I did a breakdown of my method for tiling textures in Zbrush over here https://polycount.com/discussion/227641/zbrush-non-square-tileable-technique#latest (tbh I meant to reply in this thread, but had too many tabs open)
WIP of a handpainted tiger bust. this is a highpoly sculpt in zbrush, unlit with polypaint. I'm just noodling and adding to it as i go, like an illustration.
is it zbrush? my preference would be to do anything that requires a lot of transform manipulation and selections in a regular 3d program like blender or maya. You wouldnt need any special techniques to do it there other than just group feathers into layers so you can select them easy. If you set pivot point to the base of…