How I Create Characters in ZBrush | Morrigan Aensland Darkstalkers

[@Texelion3Dprints]

OMG I love your style, you've been in my references folder for a while, glad a friend found your channel. I'm struggling a bit with stylized characters that's why I moslty stick to semi-realistic. And posing characters in Zbrush is such a pain. I still use my bamboo btw ^^.

[@UncleJessy]

Good lord man. Amazing

[@replay_rewind]

I think sculpting a character like All-Might from My Hero Academia would be right up your alley.

[@dimaduchet431]

You're insanely talented! I've been binging all your uploads for weeks.

[@deanubizzz1408]

It's so weird, I've always been fascinated by 3D digital sculpting but no one ever made me actually want to learn how to do it or want to get into it. Yet here I am, binge watching your videos and feeling inspired into trying something like this someday

[@Follygon]

Check out the new free version and tutorial I just made: kzbin.info/www/bejne/gJXQZH2uq6ioY7M

[@uber1015]

love the candle on your desk while you're napping. solid work btw!

[@Follygon]

It's a coffee scented candle. V good

[@RedninjaMultimediaProductions]

Love your vids!!!! ive been practicing forms like crazy to better understand what i'm trying to make but again your content rocks!!!!

[@Follygon]

Hey thanks Redninja!

[@notmyname90]

as soon i end up with my money problems during quarentine, ill make sure to buy your tutorials from gumroad.

[@anna-booklove]

Can you make a video on how to render your ZBrush models in Blender (with import and all this stuff), that would be so cool! Also I really like watching your videos ^-^

[@Follygon]

Thanks for the idea!

[@rocksinshoe9930]

i love your art work

[@FannyMMOs]

Omigosh a Wacom Bamboo!

[@PeonyMilk]

I'm a 2D artist, but still found this helpful! I eager to start learning 3D.

[@cgrealism]

Great video !

[@Tuckwolf000]

I love that people (including me) are like ‘yeah ok she has head wings’. No questions asked.

[@filipefarias3076]

So cool! This would make an great stl for 3d print. After many years on 3ds max I finally jumped into zbrush, before that I did some clay models and that really helped to understand zbrush. Great aesthetic on this project! Congrats, awesome content!

[@Gatz3D]

Great video!! Thanks for sharing your steps and your process. I’ve learned lots from you! Excellent stuff! 👍👍

[@Follygon]

Thanks Gatz!

[@cdealmeidar]

The best video you have made, without a doubt.

[@Follygon]

Thanks Carlos!

[@simonbustamante667]

Nice one!! love this character, please do one longer to see the process of this one in detail

[@Bruyito]

Great Video!! love it

[@jaysonkibbe]

Great work love Morrigan! Could you share what kind of mat cap you use in zbrush?

[@mhd112211]

Hello! Amazing work, everything looks super clean! i just wish I was as good as you. I've been working on my Zbrush skills for 2 years now, but in comparison to your work, mine looks like utter garbage! Keep up the good work sir!

[@Follygon]

It’s not about year. It’s about hours spent. Keep pushing and you will get there!

[@mhd112211]

@@Follygon Wow, i'm so honored that you replied! thank you, I will continue to work on it. On a side note, I just wanted to thank you for your awesome content, really appreciate it.

[@dgodinho]

Can you break down, roughly, how long each step takes in terms of percentage? Of course it makes sense that more intricate and detailed sculpts require more time, but I’m not sure how long I should take to blockout before moving on. Thanks in advance! Love your work!

[@criscutfry]

the hips you sculpt always leave me like this -> 😍

[@MAFIMA]

love the tutorial part of this! amazing work. you inspire me

[@pablet2]

Great video! Thanks so much for sharing!

[@JoshmStudios]

Thank you for this breakdown. It is super helpful. I’m still working my way up to Zbrush but I really find your content quite helpful. I was hoping you would also make it clear that you do your rendering in blender and how you treat the materials from zbrush to blender. I fear some might assume your do the rendering and lighting in zbrush. PS. I’m still using the same bamboo tablet you’re using to do my blender character sculpt and it’s still serving me quite well 🙂

[@mizinoinovermyhead.7523]

@foligon I’d love to see what you make of the sculpting tools in blender. I know abridged is the industry standard but it’s expensive and lots of people starting out don’t really have access to it.

