Dolphin Ring

Sculpt a dolphin and wrap it around a finger. From a Europe 53 ring curve and two aligned reference images, you’ll draw the dolphin’s outline with as few control points as possible, extrude it into a solid, and convert it to SubD with QuadRemesh at 1.5 mm edge length under X symmetry.

Then the sculpting: head, eye and both fins shaped with Soft Transform, subdivisions and edge loops — always guided by the reference, never by the ruler. To close, the tail is split and mirrored, the halves bridge into a continuous band, and Smart Flow by Curve bends the dolphin around the ring curve, with Quick Bend (±2.4) as an optional variation. Follow the step-by-step lessons at your own pace, then watch the video lesson at the end to see the whole build in one sitting. The reference image is in the Downloads below.