An exhibition of animatronic monsters, dinosaurs, and animals has been touring the world courtesy of John Cox from Creature Workshop (Australia). While these creatures were made the traditional way, completely by had without any digital assistance, Cox theorizes that this method is a dying art: “I have a feeling that in about three years’ time this may be renamed the history of animatronics because it really will be very old school.”
Seems bleak for the traditional sculpting world, but Cox believes ZBrush is going to pick up where the physical clay left off. “There are three sculpting programmes – ZBrush, Mudbox and Modo – and ZBrush is the one everyone’s using now. It’s digital clay, you don’t have to sculpt the little things any more, you can just sculpt it straight away in the computer” Cox stated.
Traditional sculpting may or may not be on the decline, but we always think it’s a good idea to trade a burnisher for a stylus.
Creature Design R2 Is Now Live!
10 weeks. Tons of content. Access to ZBrushWorkshops. Join Cesar Dacol Jr as he teaches the old school tricks of sculpting monsters in the new school of ZBrush 4R3!
Sign up for the class at Visualarium.com
Join as at NextEngine headquarters for a presentation. In this session we will create a clay sculpture, then 3D scan it with the NextEngine scanner, import into ZBrush to add rich detail, then output the final creation from ZBrush to 3D printer.
Date
February 17th, 2012
Location
NextEngine, Inc.
401 Wilshire Blvd., Ninth Floor
Santa Monica, California 90401
(310) 883-1888
Start Time
12:00PM – 2:00PM
(30 minutes scanning with NextEngine, 90 minutes ZBrush)
Arrive at 11:00AM for food, drink, and to get clay for creating your very own sculpture.
Stay till 5:00PM if you want to play and learn some more from the NextEngine and Pixologic staff.
The Workshop
Step #1: Sculpt in Clay
Step #2: 3D Scan your creation
Step #3: Digitally Sculpt in ZBrush to add + refine detail
Step #4: 3D Print the final object
Space is limited, so send and email to rsvp@nextengine.com to save your seat and get more info.
This new course from Digital Tutors will go through the process of conceptualizing creatures with the help of ZBrush. The multiple features of ZBrush 4R2, including DynaMesh, ZSpheres, and ShadowBox can help you create the basics of a creature in minimal time, cutting down the final production time. This isn’t a step by step, but rather a discussion of the different methods you can use to create a creature as efficiently as possible.
To watch a preview and purchase the course, visit DigitalTutors.com.
For more courses from Digital Tutors and other online tutorial sites, visit our 3rd Party Page.
Students appreciated Bryan Wynia’s 3 week Concept Maquettes course so much that he’s made a full, 8 week online training course for us. So get ready to make some serious, full-bodied monsters, creatures and characters!
Course description: 3D CREATURE SCULPTING
Join Novedge and The Pixologic Team on February 1, 2012 at 11 a.m., as they take you through this informative educational opportunity. This Webinar will highlight ZBrush and its effect on various industries.
Webinars are a great way to interact and communicate directly with The Pixologic Team. Take full advantage of access to the development team during in-depth question and answer time, and see the inner workings of what you can achieve inside ZBrush.
To enroll in this webinar, visit Novedge.com.
See you all there.
Check out the amazing work of EA artist Abraham Valdez, in this awesome interview at 3dtotal.com.
Read the in depth interview, and get the up close and personal perspective on what makes him tick. When creating characters Abraham says, “I use ZBrush and am most impressed by the team at Pixologic. They’re constantly updating the software and adding new tools. ZBrush changed the quality and the length of time it takes to develop characters and so I fall into the category of artists that love ZBrush.”
We appreciate the praise, and know there is a whole lot going on over at EA that keeps the phrase, “It’s in the Game” alive and well.
Read the interview at 3dtotal.com.
Digital Tutors has just released a few new ZBrush courses, specifically in their “Creative Development” series. Dive deeper into caracter and creature concept sculpting, workflows, and much more. Check out DigitalTutors.com to view more of their ZBrush courses, and visit our 3rd Party Training Page for other courses.
What’s new at Digital Tutors:
Eat 3D has just released another video tutorial in their ZBrush series. Mike Jensen is back and demonstrating more of his hard surface techniques. In this video he will show you how to create character armor.
From Eat 3D’s website:
“Mike starts off giving an overview of all the techniques and basics that will be covered in the creation of a full armor set. He then starts concepting the character armor and then building out the main shapes for the final. Mike then begins to detail the final armor and brings it all to portfolio quality sculpt. Finally he talks a little about how to pose your model and bring it into 3d Studio Max to render with VRay and then compositing the final in Photoshop.”
Check out Eat3D.com for more information and to purchase the DVD/download.
Course Technology PTR announced the publication of “Secrets of ZBrush Experts: Tips, Techniques and Insights for Users of All Abilities” by Daryl Wise and Marina Anderson. ZBrush is the digital sculpting and painting program used for animation, film, video and computer gaming that has revolutionized the 3D industry. The artists featured in this book use ZBrush to create 3D models for some of the most prestigious studios in the industry such as Disney, Weta Digital, Sony, Dreamworks, Blur and Digital Domain.
Secrets of ZBrush Experts is organized by artist and details the background of each expert and includes techniques, insights, resources and an image gallery highlighting their personal and professional work. Secrets of ZBrush Experts allows the reader the opportunity to take a look into the creative process of these remarkable artists.
The book also features a companion website that includes image galleries, motion graphics, tutorials, favorite Internet links, and free content. This book and web resource will provide inspiration, insight and practical advice for ZBrush artists of all abilities.
To get your copy, visit Amazon.com or Courseptr.com.
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