Creating a Fantasy Creature from Concept Art in ZBrush
Pluralsight
Course Summary
In this advanced ZBrush tutorial, we tackle yet another concept by the awesome Anthony Jones and work towards an extremely detailed and precise sculpture of his design. Software required: ZBrush 4R2, Photoshop CS5.
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Course Description
In this advanced ZBrush tutorial, we tackle yet another concept by the awesome Anthony Jones and work towards an extremely detailed and precise sculpture of his design. While focusing on matching the concept, we will pay special attention to the anatomy and proportions of the creature as well as any underlying and perhaps undefined details that we will have to fill in the blanks for. That being said, there will be a plethora of topics covered from Polypainting to high-frequency detailing such as pores and scales. By the end of this ZBrush tutorial you should be more comfortable with an advanced workflows that will get you results fast and efficiently. Software required: ZBrush 4R2, Photoshop CS5.
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Course Syllabus
Introduction and Project Overview- 1m 3s
—Introduction and Project Overview 1m 3sCreating a Fantasy Creature from Concept Art in ZBrush- 5h 40m
—Analyzing Our Concept Art 5m 55s
—Creating a ZSphere Base 12m 58s
—Adjusting Our Low Poly Mesh 10m 12s
—Continuing to Refine Our Mesh 11m 42s
—Blocking in the Larger Forms 10m 11s
—Final Tweaks to Our Low Poly Mesh 9m 44s
—Making Changes to the Body 9m 54s
—Working on the Lower Limbs 7m 16s
—Adding Details to the Leg Area 9m 31s
—Changing the Shapes on the Feet 9m 44s
—Starting to Refine the Head 10m 5s
—Adding Another Detail Level to Our Model 9m 25s
—Sculpting Overall Details on the Body 9m 38s
—Sculpting the Feet 10m 1s
—Blocking Out the Shapes of the Head 9m 37s
—Continuing to Refine the Head 10m 26s
—Adding the Frills to the Head 10m 13s
—Refining the Shape of the Head 10m 52s
—Adding More Detail to the Head 10m 8s
—Adjusting the Length of Our Neck 5m 0s
—Finalizing the Blocking Stage of Our Sculpt 10m 8s
—Sculpting Details on the Head 10m 14s
—Modeling More Detail on the Body 10m 17s
—Qremeshing Our Model 6m 38s
—Discussing Detailing Techniques 9m 46s
—Refining the Armor Plates 10m 14s
—Sculpting Detail on the Stomach and Tail Area 10m 6s
—Working on the Arms 10m 15s
—Adding the Final Details to the Sculpt 9m 54s
—Adding High Frequency Detail to Our Model 13m 15s
—Refining Our High Frequency Detail 11m 41s
—Taking a Look at the Final Sculpted Result 3m 33s
—Preparing Our Model for Polypainting 10m 13s
—Adding More Variation to the Skin 12m 23s
—Sculpting the Ground Plane 5m 24s
—Final Render Breakdown 3m 28s
