{"id":792,"date":"2024-05-06T20:42:36","date_gmt":"2024-05-06T19:42:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/liambenstead.co.uk\/?p=792"},"modified":"2024-05-06T20:44:15","modified_gmt":"2024-05-06T19:44:15","slug":"zbrush-character-modelling-part-iii-skull-meshing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/liambenstead.co.uk\/?p=792","title":{"rendered":"ZBrush Character Modelling Part III: Skull Meshing"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/elebenstead.2021.hulldesign.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Male-Skull.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1714\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Figure 21 &#8211; <em>Male Skull<\/em> (CGTrader, 2021)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I also included an image of a male skull seen from different angles to know where to sculpt my details in.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/elebenstead.2021.hulldesign.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Male-Skull-2-840x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1715\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Figure 22 &#8211; <em>Male Skull seen from different angles<\/em> (Shutterstock, Inc, 2021b)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-extra-large-font-size\"><strong>Sculpting<\/strong> <strong>the Details<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To start off, I needed to adjust the shape of the head and make it more human-like as you can see in the image below. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/elebenstead.2021.hulldesign.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Better-Face-Shape.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1724\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Figure 23 &#8211; <em>Basic Head Shape<\/em> (MariahNatasha, 2020)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>It also helped to make the head it&#8217;s own subtool and isolate it to focus on the skull sculpting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/elebenstead.2021.hulldesign.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Skull-Isolated.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1728\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Figure 24 &#8211; <em>Isolated Head<\/em> (MariahNatasha, 2020) <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>By dynameshing the skull and the neck to connect them and smoothing it out, I was able to start defining the skull lines where the ears will be.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/elebenstead.2021.hulldesign.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Better-Skull-Shape.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1742\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"> Figure 25 &#8211; <em>Skull Indentations<\/em> (MariahNatasha, 2020)  <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I also started defining more general lines of the skull using the DamStandard brush to create some indentations next to the eyes and mouth and on the cheek.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/elebenstead.2021.hulldesign.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Skull-Indentation.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1745\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">  Figure 26 &#8211; <em>Skull Indentations<\/em> V.2 (MariahNatasha, 2020)  <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I attempted to sculpt the teeth using individual subtools, but that looked messy and &#8216;off&#8217; upon looking back at it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/elebenstead.2021.hulldesign.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Basic-Teeth-Duplication-Placement-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1918\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>So I redid the teeth using the DamStandard\/Clay brushes to sculpt something like this.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/elebenstead.2021.hulldesign.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Better-Skull-Shape-Front-View.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1790\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"> Figure 27 &#8211; <em>Better Teeth Sculpting<\/em> (MariahNatasha, 2020) <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Here is the finished skull sculpt in the side view to get a better look at the defining lines and proportions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/elebenstead.2021.hulldesign.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Better-Skull-Shape-Side-View-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1792\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Figure 28 &#8211;  <em>Side View<\/em> (MariahNatasha, 2020) <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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. 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