New ZBrush Sculpting Book!!
Recently I had the oppurtunity to tech edit Scott Spencer’s new book, ZBrush: Character Creation. During the process Scott featured two workflows I developed in ZBrush while working as Product Manager for ZBrush 3: Constructive Anatomy and the Rake Brush.
The Rake brush is one of the things I am most proud of contributing to ZBrush 3. It is a fantastic brush for building on the power of the clay brush but it is important to bear in mind that it IS a modification of the Clay brush.
The amazing development team at Pixologic did the artistic community a world of good when they developed Clay brush and many of the custom brushes that ship with ZBrush are simple modification of it. The Rake is only one example.
Having studied traditional sculpting I was always looking for ways to incorporate traditional clay-based workflows into my digital art workflows and once they handed me this beautiful gem of a brush I was able go in, make several modifications and come out with some really cool brushes.
Recently I upped the anty on the Rake brush by increasing its alpha repeat and lowering its Brush Mod slider to give it a sandpaper like behavior. Check out the new Rasp or Sandpaper brush.
For more info on the Constructive Anatomy workflow visit Sculpt.Paint.Create.
Scott Spencer’s Constructive Anatomy (link)
Congrats to Scott and Sybex on the new book!
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August 3, 2008
Very cool. :) I have this book for Scott’s class and it’s a great resource. Wish that ZBrush had been around when I was young, spry, and with a lot more free time! ^^
-R
August 12, 2008
Just bought it at Barnes and nobles today! the only thing is that I wish you included some zsphere samples in the dvd. Specifically that of a simple female model to get started with. Female models are much harder for me to make then men especially with zspheres!
August 12, 2008
Forgot to add before.
Mabey you could post one on your site please? Like the female model in zspheres from the book?
October 11, 2008
hey jason, i have a zsphere tutorial at Gnomonology that gives a basic layout but my zsphere models are very simple. I use them just to block out basic topology and form. I use the same zsphere model for male and for female.
The ZSphere tutorial is here:
http://gnomonology.com/group/28
Best,
Ryan
October 30, 2008
Ryan i admire your work and have learn alot from it, i dont have any artistic background but seeing your tutorials has made me understand more on how to use zbrush and has inspire me to learn more.
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