Zbrush rock face

joe gracey

Hello all, this is my second attempt at creating a rock face in Zbrush. My first attempt was horrible.

Please let me know what I've done right and wrong, I want to get this right.

I'm looking to eventually put some Zbrush work in my portfolio.

I appreciate the help. Thanks!

BradMyers82

Hey, it looks like a good attempt but still too blobby to be rocks. The main thing I notice is it looks like you used the move tool and pulled those areas out, as a result loosing a lot of mesh density in these areas. Therefore, to me it just screams CG (not a good thing).

I am also guessing you started with a plane right? I know others do the same and are quite successful at making realistic rock faces; but if it were me I would start with some rough shapes in my 3d app of choice (3ds max, maya, etc.). The reason being, is it is far easier IMO to get nice hard surfaces in your 3d app first, then import to zbrush or mudbox and start sculpting detail in.

Most of all, just make sure you get some nice references. Here is one for starters: (I googled rock climbing btw)

breakneck

nothing about the sculpting process really, rather a way to make that sculpt tile:
http://osart3d.wordpress.com/home-page/tutorial-creating-perfectly-tiling-meshes-in-zbrush-for-use-in-videogame-environments/

killingpeople

Am I the only one that hates it when people link to hosted images with Imageshack?
Does anyone else get long load times or is it just me?

Michael Knubben

Same here. That is, if it even loads, since often I have to reload the page a few times before it actually bothers to try loading the image.

Swizzle

Photobucket, while evil for their not-even-paintings-of-nudes policy, is still ten times better than Imageshack.

Jeremy Lindstrom

http://gnomonology.com/tutorial/255 <--awesome tut

EmAr

I think using masks to draw major shapes before actually sculpting them would be a better approach. But I'm no expert, so, tell me if I'm wrong

joe gracey

@BradMyers82 - Thanks for the great critique.

@breakneck - Thanks for the awesome tutorial.

joe gracey

I don't know how to mask yet. I need to look over more tutorials that I have.