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Creative Bloq
Creative Bloq
Technology
Ian Dean

How are these 3D characters so ugly yet so beautiful?

JM, ugly 3D models.

If you're the kind of artist who enjoys peeling back the glossy sheen of perfection in 3D character design, you're going to love this twisted little collection. Reddit user Main_Arachnid_4080, aka 3D character artist JM, has shared a batch of bizarre facial sculpts that are more uncanny than cute, and that's exactly the point.

While many of our ZBrush tutorials teach you how to sculpt beautiful characters, and our Procreate tutorials teach you how to design attractive characters, JM is seeking to break all the rules while still creating models you can't turn away from.

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