates an indent around the previous stroke and warps the mesh. this is only a new problem as i ...
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Symmetry in sculpt mode is uneven
I am facing problem regarding the symmetry in sculpt mode version 3.3.10.0 . I even brought origin point to the center but still symmetry is uneven.
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Can’t sculpt suddenly
I was happily sculpting away yesterday but when I opened blender today I couldn’t. It’s still a mesh, dyntopo is enabled, I’ve hit ctrl + A and applied rotation & scale. And still I can’t sculpt. ...
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How to avoid Jagged edges using custom brush in sculpt mode
I have made a custom brush. I have divided my mesh and has almost 1 million vertices. When I'm in sculpt mode, the custom brush pattern looks more smooth, when I exit sculpt mode the edges become ...
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What is the shortcut called for inverting the sculpt brush
The default way to invert a sculpt brush is through ctrl left click. I already have ctrl left click set to something else, so I'd like to change the shortcut. I looked through the keymap but nothing ...
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How can I make this more veil like? Used the cloth modifier but would like it to be more flush with the model. Similar to Greek sculptures
My model. I used cloth modifier.
Here is my desired look. Would I achieve this from sculpting instead? Similar to how I made the dress.
Would like some recommendations for creating the blindfold as ...
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Inexplicable problems with sculpting "Draw" tool
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I've been having a lot of trouble with the "draw" tool lately, which I use frequently to add texture to objects. I can't figure out what I have done wrong or how to fix it, and I wonder ...
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Multiple edge loops and appear in my model after I added Shade smooth and subdivision Modifier
I'm very new to blender and I have been following this tutorial where i get to build the model below....everything looked perfectly fine in edit mode until I was to prepare my objects for sculpting by ...
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Clay strips intensity not working with symmetry
I have a problem with clay strips tool when symmetry modifier is enabled - intensity is different on the other side of the symmetry. Problem becomes more apparent the lower the intensity is.
On the ...
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Sculpting is erasing everything
I'm trying to follow this tutorial https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SVf-UvySGqI but when I try to use the sculpt brush it just erases everything under it. Any idea how to fix that?
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Uneven geometry on semisharp edges
How can I smooth out these harsh edges(circled in red) and make the geometry look more like what I have circled in green.
I've tried using the smooth tool in sculpt mode, and while that does seem to ...
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Sculpt Smooth deletes faces
Smoothing corners deletes entire faces.
These are the steps I took:
Imported an svg
scaled up
extruded on Z axis
create a mesh, remesh with voxel 0.001 size
When I smooth it has this effect:
https://...
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How do I copy a sculpt mask from one object to another?
I made a mistake while sculpting by making a mask and sculpting only a quarter of my object, thinking I could mirror the object after to create the whole thing.
But when I mirror the object, there ...
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How do I fix artifacts caused by sculpting with dyntopo?
When I sculpt using dyntopo, it sometimes causes edges to overlap each other, causing artifacts to appear, which are exaggerated when I turn on shade smooth.
Is there any way to fix this? If not, how ...
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Topology Issue after sculpting
Apologies for the interruption, but I've come across an issue with the topology of my 3D model.
Prior to sculpting, the topology was perfectly fine, but after completing the sculpting process, it ...
