Post #685425 by Gene S Morgan on Wed, Jul 10, 2013 8:06 PM

I will try not to make this next part too boring. I think a lot of folks who do serious sculpting on the Ipad use this program called Forger. I don't. The biggest problem with an Ipad as apposed to a computer is memory issues. Unlike a PC it only has one memory. It has no hard drive, so everything including apps, storage, and processing memory has to be done with only what memory is installed. Mine has 16 gig. I soon found that was a big mistake on my part. I need more.

This is what a ball of digital clay is actually made of, little boxes. (or triangle in some software) You can see the squares because I have “wireframe” turned on.

I sculpted on the surface of the ball. Look at what it does to the squares.

In a menu I did subdivided the wireframe. The boxes got smaller.

As you can see the smaller boxes produce a smoother surface,

But when you keep sculpting the boxes start looking weird again.

I subdivided again and got to a level of 6. That is as far as my limited memory would allow me to go.

At this level larger amounts of clay added actually look pretty good. But when I reduce my brush size and carve into the clay the little boxes just can't take it. They stretch and bend and look like crap making fine detail almost impossible.

This is what it looks like without the wireframe. Not a good look. My guess is that people with more memory on their Ipad get better results. I think the limit is 32 gig. I can never understand how those Apple engineers think.

All sculpt apps and programs have a similar group of sculpting tools or brushes. Ones like pinch and grab really make sculpting fun as I will illustrate on down the line.

This is just some fun with the grab tool.

I will try not to grumble about Apple too much, but how they have crippled the file system on the Ipad drives me crazy and leads app makers into strange methods for allowing you to move your finished sculpts and graphic images between apps or onto your laptop computer. This app actually requires you to e-mail files to yourself so you can use them elsewhere. How crazy is that? But after showing you all this, it is another app that I will be using to show you how I sculpt on the Ipad. Next, next, next …...