ZBrush Character Creation - Advanced Digital Sculpting 2nd Edition

■ The Brush Menu 37 Brush Description Blob brush This brush is particularly good at producing certain organic effects very quick ...

38 chapter 2 ■ Sculpting in ZBrush Standard vs. Infl ate Brush The difference between the Standard and Infl ate brushes lies in ...

■ The Brush Menu 39 Auto Masking Auto Masking contains the brush masking options. Here you will find options such as Mask By Pol ...

40 chapter 2 ■ Sculpting in ZBrush Brush menu option Description Modifiers Provides general brush modifier controls, including t ...

■ The Brush Menu 41 Figure 2.7 Examples of various Edit curve settings One common edit I make to the Edit curve is what I call c ...

42 chapter 2 ■ Sculpting in ZBrush Backface masking is useful when you’re working on thin meshes such as clothes, wings, or othe ...

■ The Brush Menu 43 Figure 2.10 Cavity masking isolates the high or low points of the surface from editing. Saving Custom Brushe ...

44 chapter 2 ■ Sculpting in ZBrush On the book’s DVD you’ll find a selection of custom brushes, including this one, called softS ...

■ The Brush Menu 45 by using smaller and smaller rakes until the whole surface is smoothed. In Figure 2.16, I started the ogre b ...

46 chapter 2 ■ Sculpting in ZBrush Figure 2.18 An example of Rake and Claybrush strokes at different levels of refi nement What ...

■ The Brush Menu 47 In the following image, we have a sphere with a wavy line down the center. Notice how the bounce of light is ...

48 chapter 2 ■ Sculpting in ZBrush away all the curves to help you see the underlying form and structure. One important part of ...

■ The Écorché Approach to Sculpting 49 The Écorché Approach to Sculpting The approach used to sculpt the head and body in Figure ...

50 chapter 2 ■ Sculpting in ZBrush A Note on Anatomical Terminology Although it is not necessary to know the names of all the bo ...

■ Sculpting the Skull 51 • The third line represents the bottom of the nose. • The last third of the head is divided into th ...

52 chapter 2 ■ Sculpting in ZBrush them consistent makes it easy to drift off proportions and make a head that appears strange. ...

■ Sculpting the Skull 53 Draw the tool on the canvas and enter Edit mode with the T key. From the Brush menu select the Move br ...

54 chapter 2 ■ Sculpting in ZBrush To create a mask marquee, hold down the Ctrl key and drag from a point off the model. A dark ...

■ Sculpting the Skull 55 Sculpting the Forms of the Facial Mass Now let’s move on to sculpting the facial mass: Carve away the ...

56 chapter 2 ■ Sculpting in ZBrush Using the Standard brush with ZSub on, carve away the hollows at the sides of the head (the ...