Zbrush Multi-mesh

zbrush week 5

Started off by inserting a basic sphere and then using the IMM brushes to insert a rivet mesh and the zip mesh. Inserting a mesh masks the previous mesh which is why the others are greyed out enabling me to sculpt without disrupting underlying geometry.

This is here to demonstrate what shape I used to create the two holes you will see in the next image.

To create these holes I simply had to hold alt while inserting that mesh and then click and drag while holding ctrl and alt to re-dynamesh the whole mesh and effectively use the inserted mesh as a boolean operation. I can use this operation to speed up sculpting skulls and what not.

Zspheres

Using the Zsphere tool we we instructed to start to construct a torso and then proceed to shape a humanoid body. This is just the ribcage and the pelvis with the ball of the femur at the ends, this is where I plan to place my next zsphere to draw out the legs. Zspheres are incredibly useful, each time i place one it acts as a joint in the human form and the level of control you have to manipulate the form even in this state is enough to get a decent block out.

This is about 3/4 of the way through the lower legs and head aren't in quite yet.

This is what I ended up with by the end of the lesson, the head is in and the lower portion of the legs are in. The proportions are more "superheroesque" but the overall shape looks fine to me.

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