RoboForceGo
Jr Member
As mentioned, online resources are the way to go! I personally used Gnomon Workshop to get a pretty well rounded intro to ZBrush.
There's definitely more intuitive software for making hard-surface designs, but ZBrush was where I felt most comfortable. While I've had the software for a short amount of time, I should note that I have some experience with physical sculpting and model making. There was a lot of overlap in skill when transitioning into digital work which made the jump a bit smoother.
My process for sculpting ED was really quite janky to be honest. I relied on a function called Live Booleans to basically cutaway at geometry to achieve the shapes that I wanted. It was also crucial to look at a part and envision it as a simple shape that I could build upon. So for example, the foundation of the mouth/jaw area is just an elongated sphere (picture an egg laid longways) sliced in half. With just that basic shape you can start to cutaway some of the larger landmarks, like a trapezoid for the mouth, and continue to build from there. Does that make any sense? I'm not very good at teaching!
Attached are some photos of the live boolean feature:
There's definitely more intuitive software for making hard-surface designs, but ZBrush was where I felt most comfortable. While I've had the software for a short amount of time, I should note that I have some experience with physical sculpting and model making. There was a lot of overlap in skill when transitioning into digital work which made the jump a bit smoother.
My process for sculpting ED was really quite janky to be honest. I relied on a function called Live Booleans to basically cutaway at geometry to achieve the shapes that I wanted. It was also crucial to look at a part and envision it as a simple shape that I could build upon. So for example, the foundation of the mouth/jaw area is just an elongated sphere (picture an egg laid longways) sliced in half. With just that basic shape you can start to cutaway some of the larger landmarks, like a trapezoid for the mouth, and continue to build from there. Does that make any sense? I'm not very good at teaching!
Attached are some photos of the live boolean feature: