Modeling Creature Concepts in ZBrush

OK, let's start. This is workflow, how we're going to start to make everything. The workflow introduces you to concepts. So basically, we're going to making concepts. Let's show you how I create the concept from basically scratch. And we move into ZBrush. So basically, let me introduce the DynaMesh. So we usually make the low mesh from the Maya, and moving back to ZBrush and trying to add up some detail in there, then try to moving on to the final detail. But since we have DynaMesh, maybe we skip through one of the points on here in Maya anymore. So we can just straight go to the DynaMesh, and going to make the ZBrush base [? mats. ?] And sculpt in ZBrush, [INAUDIBLE] 30% means for just volume and shape only, so not really detail and [INAUDIBLE] and those kinds of things. And just check the silhouette only. And quick retopology in the 3D coat. And the 3D coat is a very good program. Just, it simply has a [INAUDIBLE] auto-retopology program on there. So it's less than take up five minutes, so you save a huge amount of time, the retopology thing. But it's not for final for sure. So it's not for final. And bring it back to ZBrush and up the detail for the maquette. So this is only like we're showing the client only, which means just trying to show them as [INAUDIBLE], means [? product ?], and make the image from the 2D and converting to 3D. So let me [? guess ?] how it looks like it, and what's the shape, and those kinds of images only. OK, let's move on to the concept. That's the concept I drew. And start with just a simple sketch. And basically, just like [INAUDIBLE] some colors, and in just make the shape, how it looks like head [INAUDIBLE] is here, and body [? sizing ?] here, and just try to draw something like this. The brush, I have brush in here, so let's see the brush. The best brush I have, basically nothing, just a simple brush in here [? imported ?] to here. And [INAUDIBLE], and change the pressure [INAUDIBLE] and match it. So you can pretty much see [INAUDIBLE] and it's narrow. So you can pretty much [? see ?] this. Also, you can turn on this. This is depends on your pressure on tablet. So basically you start to do this, then that. It dramatically changes. So it's really up to you how you're actually drawing this. So basically, you're adding the line and a line and drawing something like this. And make the shape over there, something like that. So this always starts, though, like a concept as a sketch. So if you like it, let's move on to the next, the next thing. The concept, I change it a lot, because I change the shape of the face, and the head position to be more higher, and body position to be lower. And I can select the [INAUDIBLE] and [? Control ?] [? E, ?] and change the size like that. So it's up to you. So based on the proportion, what you like and you don't like, it's really up to you. And basically, this is a sketch, what I created. And I put the gray color behind. The reason why is, you put some color on the top, so you can basically [INAUDIBLE] the light. Where is the light coming from? So you can say the light is coming from here, so the light part-- where is the light? So you can [INAUDIBLE] understand where the light is coming from. Something like this. So based on this, you can pretty much see where's the light, where's the highlight part, and that kind of thing. So what we do next? Next is [? represent ?] color. Basically, based on your line drawing, that's a little amount of volume to present. And just put some [INAUDIBLE] color on the top. The color basically is not from scratch. It's from reference. The reference image I have-- let's see here. You can pretty much see, I got some images from elephant, and gorilla, boar-- wild boar. So basically I can put some color in here and hair color and skin color. And that kind of image, you can mix and match. And just copy the part on here. Cut the parts on here, [INAUDIBLE], and paste it. And basically turn it into the overlay color and change the [INAUDIBLE]. So in here, you can pretty much see how many color I have. So I turn off the bright layout, [INAUDIBLE] my layer, [INAUDIBLE]. If you turn everything on here, so you can see the whole, like a collage of it. So basically I stacked all the color, all the color images, and bring on here. And they present how it looks like the color, what you like. There's a very easy way you can make the color. And you can tone down to this, and overlay on top, and [INAUDIBLE] throwing on there. So you can pretty much see what's gonna be color looks like. So moving on next. And then, based on this, it's