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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

Reviewing tips for sculpting likeness

Likeness sculpting is one of the most popular subjects of 3D artists, as it tends to be popular on social media and often gets more attention than other themes. Creating digi-doubles, which requires likeness sculpting, is also a high-in-demand task, so it is worth adding likeness sculpts to your portfolio to boost your chances of getting a job in this field.

Creating a great likeness is one of the more challenging projects an artist can undertake. While sculpting a realistic portrait is challenging in itself, likeness sculpting takes that to the next level, as even the smallest imperfections will throw off and even ruin the likeness.

To create a convincing likeness, the artist needs to have good knowledge of facial anatomy and high attention to detail; but above all, they need to have a lot of patience. That being said, here are some tips to help you get progress on your likeness sculpts just a little bit faster and easier.

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