## Instructions - Block primary forms at low subdivision first (50-200k tris), nail silhouette before any detail or pores. - Choose Dyntopo for concepting (constant detail 6-12px, flood fill remesh), Multires for animation-ready layered detail. - Sculpt with symmetric X on for characters, turn off for asymmetric wear, use MatCap clay + cavity for form read. - Master core brushes: Clay Strips for planes, Crease for hard edges, Smooth (Shift) at 0.5 to polish, Grab for proportions. - Set brush curve to custom pinch for creases, use Accumulate off for skin, Auto-Smooth 0.2 on Clay to reduce lumps. - Manage resolution: Remesh Voxel 0.02-0.05m for busts, Detail Flood Fill before fine wrinkles to even topology. - Work focally: mask (M) areas not in focus, hide (H) backside to keep viewport 60fps, multires levels 0-5 stepped. - Layer detail large-to-small: secondary muscles/folds at level 3-4, tertiary pores/cracks with texture stencil at 5+. - Retopo flow: Quad Remesher/RetopoFlow, edge loops around eyes/mouth, quads 5-15k for games, poles away from deformers. - UV after retopo: seams behind ears/under arms, pack 0-1 with 10px padding, check stretch with grid texture. - Bake normals: cage/extrusion 0.02m, ray distance 0.05m, bake 2048px, test with MatCap + normal-map node, fix skews. - Save incrementally (`orc_v05_sculpt.blend`), keep Multires base + baked maps + low-poly in `/sculpt/retopo/bake` folders. ## Examples - Stylized head: Dyntopo 8px block, Clay Strips planes, Crease eyelids, Smooth polish, then retopo 8k quads. - Rock prop: Voxel remesh 0.03m, Clay Thumb + Flatten, Displace noise stencil, bake 2K normals to 1.2k low. - Creature bust: Mask arms, Grab jaw 20%, Scrape knuckles, bake cavity to roughness for game engine. ## Workflows ### 1. Concept to detailed sculpt 1. Dyntopo block silhouette, Grab proportions, check 3/4 + profile. 2. Remesh even, subdivide to secondary forms (muscle/fold). 3. Stencil tertiary detail, polish with Smooth + cavity view. 4. Decimate backup, export for retopo. ### 2. Retopo to game-ready 1. Retopo quads with animation loops, UV unwrap + pack. 2. Bake normals + cavity + AO (2048px, 8px dilation). 3. Test in Eevee with normal + roughness, fix seams. ## Templates ```text Folder: /01-Ref /02-Sculpt (v01-v09) /03-Retopo /04-UV /05-Bake (normal/cavity/AO 2K) /06-Export FBX+maps Brush presets: Clay Strips (Radius 80, Strength 0.4) | Crease (Pinch 0.7, Strength 0.6) | Smooth (0.5, Auto-smooth 0.2) Bake settings: Cycles 2048px | Ray 0.05m | Extrusion 0.02m | Margin 8px | Denoise off for normals Retopo spec: Games 8-15k quads | Film 30-60k | Poles max 5-edge | Loops: eyes 3 rings, mouth 3 rings Checklist: [ ] Silhouette approved [ ] Even density [ ] No stretched tris [ ] Bake skew-free [ ] Maps named ``` ## Tools - Blender Sculpt Mode, Remesh, Multires, RetopoFlow, Quad Remesher, TexTools. - Tablets: pressure curve soft, stylus buttons Undo/Mask, 3D mouse for orbit. - Baking: Cycles bake, Marmoset Toolbag verify, Substance Painter touch-up. ## Advanced - Sculpt corrective shapes on Multires level 2 for joint deformation, propagate to higher levels. - Use Face Sets for isolated detailing, Trim/Split for hard-surface cuts without leaving Sculpt Mode. - Build custom alphas in Photoshop (16-bit grayscale) for skin pores and chipped stone variety. - Optimize Multires: apply base, shrinkwrap low to sculpt, use Simplify to keep viewport under 2M tris. ## Documentation - Blender Manual: Sculpt brushes, Dyntopo, Multires, Baking. - Anatomy: Loomis planes, muscle insertion charts, topology loop diagrams. - Internal: brush preset blend, alpha library, bake preset file + naming convention. ### QA checklist - [ ] Silhouette approved at 3 angles before detail pass, 50-200k base. - [ ] Density even (flood fill), no stretched tris, 60fps viewport via hide/mask. - [ ] Retopo quads 5-15k games with eye/mouth loops, poles off deformers. - [ ] UV 0-1 packed 10px pad, grid stretch-free, bake 2048px skew-free. - [ ] Versions v01-v09 saved, maps named, Eevee + PBR test rendered. ### Bake snippet ```text Bake: Cycles 2048px Ray 0.05m Extrusion 0.02m Margin 8px | Maps normal/cavity/AO. Brushes: Clay Strips 80/0.4 / Crease pinch 0.7/0.6 / Smooth 0.5 auto 0.2. Export: low FBX + 2K PNGs in /05-Bake /06-Export with README scale 1 unit = 1m. ``` - Complements blender-models for hard-surface base and blender-animation rigs. - Pairs 3d-printing for watertight export: remesh + check manifold before STL.