[@saragxn1890]

Great job as Always 🌞

[@sanyaiase2165]

Oh my character i sculpted in your class showed up in your video XD

[@gomezart3D]

wow dude!!!! this is just amazing, your art is definitely an inspiration

[@Follygon]

Thanks Alex!

[@5m4r27]

amazing

[@Follygon]

Glad you think so!

[@pelakalion]

Amazing character!. You make the hard looks easy. I find this video very helpful to orientate my workflow and know what things i should do to advance. Thank you so much ^^

[@Follygon]

You're very welcome!

[@ahmedjameel9295]

Hello Follygon, thank you for the amazing videos. please can you show us how to add the maps in Blender like normal map and displacement map please :) Thanks again

[@pedroruizcarmona1570]

Hi! Do someone know how to get your polypaint and take it to blender for the render? I dont know how follygon do it

[@Follygon]

Make a quick UV map or display your polypaint in Blender as vertex color.

[@anzolomyer4584]

3:00 WHO GAVE OYU ACCESS TO MY LATEST ZTOOL?

[@Follygon]

lol I knew someone would comment this

[@uzumakikyubi]

thanks that was an interesting class XDDD

[@darkknight4353]

i am from a poor country. i am using 35$ Huion tablet. it has 2000 pressure sensitivity. Its pretty good for practice purposes.

[@wilhelm992]

Thank you for the amazing video, all the amazing videos!

[@Follygon]

Thank you for the kind comment!

[@OhEasyVRSketch]

Thanks for the video! Learnt a lot from it!

[@Follygon]

Glad to hear it!

[@thejohnnyman1234]

Could you make a tutorial, or just show your workflow on how you export a sculpt with polypaint to a software for rendering?

[@zuckerwattenpfannkuchenmit5027]

Oh yeah. I didn´t understand everything, because my english isn´t that good, but the things I undertud were really helpfull. Thank you for making this lil turoriel (I think, I will buy zBeush in the future) X3. love your vids they are awesome.

[@Follygon]

Glad I could help!

[@elliotmoonridge6481]

The videos I found the most entertaining are the ones where he is talking so it doesn't feel like a slow and boring process, cause I hate skipping to the end. I like to watch the process, but I might skip some parts in the video if there's no talking. It shows you the power of speech in a video.

[@francrava]

I love your work and the way you explain it, it motivates me a lot to achieve wonderful things like you! keep it up :)

[@meistersphere]

Its blender

[@Follygon]

Happy to hear that!

[@FlavioCarnevaleLithium]

Hi Follygon, Great as Always! Just a Question please, do you make the retopology before to change software for the render? or a decimation? Thanks

[@Follygon]

ZRemesh auto topo on things with textures. Decimate for anything with a solid color. Typically.

[@CW25710]

U should make a discord so people can help each other and show their work

[@Follygon]

I am a moderator on not only the official Pixologic ZBrush Discord server, but also the creator and admin for the r/ZBrush Discord server which sees a little more interaction discordapp.com/invite/013SumIkcCGZowvvi

[@CW25710]

Follygon thanks

[@teauxni93]

such clean shapes ;_;7

[@Happy_Sunny]

Did you making UV and exports textures before you rendering in Blender?

[@badpablo7982]

Hey Follygon, when you want to 3D print something do you sculpt it with perspective on or off? It looks totally different with it on and off not sure which one it will look like when I print it..

[@Follygon]

Both! Switch it on and off periodically while you work. But do keep in mind that things in real life will be seen with perspective.

[@Texelion3Dprints]

@@Follygon Both ? Both. Both is good.

[@naxtim8366]

How do you export your projects to blender if they have many polygons?? can you make a totorial of that please?

[@Follygon]

I stuff all those juicy polys right in there.

[@theunskilledgamer9978]

I have a question, do i need to decimate before import the character into Blender to render?

[@guppy524]

My dad has the bamboo tablet u have lol

[@Kitandroo]

You probably won't see this, but if you do, can you tell me what workflow you're using for hair? The only one I've seen of yours was curves, I don't believe that's curves.

[@Follygon]

I'll either pull out a curve tube brush or just work with a sphere typically. I used a spheres in this one to pull out the main form and then chop it up.

[@tagumhydroponics3691]

That one thumbs down.. hehehe I really want to learn this one..

