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Sculpting in ZBrush Made Simple

You're reading from   Sculpting in ZBrush Made Simple Explore powerful modeling and character creation techniques used for VFX, games, and 3D printing

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Product type Paperback
Published in Mar 2024
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781803235769
Length 508 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Lukas Kutschera Lukas Kutschera
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Table of Contents (19) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Part 1: The Adventure Begins: Sculpting in ZBrush
2. Chapter 1: Getting Started with ZBrush FREE CHAPTER 3. Chapter 2: Sculpting a Demon Bust with DynaMesh 4. Chapter 3: Exploring the Gizmo, PolyGroups, and Masking 5. Chapter 4: Exploring Brushes and Alphas 6. Chapter 5: Creating an Optimized Mesh Using ZRemesher and ZProject 7. Chapter 6: Texturing Your Sculpture with Materials, Polypaint, and UVs 8. Chapter 7: Lighting and Rendering Your Model 9. Part 2: Creating Characters from Scratch: A Comprehensive Guide
10. Chapter 8: Sculpting Human Anatomy 11. Chapter 9: Creating Costumes, Armor, and Accessories with Classic Modeling Techniques 12. Chapter 10: Preparing and Exporting Our Model for 3D Printing 13. Part 3: Sculpting a Female Head: Tips and Techniques
14. Chapter 11: Sculpting a Female Head 15. Chapter 12: Adding Skin Detail, Sculpting Hair, and Using FiberMesh 16. Chapter 13: Building a Portfolio and Leveraging Social Media 17. Index 18. Other Books You May Enjoy

Creating simple costume pieces using the ZModeler brush and primitive shapes

The ZModeler brush is one of Zbrush’s best tools for creating and modifying simple shapes and creating clean meshes. Here, you can see the many parts of the costume that were created with the help of ZModeler:

Figure 9.1 – Parts created with the ZModeler brush

Figure 9.1 – Parts created with the ZModeler brush

In this section, you’ll learn about the creation process behind each of the pieces, with a focus on how the ZModeler brush is used.

Skirt and hip cloth

Clothes and fabrics are an important element in most character designs. Software such as Marvelous Designer can simulate fabric, which is great for creating realistic cloth wrinkles and folds, but ZBrush offers more control and precision, making it a useful tool for many clothing pieces.

Skirt

When you are thinking about how to make a certain object, it can help to break it down into simple shapes. In this case, the skirt is shaped roughly...

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