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Sculpting in ZBrush Made Simple

By : Lukas Kutschera
Book Image

Sculpting in ZBrush Made Simple

By: Lukas Kutschera

Overview of this book

Embark on a creative journey with ZBrush, the leading software for creating characters, creatures, and props in films, games, and 3D printing. This guide will take you through its powerful yet user-friendly workflows, allowing you to explore its dynamic organic sculpting, painting, and hard-surface modeling tools. The first part of this book is dedicated to helping you become familiar with ZBrush’s user interface and learning the very basics, from sculpting brushes and painting the model with Polypaint to setting up lights and rendering images. You’ll also create a demon bust with the help of ZBrush’s concept sculpting tool, DynaMesh. In the second part, you’ll get to grips with the creation of a humanoid character that is optimized for 3D printing. Focusing on anatomy, poly-modeling, and preparing the model for 3D printing, you’ll acquire the skills essential for sculptors. The final part delves into portrait sculpting, where you’ll learn everything from basic facial anatomy to hair creation with FiberMesh. By the end of this book, you'll have developed the expertise necessary to succeed in the ever-evolving world of 3D character modeling, complemented by portfolio and social media tips for showcasing your standout work.
Table of Contents (19 chapters)
Free Chapter
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Part 1: The Adventure Begins: Sculpting in ZBrush
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Part 2: Creating Characters from Scratch: A Comprehensive Guide
13
Part 3: Sculpting a Female Head: Tips and Techniques

Adding detail to the costume pieces

In this section, you will explore techniques for detailing the costume, using various brushes and tools. The goal is to create textures that enhance the realism and storytelling of your character and get the viewers’ attention. This includes capturing the surface structure of the respective material, as well as creating small imperfections, damage, and wear and tear.

Let’s take a look at the different materials present in the gladiator’s costume, and which tools and techniques you can use to get the most out of these assets.

Metal

The metal parts of the character design can be enhanced in several ways. For the rough metal of the gladiator’s armor, we focus on adding (ornamental) detail and adding damage.

Adding snake scales

ZBrush has a small library of Scales brushes. These brushes are not included in the main Brush library. Instead, you can access these brushes by pressing , to open the LightBox library...