Stylized Prop: SkullBarrel Timelaps/Speedmodel - Zbrush | Maya | Quixel | Substance

So here it is for everyone who missed my streams at twitch, a timelaps from my streaming of the stylized Skull Barrel.
In this particular project I wanted to learn how to use substance painter and also how it can be used with stylization.
Its been super fun streaming and I hope to be able to produce more timelaps videos from future streaming projects.
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Software: Zbrush, Maya, Quixel, Marmoset toolbag, Photoshop and Substance Painter
Concept Art made by Anna Lepeshkina

[@victorespin819]

How are u texturizing my mind cant processed it? Are you using Photoshop but when did you uv unwrapped and how are u using smart materials in photoshop?

[@theberrichon6305]

Hey Aava, I just wondered at which point did you create your UVs ? Watche dhte stream vods and I can't seem to find it

[@Aavachan]

If I remember correctly, I did the uvs when making the retopology/ lowpoly. It was my first stream, so I might have done it off camera as I didn't think anyone would be too interested in watching the uv map process.

[@chiefcaptn1922]

Skilled artist right here👌

[@Xenthera]

I'm just getting into the 3D modeling workflow, do you have any recommendations to become more fluent in these programs? Especially Maya and using Photoshop to hand paint this like you did...

[@peter486]

3dcoat or DDO for handpainted , or substance for realistic.

[@miraclerem]

I think Blender is more user friendly than Maya in 3d modeling. And as Peter said youd better use 3dCoat for texturing in handpainted style

[@sashanodiaart]

Practice, practice, practice! The best and only advise I can give... Maya is the way to go, forget Quixel, learn Substance Designer and Painter, Zbrush is a must too! Good luck!

[@faizcurious7407]

It's wonderful to know about your amazing workflow.. really appreciated, can you do for me full workflow It would be very informative See ya soon 3d artist 💐

[@DigitalArtcast]

Awwwwwwwwwwww buddy where have you been all my life haha this is epic work i love it!

[@AlbanGurkan]

Wow happy that i got this video in my recomended list! Motivate and helps me alot through out my time at school as being a game designer :)

I'll be need advices from you, amazing work!

[@Bulldozer918]

Awesome model and timelapse! Could you please elucidate what was the purpose of using both Quixel and Substance Painter? PS cat moment was cute :D

[@lolvix3d535]

You are awesome! I will enjoy more videos like this >.

[@nekromantikko9134]

Subbed!

[@uodige1]

Hi thank you for the tutorial, do you have slow version?

[@cxblade7778]

Mükemmel 🇹🇷🇹🇷👍👍

[@RaiRai7331]

Hey I'm looking to use either substance painter or quixel for stylised art, do you have any suggestions on which one to go with? Also whats the benefits of you using both? Thanks!

[@Aavachan]

Hey! I would say both works really well. If you want to paint more by hand I would recommend quixel as it's a photoshop plug in, at least for now as you have more control of your brush strokes. Substance painter (imo) is easier to use and have some features that I like more, so if you are new to either program I would recommend substance painter.

[@pawpotsRS]

combining Quixel and Painter,you use quixel to get the value and color or you generate an ID there? btw how was painting in painter with wacom? i've never tried.

[@Aavachan]

I generated an ID with the help of Xnormal. I added vertex paint in Maya on a decimated version of the highpoly model and baked that to the lowpoly uv. Using a Wacom in Painter works really well :) I always feel I have more control when texturing with a Wacom tablet.

[@0Wizardofemerald0]

what about the uvs ?! I would like to know how I could obtain nice uvs :p ! Can you explain it to me please ? thx !

[@Aavachan]

That would be like a whole different videos, like an episode of how to make UV's that are optimised, texel density, support lodding, soft and hard edge baking, using multiple UV channels for various shader uses.... maybe I should make one! :D

[@ctfan]

was it retopo-ed using quad draw after the sculpt? or the maya bit was the overall low poly?

