Dinosaur Reconstruction in ZBrush
In this tutorial, we will create a dinosaur using ZSpheres to create a base mesh, PolyPaint, and create a final render. Software required: ZBrush4.
What you'll learn
In this tutorial, we will create a dinosaur using ZSpheres to create a base mesh, PolyPaint, and create a final render. These lessons demonstrate all of the great techniques used to create prehistoric creatures for use in illustration. While this is a speed sculpt over the period of two hours it will demonstrate a number of techniques to produce a scientifically accurate dinosaur model. Software required: ZBrush4.
Table of contents
- Constructing the Base Mesh with Zspheres 5m
- Manipulating of the Mesh 6m
- Subdivide and Conquer 11m
- Refining the Shape of the Creature 10m
- Adding the Eyes and Claws 9m
- Adding the Mouth and Teeth 12m
- Adding the Tongue and Spines 14m
- Applying Some Surface Detail 10m
- Creating Hand and Foot Detail 11m
- Creating an Overall Scale Texture 10m
- Refining the Form 6m
- Painting Our Dinosaur 11m
- Fluffing and Posing 8m
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