52 chapter 2 ■ Sculpting in ZBrush
them consistent makes it easy to drift off proportions and make a head that appears strange.
Figure 2.27 shows several major landmarks labeled on a skull.
- Create a sphere by selecting the PolySphere ZTool. The benefit of using this tool is that
the model has no poles. (Be sure not to select ZSphere or Sphere 3D tools.) Figure 2.28
shows the difference between the PolySphere and the Sphere 3D tool.
Temporal Ridge
Zygomatic Process
Zygomatic Arch
Auditory Meatus
Mastoid Process
Angle of the mandible
Supercillary ridge
Glabella
Nasal bone
Mandible (jawbone)
Figure 2.27 Skull with bony landmarks labeled
Figure 2.28 The Sphere 3D tool on the left compared to the PolySphere
tool on the right. Note the lack of triangles on the polysphere.
Poles are the points at the top and bottom of the sphere where all the faces in a series of
triangles meet. Often this will be the place where you will get a pinch or strange tweaking
in the mesh while you sculpt.