[ZBRUSH] Snake scale sculpt question

Elod.H

Hello,

I'm having a bit of an issue when placing scales on a snake I've sculpted. 
I am using the Standard brush with a custom made alpha + DragRect stroke.
Problem is that when I place scales close to each other they go on top of the last one... which is expected obviously. Is there a way to control / mask / tweak the brush settings or anything to stop my current stroke on sculpting on top of my previous one?

Thanks!

What I get:



What I would like (manually masked out first scale.. not perfect on the edges this way) :

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Elod.H

Hey TeryakiStyle,

Hmmm, that's not a bad idea, will give it a go!
Edit: Holy smokes, it works! Haha, thanks very much for that. Just using the SingleLayerBrush with DragRect as stroke + custom alpha did the trick. You saved me a buttload of time

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Elod.H

New question: is there a way to rotate a stroke when using projection master or I have to align the mesh perfectly each time before dropping? I'm having trouble rotating the scales as I place them down.. they always point up.. as the alpha does.

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Internet Friend

Try storing a morph target and then using the Layer brush instead of the Standard brush.

Elod.H

TeriyakiStyle: yeah, I've actually thought about doing something like that. Quite tedious, but might just do the job. 

Internet Friend: Gave this method a go with the Standard brush, but I had trouble getting rid of that "ridge" where the scales meet  as seen on my second picture. Will try with the Layer brush though,. maybe I can get cleaner results.

Thanks guys!

Internet Friend

I should have elaborated. When a morph target is stored the Layer brush gains a special behavior where new strokes are applied to the stored MT rather than being additive with previous strokes. On the left, Layer with no MT. On the right. Layer with stored MT. No erasing, just three strokes each.

 

Elod.H

Internet Friend: thanks very much. Didn't know about this characteristic of the Layer brush. Any other brushes take Morph info into account?