ZBrush How to speed up the carving process

1. Better understanding of tools

In addition to "practice practice" This well-known truth, the best way is to master the ZBrush of a large number of tools, each operation is different, the choice of brush or skill is also not the same.

To add more detail, use the Dam_standard brush to reduce the folds and use the deepest part of the mask cavity mask.

It is recommended to start with the original geometry of ZBrush, the sculpture is very important inspiration, you can join a Facebook-like daily Spitsculpt such as the online community, the members here every day to publish something new, the challenge in 45 minutes to create a sculpture, and then the participants to comment.

Music can also inspire creative thinking and listen to some music related to the creation of themes, such as if you are carving Batman, you can listen to some of the Batman soundtrack, help really big.

2, the first attention to the shape of the big

Erick, a traditional sculptor who began using ZBrush a few years ago, believes that Kotobukiya, DC collectibles and Marvel belong to his clients, and said: "The key to carving is to have a powerful set of painting skills."

"Start with a simple sketch, show the basic ideas you want to carve, and go straight to the carving." Start with the Dynamesh sphere and focus on the overall contour of each angle until it looks right for the next step. ”

The more you know about the shape, shape, and skeleton of a work, the faster it will be carved.

Dynamesh can help speed up the carving process, and using an IMM brush can help increase the carving speed, but don't rely too much on the brushes on the main shape.

3, set Hot Key

One of the easiest ways to improve engraving speed under strong working pressure is to customize the UI (user interface) to make sure that the tools you use most-such as brushes and brush settings-are easy to access.

"Keeping the lazy radius, accucurve and backface masking is a good choice," La-based3d artist Maria Carriedo, who also recommends setting hotkeys for her favorite brushes for real-time switching.

Maria, who is currently working in PSYOP, has started to learn ZBrush by using accelerated carving to improve her skills and overall speed, as well as an effective experience to improve the ZBrush workflow.

For other controls in the carving, she suggests using polygroups to separate different parts, which can be masked by polygroups.

When carving a closer position (such as a finger), she recommends using the isolate mode, ctrl+shift+ click Polygroup or ctrl+shift+ to drag the area to isolate to achieve this.

You can also add an external project folder to Lightbox for easy access by simply creating a shortcut key in the project folder and then placing it in your Zbrush/zprojects folder.

4, not too early in-depth study of the details

No matter what you do, do not delve into the details too early, and if you do not create a shape in the first step, the details will only be a waste of time.

It's a mistake to add too much detail prematurely, but it's better to add details when the artwork is almost carved.

In the final analysis, the key to speed up carving is to keep practicing-the results are not important, the important thing is the process.