Archive for the 'Sculptor's Notebook' Category

In this post I wanted to share the recent evolution of a ZBrush sketch. It all started out innocently enough with a cup of coffee, ZBrush and a PolySphere…

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Hello. In this tutorial we will look at sculpting a mouth using ZBrush’s clay brush and a 3D Plane.

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Hello! In this video I do a quick ZBrush paint up from the facial grid of Freedom of Teach’s skeleton torso step 2 to flesh.

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Hello! In this post I show a fast way to get to an idealized skull shape using ZBrush’s primitives, masks and a seldom talked about tool: Reproject Higher SubDiv.

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As often as possible I keep to a routine of sculpting one head or object as soon as I get into the office. It keep me fresh with ZBrush and I always learn something…

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Working with reference is an important part of an artist’s life.

In this post we look at one way to use reference, as a jumping off point for your ideas. We also begin to look at how we can use reference to help us learn more about anatomy and structure…

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When we sculpt in 3D we are often moving all around the model as much as we can. This is an important habit to get into. Unlike a sketch, we do not work solely along the Z axis of the model. We work in all three axis of the 3D model.

However, we can use some of the techniques of sketching to help us block in and establish the shape of our model. It is this way of approaching a quick head sculpt that I want to talk about in this post…

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Hello! Here is a collection of digital maquettes that I have created recently. Each figure uses the DemoMaquette.ZTL.

The goal of each of these maquettes is to establish the basics of the pose as well as to learn more about the structure of our bodies. Each pose teaches me something that I didn’t know before…

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Welcome to Sculpt. Paint. Create where we will look at all things ZBrush: sculpting, painting and designing.

For my first post, I’ll explore the anatomy of the human face and a constructive approach towards sculpting. To the right is the final sculpt created using this approach. All sculpting was done with the ClayTubes brush. To learn how I painted with materials see the reference section at the bottom of this post….

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