Quick and easy retopology of head in Zbrush (with bonus UV mapping)

In this little tutorial i show how to retopologize a head in Zbrush, in order for you to have lower subdivision or a ready model to put in 3dmax or other program. I am using ZRemesher Guides and Zremesher itself. As well as UV Master plugin, which comes with every copy of Zbrush since forever.

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This is SO incredibly useful! Thanks a whole lot for demystifying retopology in ZBrush for me!

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Very interesting workflow! Thanks for making this tutorial!

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[@cyrud8102]

Thank you, man. Finally I found info about correct retopology with my bust. Really, thank you.

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[@SpeedChar]

Glad you like it :)

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Great tutorial as always, thanks for sharing the knowledge!

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Simple and clear - thanks !

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Best retopology tutorial!!

[@JonathanGoslan]

Very nicely presented, thanks!

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Thank you, this may come in handy :)

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There will be more then :).

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[@vickise]

ohmg you just saved me from a three week stop do to retopology issues. this tutorial is amazing. i am assuming this works just as well on body and hands ect.

[@SpeedChar]

Yeah mostly it works. But this is not the most optimal retopology for animation. For that you will have to do some manual work :)

[@mikerusby]

re the uv master I find it best to make the red area cover most of the front of the head and ears, then the blue line i draw really thick down the back of the head/neck works really well. if you have a cap on the neck, it distorts the whole shape, so best to make that a separate uv group

[@rafaelcibils]

This is great, thank you!

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Thank you, you saved my model

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so cool ! amazing

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[@funpathik8260]

Thanks a lot for the tutorial.very helpful.please post realistic texure on this face.

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thank you dear,, it was very useful, i have watched it a couple of time and thanks once again.

[@SpeedChar]

Wow, couple of times. I didn't realize it was that interesting. I should watch it myself again :). Thank you!

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[@aceaquascapes]

viewed 3 more times and counting while i do this tutorial, could it be possible to explain how to correct the polygon problem which we get near the nose 9:22, can we do the same retopo and unwrap with the eyes too ?

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[@ceco941]

His head is very beautiful ..

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[@sevenseven31]

if is not working how to get the low poly in zbrush and thanks

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[@cgworld.online]

Thank you so much!! defiantly beats manually retopologising in maya. why didn't my Uni show me this 😅

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[@anna_petrov]

Thank you so much - this was super helpful! You have no idea how much you saved me! 🥲

[@unrealdevop]

How does Line Fill/PolyF mode work? I'm trying to do this with a pattern for clothes but when I press that button it doesn't show the faces/polygons

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THANKS

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[@leatherandpoemscharmyman5774]

hey dude, nice tut, what's about texel density for this workflow, I think the uv mapping is ok , but is some case of projection , nose are stretch, or texel density behaviour with this classic uv method... but for saving time and good result I think is very good... I notice there are a huge advantage if the HIgh poly model has the same uv as the lowpoly geometry.

[@SpeedChar]

The advantage for the high poly to be the subdivision of the low is that you can export a displacement map from Zbrush. And for the uvs, Zbrush is making maybe the best unwrapping of all programs I know of :). I usually make the seams in Max and then unwrap in Zbrush.

[@resuchron]

is this retopology good enough for animations/ games etc? or would I have to learn it from scratch?

[@hakaka1059]

Thanx

[@Alkis05]

The topology of the smile muscles and fold of the nose (the one that goes to the corner of the mouth) is still not fine. I would like to see how it would go with some guidelines there too.

[@darkknight4353]

i have a question..i have been keeping an eye out for your Zbrush Orc and Bull course . which is one of the best course. i haven;t bought it yet. but after seeing previews and reviews. i will definitely buy it. my question is that..in that course you said That course is for intermediate students. i have seen michael pavlovich videos. and quiet familier with UI and tools. but i haven't really started sculpting yet. should i get this course?. i mean i am looking for my first sculpt practice. what do you recommend. i even set up and own UI and Hotkeys. but i am afraid to start sculpt

[@SpeedChar]

It is dirty cheap in my opinion, the course. In most developed countries you will spend more for one lunch, so i don't know what is stopping you :). And for the fear, i have it always a bit. It will go away with the practice. To go with my videos you need to know basic navigation around Zbrush, Masking, hiding and unhiding parts of the geometry, and other basic stuff.