ZBrush Character Creation - Advanced Digital Sculpting 2nd Edition

218 chapter 6 ■ ZSpheres

Mc off Mc on

Figure 6.34 The effect of Minimal Skin To Child on the intersections of the mesh

You’ll see a difference between the two skinning

methods in how closely the mesh follows the volume of

the ZSpheres. You’ll also see differences in how hands,

feet, and faces are created. Figure 6.36 shows the same

ZSphere mesh under both skinning approaches. Notice

how the facial edge loops are different between Classic and

ZSpheres2 skinning. We’ll look at the facial edge loops in

more detail next.

Finally, there is the Make Adaptive Skin button

. When clicked, this button cre-
ates an adaptive skin from the ZSphere chain based on
the Adaptive Skin settings. This new mesh is stored in the
Tool menu, where you can select it and sculpt on it. Before
you start sculpting your ZSphere base mesh into a charac-
ter, you must convert it to an adaptive skin using this but-
ton. Table 6.1 shows the options under Adaptive Skin.

Figure 6.32 The fingers do not flow correctly

into the arm mesh under Classic Skinning if

Ires isn’t set correctly.

Figure 6.33 Setting Ires to 3 corrects the issue

with the finger resolution.

Mp off

This edge disappears when Mp is on, but the

transition into the wrist is more continuous

Mp on

Figure 6.35 Minimal Skin To Parent can create a
smoother transition into the wrist while removing
the influence of the parent ZSphere on the topology.