Diploma
I started this project in early November 2023 and finished it in mid-July 2024. But it didn’t really take me 9 months to complete because I didn’t work on it for four months.
The body was a big challenge, of course, but the biggest challenge was that I didn’t like what I had until almost the end. I just wasn’t happy with the quality of the sculpt and the texturing. I almost gave up on the project so many times. But I kept trying and didn’t hesitate to restart something that I knew wasn’t working.
I spent weeks refining the initial head concept, but then decided to go back and rework it because I didn’t like the final look. I threw out the texturing I’d spent weeks working on in ZBrush because I knew I couldn’t take it as far as I wanted.
I think a good message for beginners is: don’t give up because you don’t like what you’re doing. It’s OK to struggle with a project. If you’re stuck on something and feel like what you’re doing just isn’t working, don’t hesitate to take a break, work on something else, and start some parts over. It can be very frustrating, but you’ll probably do it better and faster the second time around, so it’s worth it!
