Learning ZBrushCore

Course details

Get a complete introduction to ZBrushCore: the 3D modeling program that offers the most essential elements of the award-winning ZBrush software in a streamlined app. This course is ideal for beginners, as it covers everything from the user interface and navigation to lighting and rendering in ZBrushCore. Instructor Pablo Munoz reviews the various tools and approaches to digital sculpting, so you can find a workflow that works best for you. Learn how to create custom brushes, use alphas for detailing, and texture with Polypaint. As you develop your sculpting skills, you can use Pablo's examples to create a solid portfolio piece.

Learning objectives
Loading projects and templates
Importing reference images
Creating an armature
Working with Adaptive Skin
Sculpting
Using brushes
Extracting mesh
Using custom alphas
Modeling with primitives
Texturing with Polypaint
Rendering

Concepts

0. Introduction

01 - Welcome
02 - Exercise files

1. User Interface

03 - Loading projects and templates
04 - First contact and UI elements
05 - Canvas and navigation
06 - Customizing ZBrushCore UI
07 - Custom hotkeys
08 - Importing reference images
09 - Working with reference images
10 - Background color
11 - Undo history and QuickSave

2. Getting Started

12 - Sculpting approaches
13 - Introduction to ZSpheres
14 - Creating an armature
15 - Exploring shapes and adjusting volumes
16 - Adaptive Skin
17 - Adjusting Adaptive Skin
18 - Masking and selection tools
19 - The power of subtools

3. Approaching Sculpting

20 - Understanding Dynamesh and subdivisions
21 - Splitting up the model into subtools
22 - The brush system
23 - Building secondary shapes and strong silhouettes
24 - Polygroups
25 - Insert brushes
26 - Alternative way to build shapes
27 - Creating fur for arms and legs

4. Refining the Sculpture

28 - Polishing shapes
29 - Extracting mesh
30 - Stroke type and alphas for detailing
31 - Creating custom alphas in Photoshop
32 - Using custom alphas for tertiary shapes
33 - Refining stylized fur with Dam Standard Brush
34 - Subtool transitions

5. Primitives

35 - Primitives and initialize settings
36 - Modeling the horns with primitives
37 - Primitive to PolyMesh and shape tweaking
38 - Deformation palette
39 - Sculpting the horn with subdivisions
40 - Detailing the horn and custom brushes
41 - Appending the horn and mirroring it

6. Polypaint and Rendering

42 - Paint brush and materials
43 - First color pass and establishing palette
44 - Refining the color palette
45 - Stroke type and alphas for texture detailing
46 - Texture images to add variation
47 - Sculpting details with paint
48 - Applying materials
49 - Lights setup
50 - Rendering final image

Learning ZBrushCore

Authors

Pablo Muñoz