2024 Official Prompt List
Every October, artists from around the world get together and sculpt something new every day of the month. Join the challenge and share your work online with #sculptober
This year marks the 6th anniversary of Sculptober, and the journey continues to inspire creativity across the globe. Over the past six years, we’ve seen incredible art, made new connections, and watched this community grow in amazing ways. As we celebrate this milestone, let’s keep pushing our creative limits and sculpting new worlds together. Here’s to another year of artistic exploration and discovery!
Rules
Simple but Difficult
One of the hardest parts of sculpting is actually coming up with an idea of what to create. Use the official sculptober prompt list above to help with that.
Step 1: Create
Create a sculpture in any medium. Digital, physical, doesn't matter. What is important, is that you create! Don't get caught up in the what ifs and just go for it.
Step 2: Share
Share your creation on Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, and wherever else you like to share your work. Just get it out there!
Step 3: Tag
Make sure to use the hashtag #sculptober so that your work can be found by other participants and followers.
How To
Maybe you're brand new or just a little rusty and want to get back in quickly. Check out these courses and tutorials going over sculpting processes, techniques, and the overall approach on how to sculpt in ZBrush.
How To ZBrush
Over 2 Hours of Tutorial Footage to get an absolute beginner up and running in ZBrush ASAP. Also includes my custom materials, sculpting brushes, and more!
Sculpting The Planes of the Head
In this tutorial Follygon will be demystifying the head by breaking it down into its primary forms. Taking you step by step through close to 20 different stages of developing the head to build one stage at a time on top of one another until you have a finished bust.
The Appeal Academy
Learn how to create appealing characters at your own pace from Follygon. With entire bonus courses and updates added regularly, a thriving community, and the ability to pick the brain of a pro whenever you want, this course is an unbeatable value.
Absolute Beginners | Creating a Fun Pokemon Scene
Starting from nothing and finishing with a final render in Blender. All while learning the ins and outs of Follygon's workflow to create a successful final image.
Sculpting a Stylized Female Head in ZBrush
Walk away from this tutorial with a polished and stylized female head, as well as the knowledge to move on to more complex projects and characters in the future.
ModelMap: Tiger
ModelMaps Are Your Solution To Stop Mindlessly Following 3D Tutorials. They achieve this by giving you room to fill in the gaps without feeling lost or like you're mindlessly following instructions.
Lighting and Rendering in Blender
Learn how to render professional-looking images in Blender. Follow along to learn all the basics of lighting and rendering with a provided render scene. Use the exact process and scene that Follygon uses to render all of his characters.
Tools
If you are wondering what supplies to use, what kind of tablet you need, or just how to get started - check out this list of great tools for beginners and masters alike.
Brushes
These brushes are crafted with precision and passion to help you unlock new levels of creativity. Whether you're into intricate detailing or smooth, flowing forms, Follygon's brushes are designed to elevate your artistic journey. Take your digital sculpting to the next level and bring your creative visions to life with these awesome tools!
Materials
A perfectly balanced diffuse, a shiny coat of specularity, a hint of warmth, and the smallest touch of cool rim light all combine to form Follygon's Sculpting Material. This material will make understanding your form a breeze while looking incredible every step of the way!
ModMesh
Your search for the perfect base mesh ends here. Unleash your creativity and streamline your character design process with ModMesh. Choose from our meticulously crafted base meshes or create your own masterpiece from endless possible combinations.
XP-Pen Graphics Tablet
The perfect replacement for a traditional mouse! The XP-Pen advanced Battery-free stylus does not require charging, allowing for constant uninterrupted Draw and Play. Now comes with 20 replacement nibs.
Wacom One Graphics Tablet
Perfect for kids or beginning artists, This easy to use graphic tablet is great for drawing, sculpting and editing photos. Replaces your mouse and turns your computer into a digital drawing canvas.
XP-Pen Artist 13.3 Pro Drawing Monitor Pen Display
Features a 13.3 inch vibrant display with 6 hot keys and a touch bar. The 8192 level of pressure sensitivity pen stylus offers precise line drawing and gets rid of the shackles of charging. Paint and draw on the graphics monitor to breaks down the creative barriers.
Wacom Cintiq 16 Graphic Tablet Display
A more affordable pen Display with Wacom Pro Pen 2 technology, 8,192 pressure levels and tilt recognition. It's amazing precision and reduced Parallax provide the most natural drawing experience.
Monster Clay 5lbs
World famous Monster Clay. 5lb Tub - Medium Consistency, Sulfur Free, Oil/Wax Based, High Plasticity, Comes in Oven-Safe Container.
Chavant NSP Medium 2lbs
Professional Oil Based Sulfur Free Sculpting Clay. Non-drying oil based clay, Can be used with silicone, Reusable and melt-able.
Blisstime Set of 30 Sculpting Tools
30 pieces in total: contain most of modeling clay tools you will ever need, great for carving, shaping, modeling, cutting, scraping, brushing, smoothing and so on.
Moleskine Art Sketchbook
From sketchbooks and sketchpads to watercolor notebooks with heavy paper, to music notebooks with plain and pentagram pages, to storyboard layout notebooks, Moleskine's art collection of notebooks offer the quality you need.
Uni Pin Drawing Pens with 6 Assorted Tip Sizes
This set of 6 Black Uni Pin Fineliners includes a 0.05mm, 0.1mm, 0.2mm, 0.3mm, 0.5mm and 0.8mm. Water-resistant, lightfast ink, Long, metal-clad tip - especially suitable for use with rulers and stencils. Ergonomic grip zone and pocket clasp.
Follygon
When I started sculpting, I was all about leveling up my skills, fast. So, I came up with this idea for a month-long challenge to stretch my creative limits. What happened next? Well, it turned into this amazing 100-day sculpting adventure that was packed with growth and endless inspiration. If you want to follow along, catch me on Instagram, where I'm still on this journey, pushing myself and growing as an artist every day!
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