Creating a Fantasy Dragon in ZBrush
In this tutorial, we will cover the creation of a dragon using reason and common sense. Software required: Photoshop CS6, ZBrush.
What you'll learn
In this tutorial, we will cover the creation of a dragon using reason and common sense. Through these lessons we will endeavor to create a dragon using the same kind of thinking and logic that I apply to my prehistoric creature modeling. We will use a variety of methods to achieve this, along with a number of new features in the latest release of ZBrush 4R4. We will cover QRemesher as well as retopology and the new Insert Mesh Brush feature. Software required: Photoshop CS6, ZBrush.
Table of contents
- Concept and Base Mesh Creation 12m
- Creating Form and Polygroups 12m
- Refining the Shape 13m
- Distributing Polygons 4m
- Creating Wing Membrane 8m
- Adding Eyes to the Model 15m
- Insert Mesh Brushes 13m
- Adding Claws and Spines 5m
- Eyelids and Details 8m
- Applying Wrinkles and Folds 10m
- Additional Underbelly Details 7m
- Scales and Wrinkles 17m
- More Mesh Inserts 13m
- Texturing the Wing Membranes 6m
- Creating Teeth with Curves 11m
- Painting the Dragon 12m
- Further Detail Painting 12m
- Alternative Wing Creation 6m
- Painting with Spotlight 4m
- Making the Turntable 4m
- Conclusion and Recap 0m
About the author
Peter Minister worked for 20 years as a traditional sculptor producing models, props, and special effects for film, TV, Museums, and theme parks before adapting to digital art in 2005 when he discovered Zbrush. Having already achieved on of his life long ambitions’ to produce a full sized T-Rex, this new diversion into digital art opened many more new and exciting projects. He is now known for his prehistoric illustrations and he has had work published in over 30 illustrated books for a number o... more