What Most ZBrush Sculptors Get Wrong - Mid Frequency

In this art fundamentals video, we talk about the concept of Mid Frequency, which is important to understand for any artist, particularly ZBrush artists.
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[@dannymo4390]

yes, yes I do want more content like this please! you don't just teach me how to zbrush, you teach me how to live.

[@FlippedNormals]

We'd love to do more like this! :)

[@gulagwarlord]

It's the same way with good drawing. Some people can do a good start, and some can tighten up easily. The middle part takes a lot of work.

[@Dusk1990]

Love these long form talks. Always liked the banter and the useful information. 👌

[@FlippedNormals]

Thanks a lot! Much appreciated :)

[@edwinter4816]

Yupeee! Thank you guys hope you enjoy your holidays and thank you so much for this flipped year! Hope to see you again next year. Btw this topic is so useful I was dealing a lot with that in the beginning of this year

[@FlippedNormals]

Thanks a lot Ed! :) Always appreciate your support mate.

[@diegop3890]

Great Video! thanx 1 and 2 subdivision level : low Frequency 3 and 4 subdivision level : mid frequency 5 and 6 subdivision level : hi frequency 7 and 8 subdivison level : you teletrasport inside the software ,,,

[@user-vp1gw2zh7f]

most people use dynamesh to start building forms, I turn off dynamesh and create subdivs levels after about 200k polygons.

[@taraskashuk1069]

I think it is a one of the best videos for newbies in Zbrush

[@harrysanders818]

Great video guys! also very entertaining. (Mid-Frequency Fanboy T-Shirt made me laugh :P )

[@AhmadTaghavi-ct5qh]

Wow i actually found out what is my weakness in sculpt with this video. Tnx guys

[@DavidAllen_0]

16:55 lmao it reminds me of every time I learn a new exotic word: I hear it a lot afterwards. Strange because I never heard "picturesque" for 25 years of my life and when I was 25: I heard it. Now I hear it a few times a year at least. That's just a single example. As for modeling, that is so very true. And now watching disney and pixar movies makes me more appreciative of their art. I just saw Incredibles 2 on Netflix last night and the beginning blew my mind with all the physics. That must've taken awhile to bake and render. Purely amazing work that they do

[@zacheryashton6805]

this was enlightening for me because im trying to learn how to use TexturingXYZ and after applying the pores there is stuff missing from the sculpt. and i wouldn't have noticed. but i noticed after watching this video. luckily though im going back into zbrush to sculpt it more. so there is that.

[@ValrixV81]

Thanks for this gentlemen. Great info for artists on this page.

[@FlippedNormals]

Cheers Nick!

[@matthewdixon8665]

so, low frequency is blocking out a good silhouette and bone structure, the mid frequency is building all the muscles under the skin and more bone structure, and the high is all the fine details like hair and wrinkles?

[@irkendragon]

I've never heard of it referred to as frequency before. Also known as primary, secondary and tertiary forms. Primary = basic shapes/anatomy. Secondary = interactions between primary forms, tertiary = integument and small details, scales, veins, pores, hair strands, etc. Or BIg, Shmedium, and Tiny shapes.

[@ensar.karpuz]

I love your videos keep up the good work. Can ı ask you something ? I see you are not using sculptris pro mode in your sculpting videos. Is sculptris mode unnecessary ? Why we must’nt use sculptris mode ? I see some other artist they are using this. I dont understand.

[@_._._raine_._._]

guys, u are GREAT

[@ghudson44]

Hey Flipped Normals. Recently found your channel and really enjoying your content! You guys genuinely seem to enjoy making tutorials and I like how honest you are about the industry. Also sounds like you guys definitely know what you're doing! I'm glad you give away alot of free content. Makes me inclined to purchase your website content. Any chance there will be a subscription option for your website in the future?

[@FlippedNormals]

Thanks a ton Garret! We really enjoy this for sure :) It's something we're thinking about, but nothing planned out yet. It would be great though.

[@Virtual-Media]

This is why stylized characters look so good, ie Disney, Dreamworks..

[@Virtual-Media]

@Zinogg I've yet to see anything animated with the 'real life look' that doesn't have the creepy uncanny valley thing going on.

[@Shiruvan]

@@Virtual-Media I got one from Tin Tin, that one CG movie with Andy Serkis in it.

[@Virtual-Media]

@@Shiruvan I'll check it out..

[@PrefoX]

they mostly have zero "mid frequency" details at all =D

[@z_tiger311]

stylized characters are smooth and they don't have neither mid or even high frequency like real ones even in animation they tried to go with styilzed since it's much more easier to fool the viewers..our eyes are used to seeing real people all the time and it takes a talented team to bring it to the CG world, check out Logan the movie and you'll see the real magic, most of it is CGI and you won't be able to tell what's real and what's CGI.

