The Best Way To Sculpt Skin in ZBrush

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[@thomasd5641]

Ive been waiting for this since you first announced it. Looks great! Thanks!

[@FlippedNormals]

Awesome, thanks Thomas!

[@Dusk1990]

Just picked these up, cant wait to try em :D

[@mikkelmelby]

Heftig shit! youve covered alot of different workflows and topics! much appriciated. i would love to see you talk more about pipeline and workflows for rigging and cloth n hair sim :D! character blendshapes - body deformations, Xgen, XYZ multimap workflow etc!

[@fractalelement857]

does zbrush 4r8 comes as update for zbrush 4r7 ? in other words, can i install zbrush 4r8 without having 4r7 installed on my PC ?

[@shamelhaydar5662]

Great alphas, I can’t seem to have the macros loading in ZBrush, I followed the procedure mentioned in the pdf file but it doesn’t work.

[@RobPauza]

Just bought and can’t wait to try them out. Wish I had them for my raptor model a while back.

[@FlippedNormals]

Awesome! We'd love to see what you come up with.

[@Blue_snapdragons]

Can these also be used in zbrush core? (Cause I know you can’t use zbrush brushes in core) but you can use alphas to make your own brushes?

[@commonnormal7256]

what the hardware yoy use? Processor and ram?

[@marvluebke]

Real men make skin with the standard brush and a mouse.

[@Demigodish4o3]

REAL manly-man men sculpt every subdermal layer that way.

[@xox8717]

real men do nothing somebody else does it for them :)

[@dnonamuso1]

REAL men sculpt with clay.

[@FlippedNormals]

Real men sculpt pores in stone, scan it and reproject

[@Abendschleier]

and chuck norris makes a high res mesh with windows paint

[@matiaskritz]

Can i use this product in Blender?, thanks so much!

[@TimV777]

I'm confused if I should do the details in zbrush or mari. In the mari tut you said its better to work with maps rather than polygons to get the most detail. It's this still the case in 2022? I just want a detailed render of my creature from all angles. No animation or rigging.

[@aldoferdian6039]

do the discount still applicable????

[@frostofficial3497]

Error with macros - "Unable To Save File". Please help am using zbrush 2020.1.1 maybe its because of version difference can you update it

[@RaZzor7]

the discount is expired?

[@SVI_graphics]

I love this kit, I will get one!!

[@asier7400]

Thanks guys, Im studing 3D and your Channel is very good for learn

[@FlippedNormals]

Awesome, thank you!

[@tarnsmith8573]

Please could you provide assistance. I purchased your pack for the UI and Macros but the files in the Zstartup cause my zbrush to not open. If I remove that file it opens but loading the custom UI causes my zbrush to crash. I am using 4R6, please can you provide a workaround. The Flippednormals website is a nightmare to try and contact you for a simple fix.

[@serggrig98]

Want to buy it so much but it seems to be impossible now to pay with my russian card

[@barrywallisable]

Great skin kit guys, many thanks. Is there any chance you are bringing out a blender 2.8 version?

[@FlippedNormals]

Thank you! Honestly, we believe this should work with Blender. The kit is simply a collection of maps, so as long as Blender supports sculpting with alphas, should work perfectly fine :)

[@jarmadax]

(EDIT: moved to dedicated post)

[@saminreysb]

Thanks for the discount! Gonna try this now

[@pukey82]

Really cool! :)

[@MR3DDev]

What they failed to say is that if you don't buy this kit, that creature from the first 30 seconds will be watching you at night.

[@FlippedNormals]

It will be under your bed.

[@MR3DDev]

@@FlippedNormals That's another reason to pick this one up :P

[@jarmadax]

​ @FlippedNormals I bought this and unfortunately these do not work with Blender out of the box - when assigning one of the .psd files (for example heavySkin.psd) to a sculpt brush (and setting stroke to anchored), the bursh _kind of_ works, but it also shifts the sculpted surface. I think its because the .psd background is 50% gray instead of black. Im a bit new to bursh alphas...but could you guys maybe consider providing some insight (maybe even a short video?) on how to make these work properly in Blender 2.8x? Or better yet, update the asset so that it also has all the alphas with black background...? Its a paid asset after all. Thanks!

[@TimV777]

I think I had this issue in zbrush too but then after choosing the mid value 50 button it works well.

[@jarmadax]

Im new to sculting and I'd like to know, _why_ sculpt details such as spores, why not use normal maps other material based solution? I know a normal map is an illusion and "kinda fake" as it does not really alter the geometry but do you guys also use normal maps when you apply materials to your sculpts? Or are normal maps only used if you have limited vertex budget for example for models used in realtime?

[@sr1488]

I know this is old and you may have found the answer already, but typically you'll sculpt the details and then export a lower res version of the mesh and project the high res details to export as a normal or displacement map. Displacement maps actually alter geometry but are way lighter on render engines than subdivided geometry, or you can go for the normal map solution- unless you are purely making a sculpt of course!

[@adamvandyke2]

Awesome!

[@FlippedNormals]

Thanks!

[@JonCG]

guys you should star on how to install it for new user like me

[@adam551982]

Before buying a pack like this, should we be learning to do it by hand? I'm a new Zbusher and am learning how to use the program. Not sure if I should be buying things that essentially cheat my way to the final product. Thoughts?

[@ignacioalvarado1384]

if you have time go ahead.

[@TimV777]

Better to only use these once u get the big and medium details in. Like big scales and wrinkles sculpt by hand.

[@adam551982]

@@TimV777 thanks brother, stuck to sculpting and figured out most of this stuff already. I appreciate the reply though!

[@TimV777]

@@adam551982 ahhh I didn't notice it was 2 years ago. 😅

[@TimV777]

@@adam551982 what process are you using though? Do u project the fine details in mari or just sculpt in zbrush with normals or something? 🤔

[@testingtesterson4424]

Done. Bought it. PS. Real men carve the pores off their own flesh and paste it on the model.

[@alalmalal]

I just scratch into my computer screen and buy new ones for differing angles of the sculpt

[@richierich8085]

The computer to sculpt this finest details is monsterous. My current computer can't do like this. I need to use texture normal bump for these details.

[@FlippedNormals]

Thats also a great way of doing it :) Using the skin kit in Painter and Mari is awesome

[@iEatClayArt]

Do these work on Zbrush 4r7?

[@FlippedNormals]

Yup! You should upgrade to ZBrush 2019 though, as it's a free one.

[@Bloodonmyknife]

Just to be sure. This kit also works in Blender, right? I'm a noob at everything 3d.

[@Bloodonmyknife]

@Trantor The Troll Yep, makes sense to me.

[@FlippedNormals]

As long as Blender supports sculpting with alphas, you should be good :)

[@rishen]

Hey, everyone! Can someone tell me if there's a way to improve Zbrush's performance? - I have 32gb of ram i7-8700k 1070 msi GPU 500gb sdd with 300gb free of memory But I can never work on a model with 6million polys, do I need more than what I already have?

[@Mithlinthar]

I work in Zbrush on my quite old laptop and I noticed one important way to improve your performance - delete the undo history for each subtool... like... once per hour. It will change a lot (just be sure that you don't really need the history)

[@rishen]

@@Mithlinthar I do that all the time to greatly reduce the file size too but doesn't work on the performance part.

[@specter929]

Who and Morton???

[@rakshith_4eal]

can u guys please tell me ur PC's specifications

[@riyadahmed7129]

No

[@MRJACG1990]

Just bought it .... Awesome kit, every 3D artist should buy it. Great work as always flippednormals

[@FlippedNormals]

Thank you Jose!

[@Theicemonkeyjr]

The price is alarming, id like to buy them but they seem overpriced, considering you sell a production base mesh for 4/5 pounds, and this is almost 40, I cant really justify it.

[@PoseidonArts]

Thing is you buy it once and you can use it over and over again. Those production base meshes are typically easier to make as well. I think they are fairly priced. If you are a character or creature artist it isn't a terrible thing to justify buying.

[@CatsClaws.]

You've been taking digs at Kris for a long time, it's only fair you've finally said his name.

[@Nether2342]

What're you talking about?

[@GamingBearHD]

@@Nether2342 He hands sculpt every pore for some of his personal projects. He is one of the best realism sculptors though

[@Yushataram]

I missed your voices

[@loucypatucy5974]

create an animal skull

[@velequest]

I sculpt pore by punching my monitor.

[@whiteoutwolf6131]

Love you flipped normals but this is not a good value. Very overpriced for average at best alphas. You can find better for cheaper elsewear.

[@FlippedNormals]

Thanks for the feedback. Can you link to better and cheaper alphas, please?

[@bhoper4302]

Is this a joke? These alphas are overpriced and really poor quality. Am I supposed to be happy with the results in the demo; I was expecting something proffesional instead of some random creature alphas with no fade.... I'll stick to my scanned alphas instead and keep my 50$ Cheers.

[@Mithlinthar]

You are not wrong. I really like FlippedNormals, but this Skin Kit is just not that good. You can find way better alphas on Gumroad for less money...

[@Mithlinthar]

Not to mention that the Commercial License is $150. That's just funny.

[@christianlee1423]

how is this poor quality? can u tell me?

[@tanisaguinsin]

So bootyfull

[@FlippedNormals]

:3

[@Remi97]

First

[@FlippedNormals]

Whoooo!

[@Jimmy-up2xk]

thats got to be the worst designed dragon ive ever seen, and the guys supposedly a professional