Getting Started in Zbrush: An Introduction to Digital Sculpting and Illustration

ISBN-13: 9781138428331 / Angielski / Twarda / 2017

Greg Johnson

Opis

This book is an easy to use introduction to working with ZBrush that will allow anyone to improve the quality of their 3d work and illustrations by reading it.

Spis treści

Chapter 1. Introduction

Chapter 2. Interface

Chapter 3. The Basics

Chapter 4: Modeling a Head

Chapter 5. Brushes, materials and painting

Chapter 6. The Dragon's Head

Chapter 7. Creating the Wings using Shadowbox & ZSketch

Chapter 8. Making the Dragon's Body

Chapter 9. UVs and Masking

Chapter 10. Painting the Dragon

Chapter 11. Creating the Collar using Insert Mesh

Chapter 12. Recoloring the Model

Chapter 13. Making a Fire Hydrant

Chapter 14. The Base Stand

Chapter 15. Grass

Chapter 16. Combining it all

Chapter 17. Posing the Dragon

Chapter 18. Painting the fire hydrant

Chapter 19. Polishing the model

Chapter 20. Lighting

Chapter 21. Rendering

Chapter 22. Compositing

O autorze

Greg Johnson has been a Professor at the Savannah College of Art and Design since 1996 after time as a graphic designer and an artist involved in television production. He received his MFA in Computer Arts from the Savannah College of Art and Design and his BA in Fine Arts from Louisiana State University in Shreveport. In addition to being a Professor, he also worked as a 3D Lead for Ascent Games and does freelance illustration work. Johnson has taught over fifty different courses in hundreds of classes in his eighteen plus years of teaching at the college level. His courses have included 3D sculpting, modeling, texturing, painting, animation, rigging, effects, programming, game design and development in the subject areas of computer art, game development, interactive design, and visual effects. He founded the Game Development department at SCAD and has developed courses for the Game Development, Computer Arts, Visual Effects, and Scientific Illustration areas of study at SCAD. For the last seven years he has been teaching an introduction to digital sculpture class using ZBrush.