{"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

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

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Figure 21 – Male Skull<\/em> (CGTrader, 2021)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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

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Figure 22 – Male Skull seen from different angles<\/em> (Shutterstock, Inc, 2021b)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Sculpting<\/strong> the Details<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

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Figure 23 – Basic Head Shape<\/em> (MariahNatasha, 2020)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

It also helped to make the head it’s own subtool and isolate it to focus on the skull sculpting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Figure 24 – Isolated Head<\/em> (MariahNatasha, 2020) <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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

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Figure 25 – Skull Indentations<\/em> (MariahNatasha, 2020) <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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

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Figure 26 – Skull Indentations<\/em> V.2 (MariahNatasha, 2020) <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

I attempted to sculpt the teeth using individual subtools, but that looked messy and ‘off’ upon looking back at it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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So I redid the teeth using the DamStandard\/Clay brushes to sculpt something like this.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Figure 27 – Better Teeth Sculpting<\/em> (MariahNatasha, 2020) <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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

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Figure 28 – Side View<\/em> (MariahNatasha, 2020) <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-792","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-3d-character-design"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t