Adding color to your model with Polypaint

Besides its vast sculpting and modeling functionality, ZBrush also gives you the ability to color your models using an array of different tools and techniques. In this section, you’ll learn about ZBrush’s Polypaint feature, which lets you add color to your demon bust.

What is Polypaint?

Polypaint is a tool for painting on the surface of a mesh, storing color information in the vertices. It lets you paint on any mesh without the need for UVs, which makes it very flexible and great for concept sculpting:

Figure 6.12 – A sculpture created with Polypaint in ZBrush

However, adding detailed color information requires a high-resolution mesh with a large polycount since the number of vertices determines the amount of color information that can be stored. If very sharp color textures are needed, Polypaint might not be the best choice – the maximum polycount of a mesh is limited and your...