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Procreate & Nomad Sculpt DESIGN A MECH CONCEPT SKETCH
Glen Southern shows us how to block out a mech using 3D tools, which can then be used as a reference in Procreate
Artist PROFILE
Glen Southern
LOCATION: UK
Glen runs SouthernGFX, a small, Cheshire-based studio specialising in character and creature design. He has been using and training ZBrush in the UK for over 15 years, and more recently he has been creating in the VR space working with companies like Adobe Medium and Gravity Sketch.https://ifxm.ag/3JFeJdE
For most of my career I’ve been creating 2D drawings that will eventually be transformed into 3D. In this tutorial, I’m going to take a look at using a 3D blockout from a program called Nomad Sculpt, which you can find on the iPad, then taking that as my reference to work up a painting in Procreate. I love this approach because I can take simple primitive shapes and use them to define the look of my character very quickly. In this case, it’s going to be a Gundam-style mech design. I can then use that 3D blockout to try things like lighting and composition before I ever turn to my preferred painting program.