Zbrush how prepare mesh to animation

akeru36

Hello guys !

I have some questions about the process to prepare  a mesh to animation.

Here is my High poly model, I would like to animate this monster. Do i need to do a rotopology ? And it's a character, can I use Zremesher or doing my own rotopology ? I need to have a low and high poly to baked it ?  And finally how I'm doing for this mouth !?? XD I need to close it to rigging or stay like this ? And the tongue need to be a separate element if I want to animate in Maya or not ??

Thank you so much for you help, if you have some tutorials which can help me, I'm looking for this too Thanks !!!

akeru36

Help ?

FourtyNights

Yes, a manual retopology is required to ensure you'll have an animation-friendly mesh.

"I need to have a low and high poly to baked it ?"

Yes, if you're going to create an optimized game asset to be rendered in a game engine.

"And finally how I'm doing for this mouth !?? XD I need to close it to rigging or stay like this ? And the tongue need to be a separate element if I want to animate in Maya or not ??"

It's usually best to go with a neutral facial expression first, and rig it to open up later on in the pipeline. Usually gums/teeth and a tongue are always separate objects for easier rigging and skinning.

akeru36

Thank you so much for your answer
Now I see how to do and I can continue this ...

Thanks !