Field notes on the figure — anatomy, sculpting, and the craft of building a body that reads as alive, not as a diagram.
Craft
Digital Figure Sculpting — Week One
Foundations: the gear, then the four ideas we build every figure on — proportion, gesture, volumes, and planes.
Torso
The Midline Isn't a Gesture Line
Most anatomy lessons treat the midline like a gesture line. It's not — it follows the anatomy, with straight runs and one flexible zone in between.
Craft
Walnut Method: Pockets Of Convexity
Anthony Visco swore sculpting was all about convexity and treated the rake brush as an instrument of evil — here's where I landed instead.
Craft
This Set Off A Firestorm
A 3D-printed base, clay dripped over the top, and a sculpt from imagination — the workflow that got Ryan called a no-talent hack.
Craft
Sculpting Widths
Depth is the hardest thing to see — until you rotate the model and turn it into a width instead.
Craft
Sculpting The Foot, Block-in to Finish
A one-minute reel of a foot sculpt from block-in to finish — structural notes, the walnut phase, and the rake brush doing all the work.
Head
Five Volumes Of The Head
George Bridgman's classic breakdown of the head into five simple volumes — a form concept you'll see referenced again and again.
Torso
The Rib Cage Is Easy If You Know This Trick
A trick from a reel with 2.5M views on Instagram — four columns of shape explain the rib cage, external oblique, and serratus anterior for good.
