Post #685306 by Gene S Morgan on Tue, Jul 9, 2013 7:41 PM

I have done other threads on sculpting on the PC. There are several Ipad apps for sculpting as well. Ipads don't have the power or usable memory to sculpt to the detail possible on a PC. But for sketching ideas or doing simple tiki designs the Ipad it is a great way to have fun creating tikis. This is one of my Ipad graphics page. The first four apps at the top are the main sculpting apps I use. I will give you a quick rundown of those apps.

OK, warning, this is not tiki. AutoDesk is a company that has been around for a long time in the PC market. They produce some of the best known 3D apps that many artist use both professionally and personally. This is a free sculpting app from them. It is called 123D. I have used it since I got my Ipad and it is loads of fun. I never get tired of sculpting silly guys like this. It has a few drawbacks including not allowing you to export your work in a universally useable form. I will be using another AutoDesk app for most of what I do here.

This is an app called SculptMaster. It is a weird little app that would be silly to think of as a serious art app. You paint with clay. It makes a 3D brush stroke of clay. It seems pretty goofy but it has a free version.

You keep painting until you build up a solid form. It is pretty rough, but it does have a smooth tool to improve the look.

Building up a simple face is easy.

OK, call it crap. You will never win a prize with your sculpts.

Actually, I have used this app quite a bit because of one feature you can add to it for a couple of bucks. It has the ability to export your sculpt in a useable form. The bottom menu entry is : “Export Mesh as .OBJ” OBJ is the most universal file format for 3D modeling. I have often sketched shapes with this app and copied them to my PC and Sculptris program It is a nice way to start with a simple shape to add detail too with a better program. I have done that when designing pendants on the PC.