Sculpting a Zombie Dog in ZBrush
In this ZBrush tutorial, our focus is going to be on animal anatomy and how to adapt it when we need to 'zombify' something. Software required: ZBrush 4R5 .
What you'll learn
In this ZBrush tutorial, our focus is going to be on animal anatomy and how to adapt it when we need to 'zombify' something. We will take a look at how the skin retracts onto the body, how visible the bones and muscles are and what sort of changes we can implement to make our dog look just different enough from the source material. The workflow is displayed in its entirety so you won't miss any details on how to construct your own creatures with correct anatomical structure and cool detail. Upon completing this tutorial, you will have a solid understanding of quadruped anatomy and how to tweak it to fit your needs. Software required: ZBrush 4R5 .
Table of contents
- Taking a Look at Our Reference 6m
- Modifying Our Base Mesh 12m
- Establishing Our Major Landmarks 11m
- Tweaking Our Proportions 11m
- Refining Our Landmarks 11m
- Dividing Our Model and Adding More Detail 10m
- Adding More Muscle Structure to the Model 10m
- Sculpting the Head of Our Dog 10m
- Continuing to Work on the Head 13m
- Reshaping the Back Claws 10m
- Reshaping the Front Claws 11m
- Refining Our Overall Sculpt 10m
- Creating Clean Geometry with QRemesher 6m
- Continuing to Sculpt on the Entire Body 12m
- Adding Bony Landmarks to Our Legs 11m
- Sculpting the Back Legs 10m
- Adding Details to the Body and Spine 11m
- Refining the Spine and Back Muscles 9m
- Sculpting the Face 10m
- Refining the Shapes of the Face 10m
- Adding More Detail to the Head 11m
- Sculpting Time-lapse of Overall Refinements 12m
- Adding New Geometry for the Claws 5m
- Sculpting More Detail All Over the Model 11m
- Breaking Symmetry on the Head 11m
- Creating a Custom Wrinkle Brush 15m
- Final Tweaks and Details 5m
- Using Transpose to Pose Our Model 13m
- Creating Some Ground for Our Model to Stand On 5m
- Polypaint Overview 5m
- Taking a Look at Our Final Render Composite 5m
About the author
Lee Magalhães graduated from the Istituto Europeu di Design (IED) in São Paulo with a bachelor’s degree in Digital & Virtual Design. He is currently a freelance 3D artist and has worked on a variety of projects in the industry, from basemesh models for Mudbox releases to high quality models for movies and games. He focuses on character art, anatomy, and digital sculpting.