The baby dragon's mottled scales and final details are essential when viewed from close up. It's important to polish the dragon's intermediate shape as far as you can before going into details. The polygonal density of these last touches will be so heavy that previous techniques, such as using the Smooth brush to de-lump muscles, won't be effective. So far, our example looks like this:
n this section, we'll look at techniques for these fine detail challenges. Scales, pores, bumps, and wrinkles are so intricate that we'll rely on textures to bring them out in our dragon. There are two main methods to utilize these textures: First, as a stencil, in which the texture details limit where brush strokes create new Dyntopo geometry. Second, as a brush tip, which will add textural detail along...