Designing Scary Film Monsters in ZBrush
In this ZBrush tutorial, we will learn how to sculpt and texture a detailed monster. Software required: ZBrush 4R3.
What you'll learn
In this ZBrush tutorial, we will learn how to sculpt and texture a detailed monster. Throughout these series of lessons, we will cover all of the aspects of designing a scary creature within ZBrush using alternative techniques. In the first video, we will see some examples of scary imagery as well as a sneak peek of an upcoming short film which is all covered up with the word "fear". Eventually, we will start blocking out the main shapes using a very simple base mesh sculpted from a 3D sphere, detail it, texture it using just simple brushes and alphas, and add some quick fur. In the end, we will render out a turntable and talk about creativity, workflows, and how to boost your creativity with the help of TM: transcendental meditation. Software required: ZBrush 4R3.
Table of contents
- Thoughts About Scary Designs and the Word Fear 14m
- Blocking out the Base Meshes 12m
- Shaping the Main Areas of the Model 11m
- Evaluating and Discovering the Surface 11m
- First Phase of Detailing 15m
- Second Phase of the Detail Process 11m
- Adding Smaller Details to the Surface 12m
- Completing the Surface Details 9m
- Color Coating Our Creature 8m
- Texturing Using Brushes and Alphas 14m
- Keeping the Texture Tight While Adding More Details 14m
- Having Fun with Colors, Brushes and Shapes 9m
- Texturing the Back of Our Creature 8m
- Final Texturing and Making Quick Fur with FiberMesh 17m
- Final Turntable and Some Tips on Creativity 12m
About the author
Fabrizio got his start doing commercials for Italian television doing small maquettes and modeling digitally in Maya. He then moved internationally to relocate in Tokyo. He began to work as a freelancer for Origami Digital in Hollywood. Soon film work followed, working with Neill Blomkamp at Peter Jackson’s Wingnut Films as a freelance creature designer and texture artist. He has been lead creature designer at Production IG (the famous studio that made Ghost in the Shell) based in Tokyo. Fabrizi... more