[@bigboomer1013]

How did you make it look so good and smooth? I have zbrush core

[@Follygon]

lots of time and practice

[@SoloRelic]

Can zremesher make proper flow of facial topology if yes then pls tell how like if i make character in dynamesh and i dont want to do retopo just zremesher.

[@jayceejangeronga6975]

H igood sir what brush did you used for those hair, thank you in advance

[@Martin-ss5sw]

Do you use substance painter to paint your models and even texture them?

[@Follygon]

nope

[@Martin-ss5sw]

@@Follygon thanks for the answer

[@johnmccanntruth]

Really like the character, she’s very cute. And what software do you use? Lol

[@Follygon]

dogbrush

[@jaimediaz6621]

I know you talked about asking what program you're using, but my question is what rendering software did you use?

[@Sun_Heart]

He used blender. 🤫 Totally free!

[@salfazlucario2660]

hey follygon do u rig your characters? coz im a animator and I'm just really curious about that

[@Follygon]

nope!

[@salfazlucario2660]

@@Follygon wait so u pose your characters while sculpting?

[@marshmallow5127]

How can you edit ZBrush files in Blender?

[@Follygon]

export them as OBJs

[@mysticusfreeze]

Make a video where you try sculpting irl with clay

[@Starius2]

So wait..... What software do yoiu use?!

[@wsmstudio3329]

He uses ZBrush and a heads up it cost money to

[@m-g-gamer4149]

What program do you use?

[@Follygon]

microsoft word

[@fluffykittens3585]

Hello I have a question can you come a 3d model? And have a good day 😊

[@fluffykittens3585]

Sorry I meant code 😣

[@darkknight4353]

when you start a sculpt how many hours you put into it without taking a break ? 1 hour 2 hour?

[@Follygon]

Depends how busy I am haha. Could be an hour, could be 15.

[@vi8799]

Dou you use tablet buttons or keyboard for zbrush?

[@Follygon]

Keyboard all the way. Threw that silly little remote in a closet years ago.

[@onioftheash7403]

Do you sell your sculpts for 3D printing?

[@Follygon]

Occasionally www.shapeways.com/shops/ben?sort=popularity

[@haikalshakeel7647]

no mention of retopology ??

[@Follygon]

why mention something I didn't do?

[@haikalshakeel7647]

@@Follygon oof i see. so its all just Poly painted? then again ive seen alot of people asking about retopology in the comments since usually models go under the process for final textures. so maybe its worth mentioning. looking at the facial wireframe it def has been done retopology. or.. i guess u just coloured on clay via polypaint, perhaps Zremesh ?

[@uzumakikyubi]

Lest make " Improvement challenge" sculp something Now and then a moth after to see the results, I suggest something from Trudi castle (lady_tea) on Instagram or Pokémon’s

[@huntinmonsterswithern2953]

Not being able to afford Zbrush, could I apply these concepts to Blender?

[@Follygon]

of course, even traditional sculpture follows this process

[@huntinmonsterswithern2953]

@@Follygon Awesome! Thank you for the reply!

[@Gr33nDeman]

Great video as usual Follygon, and FUCK whoever downvoted it 😂 theres always atleast ONE hater

[@Follygon]

It was me!

[@Gr33nDeman]

@@Follygon LOLOL

[@cutespacedragon1012]

My one critique for these videos: please switch up the royalty free music. The xylophone/whistle tracks take me right out of the video as those are some of the most overused tracks you usually find on a 5 Minute Crafts Facebook video or something. Its actually kind of distracting because of that? 😅

[@Follygon]

next vid: ALL ZYLOPHONEmwhaha pretty small crit. thanks I'll switch it up a bit more next time

[@cutespacedragon1012]

@@Follygon To be fair, not all of them are bad! Just stay away from the overused xylophone/ukelele tracks haha. I think I tend to notice them because I've been watching a bunch of your videos in a row while I'm drawing. :) Keep up the good work!

[@jaymesl7360]

BRO PLEASE FIX THE WAY YOU MOVE YOUR BODY WHEN YOURE DRAWING!!!!!! You’re “drawing” from your wrist! That’s how I got tendinitis!! Please please learn to draw from the shoulder/elbow, you’ll save yourself a lot of pain down the line.