Making Sculpt Brushes

I have recently felt frustration with the default brushes in blender due to the lack of gradient in the brushes. Because of this, I have been looking for smoother brushes on blendswap which have ended up turning up dry. Instead, I will be using this blog post to discuss a method for me to make my own brushes that will help me sculpt better, and hopefully later on more details into my models like cracks, scales, and cloth textures without having to add a material.

The edges are too rounded off to my liking

If you want to make a brush with a various model/ sculpt, you first must take the camera and line it up so you get the view you want. Then, you need to resize the camera so it is square shaped. Then, go into world settings and turn on mist. Next, in the camera settings, use the distance in the depth of field settings and plug in the numbers accordingly in the mist settings in the world(the smallest number in start, the larger number in depth). Then render the image and composite the image accordingly. Toggle with the RGB Curve until you get the result desired. This will also work if you draw your own brushes as long as you follow the same black and white scheme(black does nothing to the mesh, white deforms the mesh).




To add these brushes, you would add a new sculpt brush, rename it, and customize the strength and radius to your liking. Then, in the texture tab to the right, you will add your image and then add it again in the texture tab in the sculpt tab.

Test #1:




With this brush specifically, I wanted to check if the grays would make a lighter shade, but with this brush, that is not the case and it is only detected as a white.

Test #2:



In this case, the various shades have changed the amount of the mesh is deformed. However, I think if I blended in the colors more the deformity will be smoother than it is in this picture.

Work Log:
Monday:Fixing up details in project(colors and looks)
Tuesday:Fixing up details in project(lighting)
Wednesday:Rendering Shots
Thursday:First attempt at sculpting skull
Friday:Second attempt at sculpting Skull