CAD Surface Sculpting Iron Mike with Plasticity & Blender

For Illustrators and Graphic Artists: Create an Iron Mike sculpture. Modeling, texturing, compositing. Complete Workflow

Created by: Onur Erbay
3D Designer & Illustrator

What Will I Learn?

• CAD Surfacing Fundamentals: Navigating Plasticity's UI, all the necessary surfacing and drawing tools, core surfacing concepts.
• Sculpting with CAD: You'll sculpt a stylized Iron Mike sculpture entirely in a CAD program, mastering drawing & surfacing with CAD tools.
• Plasticity to Blender with Blender Bridge: Master the seamless workflow.
• Texturing and Rendering: Setting up lighting, texturing, and rendering in Blender for a unique cyberpunk aesthetic with a vintage comic illustration twist.
• Explore essential workflows for using reference images effectively, including mastering PureRef for reference management.
• Gain insights into converting SVGs to STEP files for seamless import into Plasticity.
• Discover when and how to leverage Illustrator for your projects (optional module).
• Seamlessly integrate 2D and 3D workflows to create unique and impactful illustrations.
• Create stunning cyberpunk-inspired artwork, or incorporate these techniques into your own artistic style.

Requirements

• For Plasticity: no previous knowledge is required.
• This course is designed for working with the Studio version of Plasticity.
• For Blender: navigation skills would be beneficial.
• For Photoshop: no previous knowledge is required.

Target audience

• This practice-oriented course is for beginners who want to dive into surface modelling with Plasticity .
• Intermediate Plasticity users who want to sculpt organic shapes with CAD surfacing tools.
• For graphic artists and illustrators who want to add illustrating with 3D modelling into their 2D skillset.