Red, sad, mad

Enalya

Hi there,

I just started out sculpting and this is my first (finished) sculpt in ZBrush! I don't really like her hair yet, since I have a very specific style in mind where I want to go with hair...




Would be great if someone has a good tutorial for me how to do hair that looks more stylized with independent locks (LoL/Dota2 style).
I used Hazardous' technique to make eyelashes, so credits to him. For now, I started out with ZSpheres to shape the hair (she looked cybergoth at the start : p ).

Feedback is very welcome!

Xyrtae

Daniel Orive did a breakdown when he made his frozen fanart I think its what you are looking for.

You can find his blog here http://danielorive.blogspot.com/

Enalya

Exactly, thanks so much! His blog is awesome : D

Xyrtae

I am glad I could be of some help , and I agree his blog is really awesome, there is lots of good advice on there.

Texelion

The face is nice, but yeah, the hair... need some work ^^. I'd say to sculpt this kind of thing, starting directly in zbrush, you should always keep it really lowpoly at the begining, to have nice, smooth shapes. Here it seems like you already put too much res into them and you're struggling giving them the right shape.

I'm sculpting some roots atm and it's kinda the same technique. I generally use the snakehook brush and then I refine each "lock" with claytubes, and then I clean the surface with PolishHard. Now there is a little tip to do nice sharp edge, sure you can use the pinch brush, but sometimes I use OrbCracks in negative ( so instead of doing a crack you do a crest ), with some lazy mouse to have a nice curve.

AdvisableRobin

Saw this awhile ago, he talks about hair sculpting during the video. http://www.cgmeetup.net/home/zbrush-character-modeling-for-league-of-legends/

pmiller001

sure wish i could see the picture

Enalya

@Texelion: Exactly, you're describing it really well. I'll definitely keep your tips in mind and it motivates me to start a new sculpt ^^ Thanks!

@AdvisableRobin: Awesome material, appreciated!

@pmiller001: Which picture can't you see?

pmiller001

well now i can see it! the first one, with the red hair.
Nice job so far!

Enalya

Hey! Now, almost two years later, I decided to update this sculpt with what I learned:


And an ArtStation link with turntable video: https://www.artstation.com/artwork/xmN44
In my opinion the hair and mouth improved the most. Feedback is very welcome!