ZBrush Character Creation - Advanced Digital Sculpting 2nd Edition

■ Advanced Techniques: Sculpting the Demon Beast 105

Removing all surface shading and looking at just the silhouette allows you to

concentrate on the overall silhouette of the character. The silhouette is an important

aspect of design since it is the first read, meaning the first thing your mind processes

when you look at a character. Figure 3.55 shows examples of character silhouettes

and how they affect the read of the character.

Figure 3.55 Various silhouettes

A useful trick when trying to judge the over-

all proportions of the character is to switch from

the current material to the Flat Color material.

Doing so allows you to spot the silhouette of the

character quickly as well as sculpt while looking

just at the profiles (Figure 3.56). Reducing to the

overall outline can help you see when a shape

needs to be pushed to help communicate the feel-

ing you are trying to inspire or depict in the ana-

tomical form you want to represent.

It is possible to snap to an orthographic

view and move the mesh in Flat mode, manipu-

lating just the overall outlines without being dis-

tracted by internal details. When you are ready

to view the whole mesh again, simply select

another material.

Figure 3.54

The flatInflate

brush’s Edit

curve

Figure 3.56 The character bust with the Flat Color mate-

rial applied