3D Sculpting For Beginners With Nomad Sculpt

3D Sculpting and Modeling Course using Nomad Sculpt on iPad Pro or Android Tablet

What you'll learn

Learning the basics of Nomad Sculpt

Using primitives and tube tools for character blocking

Lighting and coloring your 3D model

Post Process, export settings, and setting up your character turnbtable

Requirements

You will need an iPad, iPad Pro, or Android Tablet for Nomad Sculpt (Available in Play Store / App Store)

Description

Discover 3D sculpting with Nomad Sculpt, the beginner-friendly app that turns your iPad, iPad Pro, or tablet into a serious 3D production tool. This course starts from scratch—no experience needed. You’ll learn to build a fun, stylized monster using simple shapes.  The feel is just like drawing in Procreate, but in 3D. Whether you’re a 2D artist looking to bring your characters to the next dimension or completely new to 3D digital sculpting, this course makes the process approachable, intuitive, and fun. Let’s get started and make some cool 3D art!Here is what you'll learn in class:The Basics: Getting started with Nomad SculptCharacter Blocking: Using primitives and building from shapesNomad Workflow: Steps to join, merge, and add details to our sculptThe Look: Lighting and coloring our characterFinal Details: Post process, image export, and creating a turntable to show off your sculpt! Nomad Sculpt is an amazing application that brings 3D sculpting to you any time, any place. Sculpts created in Nomad can be 3D printed as well as exported for use in other apps like Blender. We'll focus on getting started with Nomad, and learning a smooth workflow using primitives as a base to build our character. Notes: I'll be using an iPad Pro M2 Nomad Sculpt is available as a one time purchase (App Store / Google Play)This tutorial was created on Nomad Sculpt version 2.2 (May 2025)

Overview

Section 1: Introduction

Lecture 1 Getting Started

Lecture 2 Monster Blocking

Lecture 3 Monster Blocking 2

Lecture 4 Final Body Details

Lecture 5 Lighting & Coloring

Lecture 6 Export & Turntable

This is a beginner course for artists looking to get started in 3D sculpting on iPad or tablet. This class will benefit character designers and those interested in creating sculpts to be 3D printed as well or just to make cool renders in Nomad or Blender!