When 2D and 3D art collide, an unexpected challenge

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Ben @Follygon reached out with a collab idea... this is that collab.

Ben gave me a secret prompt, I needed to make a character design out of that prompt, and then he's going to sculpt that character in zBrush.

We talk all things character design, art, 2D art, 3D art and I had a great time!

Here's his video where Ben sculpts my concept on his Follygon YT channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wJTnW4b0_ZA

Check out his Drawbli Youtube channel where Ben and his wife Abby are learning to draw and paint in 2D: @drawbli

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My full deeper dive walkthrough tutorial: https://www.beneblen.com/tutorial

It includes:

🎥  8+ hour real-time walkthrough,
📚 40+ page Field guide,
🗿 3D models to study from,
🗂 PSD files & a Procreate tutorial to reference from

Get it here → https://www.beneblen.com/tutorial

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Time Stamps

00:00 The Big Interruption
00:30 The Prompt
01:09 Introducing Ben (Follygon) and the key idea
03:10 Frank Cameo (Gumroad Tutorial)
03:39 The reveal/conversation begins
04:18 Timelapse starts (References)
04:40 Using Reference
06:15 Integrating the prompt into the design
07:44 Black and white values
09:07 sculpting chats + colour block in
09:40 Ben's journey into drawing
11:25 If I could gain the artistic ability of any artist, who would it be?
14:21 Working on the details, for nothing?
14:48 Recording in Photoshop Trick
15:37 Layer structure for colouring
16:40 Breaking the silhouette
19:38 My deep thoughts on picking her colours
22:20 Final look/breakdown (Hello you video skippers✌️)
24:31 What dream IP's would we like to work on?
25:05 Doing the thing to get better
26:09 What would we be doing if we weren't doing art?
28:23 Follygon sculpting my concept

fin

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🎙 Check out my podcast where I dive deep into the art of creating content -
https://makenowthinklater.com

🍿WATCH NEXT:
* Linework, what I wish I knew https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zU75oVnCaEA

📚 MY TUTORIALS:
8 hour walk through stylisation tutorial
https://beneblen.gumroad.com/l/stylizedCharacterWalkthrough

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