Escheresque — experimental portrait study.
An abstract portrait study from 2021 — I used ZBrush booleans to break open the skull and surface, exposing layered interior geometry while keeping the face readable as a portrait. Cool studio lighting, Escher-rind grunge passes and boolean workflow shots are in the gallery.
- ZBrush boolean technique
- Abstract portrait study
- 2021
Cutting the portrait open
I applied boolean operations to a portrait base — cutting sections of skull and skin away to expose geometry underneath. The process renders sit alongside the final views so you can follow what was removed and what stayed.
Escher on a human face
Escher built impossible surfaces and structural recursion. Here I applied that idea to a human face — anatomy still reads as a portrait while the surface opens into something between figurative sculpture and abstract form.
Same sculpt, different reads
Cool-tone studio renders and Escher-rind grunge versions treat the same physical form under different editorial decisions. Each version asks a different question of the sculpture.
Project gallery
More views, clay renders and material passes.