just add up the color, basically. One more layer. The color, and just throw on the top. So basically keep building up, enlarging together. So something like this. So [INAUDIBLE] your sketch, and don't worry about your outline. It's going to be [? ?] anymore, because eventually we delete everything. So just slowing merging together, and build up the color. And combine together your photo image and your sketch image. So this is more later versions. So basically your color is more coming out, and your sketch is faded. So [INAUDIBLE] more. So basically you can still see some of the drawing around here. Also, don't be afraid to color stronger and wider. So you can actually draw in more color, and represent more fur. It's really up to you. So keep drawing that way. So next, we draw actually more. So it means [INAUDIBLE] another stage. And [INAUDIBLE] one. So that version, we finally [INAUDIBLE] over the whole sketch, you seeing. So it's more like working oil painting now. The brush I'm using in here, I'll show you the brush. And pretty much, the brush I have is [INAUDIBLE]. But sometimes if you're turning off this, you can pretty much see this that way. So you increase the [INAUDIBLE]. The colors basically run together. So you just get a little bit of the color, and just small sized brush in here, a little fur. Don't forget there's the light hitting, basically. The light is going from here, so this part and this part, this part is more-- a little more light in here. So keep drawing this way. And now you can see the next level, I drew more around here, because the [INAUDIBLE] light part is more in detail. And [? number 10. ?] So this is [INAUDIBLE] what I had before. OK, what's different is, I just put some [INAUDIBLE]. You can pretty much see this one. Just put the blue color and orange color as usually the [? other light. ?] The near part is more like lightest blue range. And the far part feels more cold and far away. So you can just make [INAUDIBLE]. Some part is more closer. Some part is more away. You can difference by color. So one color, a cold color. And just like the kind of light on there. And I just focus on the center, so I don't want to catch my eyes, like there's something around here and here and here, something like this. It's more on the face. Contrast. Basically, I select the shade more like that. So this is just change the level. The level increasing something around here only, as you can see. So you can see more [INAUDIBLE] around here. And this is more fade-away. So almost done. So before 10 and 12, you just change the shape around the chest. It's the same thing. You just keep building on the [INAUDIBLE] on the top, define to shape more nicely. And sometimes you forgot how it looks like, the body chest, the shape. I just copy more image around the gorilla chest so you can see how the structure looks like. And the light of fur around here, you can actually go there, [INAUDIBLE]. [INAUDIBLE]. So you have the color [INAUDIBLE] here. Strong So basically, this is more like the light is coming from here. So something like that. So basically, if you turn color [INAUDIBLE] and original painting, make the color [INAUDIBLE] on there, it feels like the light is hitting. So [INAUDIBLE] light. This kind of thin fur, you have to do the fur each by each. But you can pretty much feel that the light actually came from there. [INAUDIBLE]. [INAUDIBLE] this way. [INAUDIBLE] This is more like finalize. So I can draw more fur. This is nothing special, just I keep drawing more fur and fur and fur. And change the shape. So basically my eyes are focused on here. And final touch, same as the color [INAUDIBLE]. [INAUDIBLE] here to there. Only thing I change in this is color [INAUDIBLE]. So color [INAUDIBLE] are just like this one. And the color is more blue. [INAUDIBLE] here. [INAUDIBLE]. So basically the lighting, where's the light gonna be? You're always following the light action in here, basically the light hitting on here and here. You can see where the light's gonna be. Yeah. [INAUDIBLE] So you can see the where's the light, and focusing on the area here so you can draw more, actually. And so [INAUDIBLE], it's totally up to you if you want to add more [INAUDIBLE] since the guy's a bit more stronger in the war or something. And yeah, that's pretty much it. That's the final image. Some of the clients usually are sending us a full picture, like head to toe, but sometimes not. Of course you can catch the image from there and how it looks like [INAUDIBLE] with your imagination. So that's the concept we're going to start with. And we'll start to convert it to 3D.