Orc Series: Advanced ZBrush 3.5 Sculpting

We have all been waiting for Pixologic to release ZBrush 3.5 and ZSpheres II. Now that it is out and you have had some time to play.  Well, now it is time to get serious about your work.

L. J. Bamforth is a very accomplished artist and has been a ZBrush professional for years.  His work has been seen in Exotique 3 by Ballistic Media, ZBrush Central, and many other major 2D/3D forums.  Now you can watch his work and learn from his style and speed techniques.

This video is first of a three part series on ZBrush 3.5 and the new ZSketching tools. This sculpting video contains more than 2 hours of professional training, and is hands-down the best training series for beginning ZBrush modelers we have ever seen.

Leigh brings his hallmark style to this expansive series, providing details on using ZBrush 3.5’s new ZSketch toolset of which you will not find in any other training video on the market currently. Covering all the new ZSphere tools associated with ZBrush 3.5 this videos will not only teach you how to sculpt with these new tools, but how to model creatures and characters in a way you may not have seen before.

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Leigh starts off by creating a ZSphere skeleton to support the "muscle" structure ZSpheres from ZSketching.  Leigh has a very good working knowledge of the human muscle anatomy and in this video he shows you how this knowledge can help your sculpting work.

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Thomas Roussel of Pixologic and PolySculpt.com said -

"Leigh also show an interesting way to build the foot of the Orc. I never thought of that way to do so as I always thought of a classical hierarchy, but now, it’s no more a restriction because of ZSketch. Good to remember for my own work.... In the same direction, Leigh refine it’s ZSphere skeleton to fit it to the added skull/head, and then, added the support for the ears. This is something that a lot of users have to know! Thanks Leigh! 

To conclude, this presentation was interesting for all the new comers to ZBrush 3.5 as it shown at this stage (1st webinar), a good way to build from scratch a model and generating an accurate shape before moving the the detail stage. Leigh did a good sculpt in less than 1h50, which is a good timing for a full body and show some nice tricks. Everybody had something to learn and I was happy to watch it and I’m waiting for the two others webinar."

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Created with previous ZBrush users in mind, this three-part advanced series assumes some prior knowledge of ZBrush software. It carefully walks you through the core tools and techniques needed to master sculpting with ZSpheres, ZSketch and Unified Skinning. and Illustrating how Professionals get what they want, where they want to, quickly and build up there character works from nothing to a full blown High Resolution character work in next to no time.