#Zbrush 4 zsketch tutorial how to#
#Zbrush 4 zsketch tutorial series#

You donвЂ™t need to texture or color the head in ZBrush, a rough grayscale will do the trick. Just pose the head the way you want it later in your artwork, place the light the way you want and render it. You donвЂ™t even need a very high resolution render. It doesnвЂ™t have to be completely worked out in ZBrush as it will only be used as a вЂњunderpaintingвЂќ later on. However here is the вЂњDemonвЂќ head I sculpted for this illustration. You will be amazed how easy it is to sculpt something like a head with this application, it is like working with clay. If you never tried to sculpt anything cause you thought it would be to difficult, get yourself ZBrush and give it a try.

#Zbrush 4 zsketch tutorial how to#

The first thing I did was to sculpt a head in ZBrush, I donвЂ™t explain how to sculpt in ZBrush as this would go to far, so to use this tutorial you already should be able to sculpt in 3d applications. To try something like this yourself you will need the following software:ДЄs for the hardware, a pressure sensitive graphic tablet is highly recommended, for ZBrush as well as for Painter and Photoshop! I will show you some basic steps in this tutorial illustrated with some screenshots I took to make you see how the whole thing works. May all sound a little wired and strange at first but thatвЂ™s how I did this piece, and itвЂ™s not really as complicated as it may sound. The whole difference between my вЂњDemonic EvocationвЂќ picture to my other pictures is that I didnвЂ™t sketch the characters, I sculpted them. I just want to show you how I used ZBrushвЂ™s awesome sculpting function for an illustration that looks in the end the same as my other illustrations. This tutorial is not about how to sculpt in ZBrush or how to paint in general.

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At the end, I had to adjustВ a little more the ZSketchВ structureВ by using mainlyBulge and Smooth. This process was straightforward, though, every time I finished a pose, I had to accommodate manually some spheres that came out of theВ structure. One by one I was adjusting the partsВ until I got the right pose for the model. Then I activated Bind button and started using the Move, Scale and Rotate modes on the ZSphereВ skeleton.Д®ach change I did to this one was applied to the ZSketch model. To start with the changes, first I deactivated the ZSketch mode by clicking on the EditSketch button. Doing so, the ZSketch becomes transparent and the internal ZSpheresskeletonВ becomes visible, allowing manipulating theВ structureВ comfortably. TheВ skeleton structureВ can be connected easily to this model by using the Bind function. This allows performing actions such as changing the pose of the ZSketch model. This means that the spheres does not need any contact surface, so it is the best way to create floating strips in the 3D space.ДЄnother of the advantages of using a ZSphere skeletonВ is the fact of being able to applyВ global deformations to the model. This brush, unlike Sketch brushes, allows creating free-form patterns. I also used the Armature brush to buildВ up the structure of the mouth, jaw and teeth. On the other side, Smooth 3 only smooth all the strip keeping intact the ends of the strip of ZSpheres. For example, Smooth 1 and Smooth2 soften in greater or lesser degreeВ the ends of the strip, causing them to blend with the underneath contact surface.

One important thing when using the Smooth brush, is to know how works the different smoothing levels and how is the behavior of each one of them. This one was a very helpful tool to bring out form to each strip of spheres. The Bulge brush simply increases or decrease the radiusВ of the spheres. Then I used Move to position them, followed of Bulge and Smooth to adjust them. In other areas, I used Sketch 3 which creates spheres almost out of the surface. To make this task, I used mainly the Sketch 2 brush, which allows adding spheres, leaving half of its radius under the applied surface.

#Zbrush 4 zsketch tutorial series#

Once I got the right shape, I began to draw a series of strips with different stroke sizes to create the details.