[@Aavachan]

I made a block out in maya to use as a base for sculpt in zbrush. So the maya part in the beginning is purely for zbrush. I made a lowpoly using quad draw and just some normal modelling in maya after the sculpt was done. It's not part of the timelaps since I didn't stream it. My other video with the crossbow however has a retopo part :)

[@remon563]

thanks for this useful breakdown @Aava chan. I am wondering why you first use Photoshop and Quixel and not do the "blockout" in Substance Painter ? 3DEX (on youtube) might have a useful material that serves really well as a "base" layer to paint upon.

[@Aavachan]

Hey! Thanks :) glad you liked it. This is a compilation from my streams on Twitch. So I used quixel and substance painter to see the differences between the two programs. I have tried a bit of quixel before but not substance painter, so during the stream I decided to try it :) But thanks for the tip! I will check it out.

[@PROROK971]

What program for photo view u use? (not a PureRef) Mb anyone know how it name? Clear black design love it))

[@Aavachan]

For the photo ref? That is a PureRef :) Other programs I used: for sculpting Zbrush, modelling Maya, texturing Photoshop, Quixel and Substance Painter, rendered final image in Marmoset

[@PROROK971]

@@Aavachan Thx)

[@Lam.viec.di.may.thang.no_le]

In the video I don't see the part that makes the long line rope or is the video being edited Anyway, thank you for making this useful video

[@Aavachan]

Thank you!

[@Lam.viec.di.may.thang.no_le]

@@Aavachan Thank you (Y)

[@awilsontex]

Amazing!! I'm looking forward to watch ur next stream :D btw, do you prefer Photoshop to paint basic colors, hightlight and shadows than Substance?

[@Aavachan]

Thank you! As of current I must say that photoshop has more control for painting in general and blending colours than substance painter. But that might change in the future now since Adobe owns both programs.

[@danylbekhoucha6180]

Hi, what are the names of the musics?

[@Aavachan]

Hey! I used music from the KZbin free audio library. I'm not sure about the names of the songs. I basically just downloaded a bunch of them. Sorry that I cant give you a better answer. I recommend browsing through their library tho, there's some nice music in there.

[@Techtipsdtyagi]

super cool.. keep it up

[@BizKwikTwist]

Song names?

[@ZhengYuanz]

did u UV them before bringing them to zbrush?

[@Aavachan]

Hi Zeng! :) No I did not, the model I brought into zbrush is not the lowpoly model, it is just a blockout. I made the lowpoly + uv after the highpoly was done. It's just not in this video :)

[@billgalvin4749]

I like it maybe some time you can make a turitorial

[@Aavachan]

Thank you :) I might if I have time someday

[@ValeGoG]

Круто :)

[@maksims8129]

Hey. What kind of graphics tablet do you use?

[@Aavachan]

Hi! I'm using a Wacom Intuos 4 medium

[@FormJune]

@@Aavachan so explicit in painting on screenless tablet. O_o

[@turguet8169]

Nice

[@PieroStuff]

Truly useful timelapse, thank you for sharing! Do you have a tutorial where I can learn that trick with wood fibers in Substance Painter? It's really awesome!

[@Aavachan]

Thank you! Unfortunately I don't have a tutorial on that nor have I seen any other. But I only used standard generators in substance painter with various filters. The fiber in the roughness/gloss map is just black and white lines that I fade

[@aleph-tav]

I cannot find the actual stream on Twitch? only the painting one? Would love to see it in real time

[@Aavachan]

Frosty Dog Yes unfortunately a video can only be up for 60 days before disappearing on twitch

[@aleph-tav]

Nice videos - Definitely gonna follow!

[@zif8955]

You need to save streams on KZbin :) I downloaded from the twitch (texturing, 2 videos), 1080p 60fps, 13.5GB))))

[@zif8955]

Is it possible to download the full version somewhere? (modeling + sculpt)

[@Aavachan]

ZiF Not at the moment. You can spin around the lowpoly model and look at the texture maps at my artstation page in the marmoset viewer.

[@zif8955]

I tried, but I can not get it as well as you :) I downloaded the texture part, only the sculpting part was left (twitch deleted it). ps (google translate - my friend :D)

[@zif8955]

I'm tired of waiting for the moment ))))))))

[@MakeMoneyWithRahul]

full tutorial plz

[@pawpotsRS]

just download the video and play it slowly :) done.