Category: 3D Character Design

For our final character, we are tasked with using ZBrush to create the design and accessories if we wish. I have narrowed down some existing characters that I could take inspiration from. Inspirations Max Goof from a Goofy Movie is a good inspiration for the design of what my character should end up looking like,…

So I have a pretty solid idea of what I’m going to do in terms of body shape for my character. Below are a few reference images of the Basemesh that I’m willing to follow with. Here is the front view. And a reference image of the same body shape but projected to the side.…

Before I begin to properly sculpt the details in. I got to show how an image of a skull can really help define the areas of the face such as the nose and mouth. It also defines the general shape of the male head. I also included an image of a male skull seen from…

It was time for me to add the facial features to the character. I’ve used some reference images to guide me into making each aspect of the face, starting with the general head shape. I can choose from a variety of different face shapes, but I have chosen to settle on a round face shape…

It was time for me to add some detailing to the hands using some reference images to get an idea of what they look like. The first thing I had to do was sculpt the shape of the hand before dynameshing it to add detail, including the fingers, palms and back hands. I had to…

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This week was slightly different to building upon our final character in ZBrush in that we basically learnt how to apply some hard surface modelling techniques for when we want to add some additional accessories onto our character, like an item for them to carry around for example. I basically modelled a quick robot that…

The week’s activity was making a ZRemesher and subdivision render of our ZSphere models or try something from the sculpted animals from the ZeeZoo folder that comes with ZBrush. I settled on sculpting on a fennec fox preset from the folder because I feel like I need to get better at Zsphere a little bit…

Here is my attempt at making a pumpkin using the dynamesh feature in today’s lab session. Other tools that helped me included the symmetry and transform tool to create the exterior of the pumpkin, making sure the radial count was appropriate for the sculpting. There was a heavy use of masking involved to make this…

In the first week, we were told that the main program for sculpting our character design would be ZBrush. The module that we were covering will delve into the how ZBrush works, its interface and the various brushes, also diving into what makes a good character design and the importance of anatomy to determine where…