Tips on sculpting fur?

EarthQuake

Going to be using mudbox to sculpt a german shepard, anyone have any sort of tips or workflow advice on getting convincing fur?

Kawe

Check this:
[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vcNnCCpNaco&feature=related[/ame]
Not sure if that is what you are looking for. I just have a love for video tutorials

MoP

In ZBrush I'd just turn on Lazy Brush with a custom alpha. Does Mudbox have an equivalent of this?

Kawe

Oh, Mudbox does not have a lazy mouse. It does have "custom alpha" though.

and I guess the video I posted was from zbrush. heh.

kary

Mudbox is a bit different from ZB, the workflow would still be laying down large clumps and then accenting with star strands. You'll have to do it with stencils instead of brushwork and using fewer poly, definitely more challenging, but it depends on your definition of convincing. Main concern is that that the hair looks different at rest versus at a run.

pior

Lazy mouse is coming in the mud2009! just fyi

MoP

Yeah my initial thought was "don't sculpt it" :P