Making a crater on a sphere surface

Question

I want to make these small extruding craters illustrated in the image, but I never ever touched sculpting section so I have no idea where to start with.

Could you suggest how to make those craters on sculpting mode, or any alternative ways to get the same result?

it will be cleaner if you use modeling instead of sculpting, and you have a lot of tutorials on how to do it: https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=blender+hole+in+sphere — moonboots, Nov 06 '20 at 08:02

score 7 · Accepted Answer · answered Nov 06 '20 at 12:07

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I'd do away with sculpting, create it from a base icosphere instead.

Add an icosphere, subdivide it as necessary (about 2 in the example below), then on top of it add a Subdiv Modifier and set shading to smooth.

Then in Edit Mode select clusters of contiguous faces, spaced wherever you want craters to be.

Press E to extrude them with the option Along Normals, followed by a small Inset for the ridges, then another final Extrude Along Normals to create the depression.

Repeat for more craters, you can adjust crater radius either by insetting once before the first extrusion, or by scaling the extruded faces after the first extrusion.

answered Nov 06 '20 at 12:07

Duarte Farrajota Ramos

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Caution May trigger trypophobia – batFINGER Nov 06 '20 at 12:32
Indeed, had totally forgotten about that answer, but this did seem familiar – Duarte Farrajota Ramos Nov 06 '20 at 17:09
don't think that answer so well... many sizes and positions for the craters... but ok we'll see when OP reacts – lemon Nov 06 '20 at 19:44
Thanks a lot for the gif, this answer is exactly what I needed! :)) – CONQUERER HOON Nov 07 '20 at 04:05

Making a crater on a sphere surface

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