Zbrush workflow question
polycounter lvl 7
Hey guys,
I'm currently working on a character with some semi hard surfaces and wanted to completely stick to Zbrush as a learning exercise (I know i could have done several things easier in max and then detail them later in Zbrush) However as this is my 2nd character I'm running into some of the same issues i had before again and couldn't help but wonder how i could approach this more efficiently / differently. I'm using Zbrush 4R7
So my workflow generally is to start with a base shape ( cube, sphere, cylinder) make it into a Dynamesh. I mostly use tools such as Clip curve and the famous Orb brushes.
The biggest issue I'm having is that simple shapes / flat surfaces such as the head in the image under here ( Making a Tau fire warrior from warhammer) takes me a crazy amount of points.
the reason for this is the picture underneath
Each time i want to make a small adjustment you get these rough edges which i want to be smooth and so far my way of dealing with them has been to divide it further. This wouldn't be a problem if it came down to putting more detail in however since i'm making a full character I already have a character with points in the 1,5 mil + for simple shapes with no detail. Things will eventually slow down and/or crash and retopologizing in ( I.E) max will be impossible.
I know there's Zremesher but I've somehow never managed to figure out how it works ( meshes just go weird when i play around with it) and there's the option of the decimation master which is nice but completely messing up meshflow.
Could someone shed some light on this ? Even with a few pointers i'd be happy.
I'm currently working on a character with some semi hard surfaces and wanted to completely stick to Zbrush as a learning exercise (I know i could have done several things easier in max and then detail them later in Zbrush) However as this is my 2nd character I'm running into some of the same issues i had before again and couldn't help but wonder how i could approach this more efficiently / differently. I'm using Zbrush 4R7
So my workflow generally is to start with a base shape ( cube, sphere, cylinder) make it into a Dynamesh. I mostly use tools such as Clip curve and the famous Orb brushes.
The biggest issue I'm having is that simple shapes / flat surfaces such as the head in the image under here ( Making a Tau fire warrior from warhammer) takes me a crazy amount of points.
the reason for this is the picture underneath
Each time i want to make a small adjustment you get these rough edges which i want to be smooth and so far my way of dealing with them has been to divide it further. This wouldn't be a problem if it came down to putting more detail in however since i'm making a full character I already have a character with points in the 1,5 mil + for simple shapes with no detail. Things will eventually slow down and/or crash and retopologizing in ( I.E) max will be impossible.
I know there's Zremesher but I've somehow never managed to figure out how it works ( meshes just go weird when i play around with it) and there's the option of the decimation master which is nice but completely messing up meshflow.
Could someone shed some light on this ? Even with a few pointers i'd be happy.
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For the third image, you may want to see if your version has Tool: Geometry: Edgeloop Masked Border and give that a try. This will add edges to slice the model, which can help give you some cleaner borders.