2025 Prompt List
Every October, artists from around the world gather to sculpt, share, and grow together. What started as a small challenge has become a global movement, inspiring thousands to step out of their comfort zones, try new things, and see how far daily creativity can take them.
Join the challenge and share your work online with #sculptober
Rules
Sculptober is simple: follow the daily prompt list, sculpt something inspired by it, and share your work online with the hashtag #sculptober. There are no strict rules. Use any medium, take as much or as little time as you like, and don’t worry if you miss a day. The challenge is about creating more than you would have otherwise, exploring new ideas, and joining a community of artists doing the same.
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.
Master Your ZBrush Sculpting Workflow
A practical, repeatable process for artists who are tired of getting stuck. This course is the result of over a decade of professional sculpting and helping thousands of artists.
How to Make a ZBrush Timelapse
You’ve seen Follygon's ZBrush timelapse videos. Now it’s time to learn how to make them. Whether you want to share your sculpts online, grow your audience, or simply keep a visual record of your process, this tutorial will show you how.
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.
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.
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.
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 brushes 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.
How To Easily Draw Every Day
This is the shortcut with all the information and tricks that you need to turn an occasional hobby into a real skill. This guidebook is designed for artists of any level that wish to create more. Beginners and professionals will find this book full of helpful information and tips about drawing and forming habits.
3D Sketch Pack: August 2025
A collection of daily sculpting sketches. These are fast, loose, and expressive. Fantastic for studying Follygon's process, building a library, kitbashing, or reference. Each one comes in file formats for easy use in any 3D software.
3D Sketch Pack: July 2025
38 original ZBrush sculpts
Ridiculously Affordable — $0.26 per sculpt.
Perfect for warm-ups, kitbashing, or reference
Use them as bases and remix, finish, or push them in your own direction
A Note from Follygon
2025 marks the 7th year of Sculptober, and I couldn’t be more grateful for how this challenge has grown. Each October, I look forward to seeing familiar faces return, watching how much you’ve improved, and welcoming new artists into the community. You all inspire me every year.
Sculptober has never been about perfection or completing all 31 days. It’s about showing up, creating more, and pushing yourself further than you would have otherwise.
What started as a small personal challenge has become a global movement. Together, we’ve built a place where artists can step out of their comfort zones, try new things, and discover how far daily creativity can take them.
If you want to follow along with my journey, catch me on Instagram, where I'm still on this journey, pushing myself and growing as an artist every day!
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