ZBrush Character Creation - Advanced Digital Sculpting 2nd Edition

■ Cavity and Ambient Occlusion Maps 337 Ambient Occlusion You can use Ambient Occlusion maps to create attractive renders becaus ...

338 chapter 9 ■ Normal Maps, Displacement Maps, Maya, and Decimation Master Open the ZPlugin → Multi Map Exporter menu. Enable ...

■ Cavity and Ambient Occlusion Maps 339 Most of this chapter has been concerned with exporting maps from ZBrush that help re- cr ...

340 chapter 9 ■ Normal Maps, Displacement Maps, Maya, and Decimation Master 3D Printing 3D printing, or milling, is the process ...

■ Cavity and Ambient Occlusion Maps 341 Featured Artist: The Art of Damien Canderle Damien is a freelance ZBrush artist whose st ...

Chapter ten ...

ZSketch and Hard-Surface Brushes In this chapter we will look at ZSketch. ZSketch is a mesh generation tool that allows you to c ...

344 chapter 10 ■ ZSketch and Hard-Surface Brushes Figure 10.1 ZSketch model of a scooter with driver Figure 10.2 The final gestu ...

■ ZSketch 345 Figure 10.3 These thumb maquettes are 5-minute clay sculptures from life. They are intended to help you see the ge ...

346 chapter 10 ■ ZSketch and Hard-Surface Brushes Figure 10.4 Create a ZSphere chain for the torso. Figure 10.5 Adding shoulders ...

■ ZSketch 347 Figure 10.6 Further refine the armature with arms, legs, and a head. Figure 10.7 Add ZSpheres to the legs to creat ...

348 chapter 10 ■ ZSketch and Hard-Surface Brushes Figure 10.8 Adding the S curve shape in the armature helps to translate it int ...

■ ZSketch 349 There are many options for Smooth brushes with ZSketch. Each one will treat the ends of the stroke differently. Sm ...

350 chapter 10 ■ ZSketch and Hard-Surface Brushes Brush Description SketchB Draws a stroke halfway in the surface but with a onc ...

■ ZSketch 351 Build strokes down the arms and abdo- men, then create a block for the pelvis (see Figure 10.15). Further refine ...

352 chapter 10 ■ ZSketch and Hard-Surface Brushes Figure 10.17 The torso built up with more strokes. Notice that the head and th ...

■ ZSketch 353 Figure 10.19 Use single strokes as much as possible to represent shapes like the abdominal muscles or the fists. F ...

354 chapter 10 ■ ZSketch and Hard-Surface Brushes Figure 10.21 The strokes of the back and arm muscles The shape of the legs is ...

■ ZSketch 355 Figure 10.23 The leg shapes worked in three-quarter view Continue to work the figure’s gesture from all views. In ...

356 chapter 10 ■ ZSketch and Hard-Surface Brushes line I want to establish. I always try to smooth each few strokes as I go. ZSk ...