Thursday, January 7, 2016

Some great sculptors, both traditional and digital

There are thousands and thousands of good sculptors out there who have the occasional great sculpture, but very few consistently great ones. The below artists represent the cream of the crop among character sculptors and the standard you want to be reaching for as a digital sculptor.

http://www.frederikstorm.com

https://www.artstation.com/artist/jamie-leelloyd

http://irenematar.blogspot.com

https://redbeard.artstation.com

http://dmarshallart.com/

http://www.bardsculpturestudio.com

http://kentmelton.blogspot.com (do a pinterest/image search and you'll find much more)

https://www.artstation.com/artist/luisgomezguzman2014

https://www.artstation.com/artist/tsincich

http://www.monsterpappa.com

https://www.artstation.com/artist/vitorugo

http://www.pedroconti.com

https://www.artstation.com/artist/jwcain

https://www.artstation.com/artist/believerdeceiver

https://www.artstation.com/artist/dozen13

http://sketchlab.net

http://www.andreablasichsculpture.com
(His industry-focused sculptures are all in the "Client" menu, with each project)

Also look up
Michael Defeo (just do an image search)
Jerome Ranft (do an image search for "pixar maquette" as he and Greg Dykstra do most of them)
Greg Dykstra (the other maquette sculptor at Pixar)
Tony Cipriano