[@elfoxy1997]

Pubes are mid frequency, got it.

[@gioolioplus]

plus if you need to sculpt a turtle you can sculpt a penis with a sack of flash. Done.

[@fractalelement857]

can you please type down your shortest explanation of what is mid,low and high frequency?

[@nxtlvl2116]

even if u make the texture tile still have seem not in border but the whole texture so to hide seem i use multiple tri planer projection same texture and offset the u and v and thin use alpha masks like noise or cloud and on top curvture mask and thin use manual mask to hide some seem "so this is base texture thin u can use another texture on top"

[@EricWilliamsCG]

What's the first texture resource he's talking about at 20:32, I can't quite understand what he's saying.

[@kaiju161]

texturing.xyz

[@bohdan_lvov]

20:00 "This is why you don't sculpt everything. It would took 2 years!" *Kris Costa's haunting laugh became distinguishable in the background"

[@FlippedNormals]

Haha! Kris' work is great - but pretty hard core too.

[@pakman4600]

I dont skip adds on your videos

[@FlippedNormals]

Thank you! Appreciated :)

[@pakman4600]

@@FlippedNormals i just got internship in game studio because of you thank you i dont have words 😖😖😖😖😖😖😖😖 i wish i could meet you and hug you

[@Jez2008UK]

Off topic guys but I'm a ZBrush beginner and I notice that you guys switch brushes extremely quickly (unlike myself who is currently pressing B first and then two more letters). I've learned that you can set up brush shortcuts and I have two questions; 1) What keyboard shortcuts have you assigned and for which brushes (I watched one of your beginner videos where you listed around 5 of your most common brushes) ? 2) Which keyboard do you use ? (and was it chosen specifically for zBrush) ? Many thanks :)

[@jinsk8r]

Ctrl+Alt to set your hotkey. I personally use 1>9 for brushes. 1 for Clay buildup, 2 standard, 3 dam, 4 move, 5 trim dynamic and so on But to each his own.

[@FlippedNormals]

1 - Isolate Selected 2 - Standard 3 - Clay Buildup 4 - Move 5 - damStandard Thats basically it for brushes :) The keyboard doesnt matter at all.

[@oliveiraluis3540]

mid frequencys is where the personality is. the nuance that gives a form its recognisable character. a potatoe has a surface signature that a rock that looks like a potatoe doesnt. and that tiled map didnt need to have that cloth formation wrinkle thing, thats what exposes the tiling. the small bumps seamless tiled would be enought.

[@sagarsoni8456]

Can you make a video on animal anatomy ☺

[@ksta1996]

could you tell what's the name of that sculpture?

[@FlippedNormals]

Its The Rape of Proserpina by Bernini

[@oculicious]

Hey, en ting der ville tage jeres kanal skridtet videre er noget editing, i de fleste af de her videoer sidder i bare og snakker om et koncept ud fra jeres interne viden, og det bliver meget sådan "haha ja sådan er det jo" hvor at hvis i viste nogle billeder og guidede seeren igennem konceptet ved at illustrere med nogle billeder der matchede op med det i snakker om, ville man lære mere.

[@Wenedi]

Kinda first ^^ Love ya! :D

[@FlippedNormals]

Cheers :D

[@bohdan_lvov]

So basically you can blur image or took glasses off for a minute to define mid frequency?

[@FlippedNormals]

Thats one way of doing it! :)

[@tomaszneosapiens5111]

THE VOICE IS SO KAATONIC

[@basicpt]

Do you think people need to know how to draw to use zbrush correctly?

[@Takasuart]

no, there are many top tier artists that do not know how to draw. Now, knowing how to draw will really help you on your journey, my advice is if you love drawing, get to study while drawing, but if you don't really like it so much, study 3D or traditional sculpting, what matters is that you study art while using the software. Pure software knowledge won't get you there, design and art knowledge will. With this knowledge transitioning from medium to medium or software to software becomes easier

[@marvluebke]

Take a shot every time one of them says "frequency"

[@sebastiankristiansen8852]

Sculpt is done by Sam King

[@kenoh4445]

12:50-13:20

[@MysteryFinery]

wheres the Mid frequency fanboys shirt?

[@jellybeansi]

I love how so many of the women in Greek/Roman/etc sculpture have manly faces.

[@dreamsprayanimation]

The reason is because they would use males as reference.

[@blackdiamond2605]

lets marry together guys xD thanks for tut cmded sub and liked

[@blackswan6386]

this entertainment show dosent teach anything its jus like blabla some laughes, bu learning curve is flat. so sad. TvShow you could rule every Genre. but teaching this is not useable. sorry for your work

[@AerysBat]

I'd buy a "Mid-frequency fanboy" t-shirt tbh