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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 FREE CHAPTER
2. Chapter 1: Getting Started with ZBrush 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

Summary

In this chapter, we covered material, color, and UV creation. We also saw how to export textures from ZBrush. First, we introduced materials in ZBrush and the differences between the two available types of materials: Standard Materials and MatCap Materials. You learned how to modify them and create custom materials.

Next, you explored Polypaint, a tool that allows you to apply color to your sculptures in a variety of ways. The section provided some color theory tips and showcased the various texturing techniques on the demon model, allowing you to follow along with your model.

Finally, you learned how to create UVs using the UV Master plugin and polygroups to optimize the UV unwrapping results. After testing the results of the unwrapping process using a checker texture, you were introduced to the texture export setting, as well as a variety of useful maps you can export.

Now that your demon model is complete, the next chapter will show you how to light and render it...

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