Nate - Model

[Nate Owens]

Just started learning Zbrush.
This is sort of a sculpting exersize... nothing at all spectacular, just feeling my way with some of the sculpting tools. Haven't ventured into the texturing and the Zillion other things that Z is so cool at.

Roughed out head in Hexagon, imported into Zbrush as .obj

Lots to do. Lots to learn. Yippeee!!

[Nate Owens]

Making zits is fun in Zbrush... anyway these are practice studies as I slowly get acquainted with da Zbrush...

As I get farther into Z, I'm beginning to feel that this is an illustrator's tool that I've been looking for for a long time. Example being the texturing and painting... I am a doodler, I hate the idea of trying to unwrap, unfold and smear around tangles of UV's... yikes... I just want to get on with the creatin'

[rickei]

lookin good!
It's very liberating to leave those UV maps behind

I'm glad it's fun for you.
Have you come across any good tuts for eye sockets... thats where I always get messed up.

[Nate Owens]

I'll keep my eye out = = for eye sockets tuts.
I'm sort of creeping along and feeling my way with Z, but at least it is a forward motion. I kinda jumped to some areas that I am particularly interested in doing to see if I could do it with Z. (ie: texturing and painting on the model, and figuring out how and if I could bring the displacement map into Carrara).

Z seems to come through with flying colors... it's up to me to learn to make her dance. (oops.. there's another Eagles song popping into my head).

Rickei... you were right as rain about me getting involved with zBrush... thanks.
(I think the zmapper is done some other way - haven't come to that part yet, and Pixologic is still fine-tuning 3.1)

Really thinking seriously about getting the Meats Meier tutorial CDs... Gnomomnom?? (who can spell that?) has a decent price on them now... Meats is truly awesome.

Too bad that work thing keeps getting in my path

[Nate Owens]

Ahh... when I get more tuned in to Zbrush... and when Carrara 6 is in my hands, I want to see if I can put some of that C6 hair on one of my Z critters. I think it can be done... a wild combo!

[Teyon]

Looks like you're pretty comfortable with ZBrush to me! Nice work.

[Nate Owens]

Thanks, Teyon...

I'm learning a lot, but not nearly enough time at working with Z.
Still haven't figured out lighting or rendering. So far I'm just doing screen grabs. Well, one step at a time. The danger is jumping around and just getting little bits here and there.

[Teyon]

I know the feeling! I just figured out how to export a render (you go to the Document menu and choose Export - weird). I still need to figure out lighting but I'm just happy to get smooth shadows for now. I have to say, the online docs for ZBrush kind of suck.

Well, I'll be sure to hop in here to keep track of your ZBrush development!

[Nate Owens]

Originally Posted by rickei

....Have you come across any good tuts for eye sockets... thats where I always get messed up.

You may know about this, and maybe this is not what you are looking for, but ZBrush 3.1 has an "eye" tool. The image shows the tool applied to a sphere... nothing else done. I think this would be very handy, and you could use this as a starting point to sculpt more detail into.

No more of those tricks with sub-d modeling of loops and edges trying to make the eye socket. I'm all for using all the tools available to get the project moving.

I am fast becoming a hard-core Z-addict...
(I still like building my base in Hexagon... that might change when I learn more about the big Z)

[E-Z]

here i made some Zbrush custom brushes
http://www.highend3d.com/zbrush/downloads/alphas_(brush_shapes)/4880.html

[Nate Owens]

Thanks, EZ
I bookmarked the site.
I like them... the ear will be really handy!

[E-Z]

your welcome
i allso do zbrush video tutorial
http://www.ezbrush.mediabakers.com/E...ZTuorials.html

[mayito7777]

Hi nate is this an autoportrait?

[Nate Owens]

E-Z: this one too...

mayito77: Ha! - What I wished I looked like when I was around 17... Marlboro dude with ducktail (rock-n-roll hairstyle from '50s). At that time I had a flat-top and was somewhat geeky. I didn't get cool until I got older and then I didn't give a hoot....

[mayito7777]

Great modelling. I was a geek too until i got to college and got initiated, if you get my drift...