Refining the anatomy

In this section, you will explore the main muscles when you’re sculpting a believable human body. To begin, you will learn about some of the most useful sculpting brushes for creating muscles. Then, you will go through the individual muscle groups of the upper and lower body; references and sculpting tips will be included.

Useful brushes for anatomy sculpting

There are many approaches and tools you can use for creating anatomy in ZBrush, but as with most organic sculpting tasks, a few of the basic brushes will go a long way. Let’s look at some of the brushes that are perfect for beginners and advanced artists alike.

ClayBuildup

This brush is excellent for building up forms and creating unique shapes. Like with any sculpting work, this will be the primary brush of many artists when it comes to sculpting muscles.

By default, ClayBuildup comes equipped with a square alpha, but you can switch it to Alpha6 to get a smooth fall-off, which...