Modeling a Female Android in ZBrush

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Modeling a Female Android in ZBrush is an Intermediate level study on 3D + Animation, compiled by the creator, Ryan Kittleson. This study is a critical base for anyone who needs to excel in his/her 3D + Animation skills. It gives you a thorough grip on 3D + Animation, CAD, Photography, Lighting, Video, Materials, Modeling, Textures, ZBrush, 3D + Animation, CAD, Photography, Lighting, Video, Materials, Modeling, Textures and ZBrush.

Androids started appearing in science fiction over a hundred years ago, and have since evolved from robotic machines into more fully humanoid shapes. With modern 3D modeling tools like ZBrush, it’s easier than ever to create a realistic looking android that bridges the divide between man (or woman) and machine. In this course, Ryan Kittleson teaches you how to model a female android with ZBrush’s powerful modeling and sculpting tools. He shows how to start with a basic model and refine and stylize the anatomy. Then you’ll learn how to concept machine-inspired parts like vents and wheels; create clean, hard edges; refine delicate areas like hands, feet, and joints; and add finishing details like seams. In the end, you’ll put the android into an action pose and create a rendered turntable video that shows off your model.

Topics include:

• Gathering reference materials
• Getting a base model
• Stylizing the android’s body
• Exploring design concepts
• Making pivoting joints
• Creating precise mechanical shapes
• Adding thickness to panels with Panel Loops
• Making a foot with DynaMesh
• Making a tire with radial symmetry
• Reducing polygons with Decimation Master
• Preparing for rigging and posing
• Applying materials

Modeling a Female Android in ZBrush : Video Lessons

• Welcome55s
• Using the exercise files1m 11s
• What you should know before watching this course28s
• Optimizing the Wacom tablet settings1m 55s
• Gathering reference images1m 27s
• Understanding the difference between projects and tools3m 15s
• Opening and saving tools1m 54s
• Getting a base model to start with2m 49s
• Posing the base6m 28s
• Challenge: Pose the arms46s
• Solution: Pose the arms3m 18s
• Cleaning up the pose2m 57s
• Optimizing topology with ZRemesher7m 2s
• Refining the base anatomy4m 7s
• Concepting the android with layers5m 21s
• Sketching mechanical shapes4m 4s
• Stylizing based on real anatomy3m 42s
• Making the chest3m 17s
• Designing a waist3m 37s
• Using layers to mix and match the design3m 18s
• Erasing part of a layer with Morph Targets2m 12s
• Challenge: Finish the design29s
• Solution: Finish the design5m 4s
• Splitting the android into parts1m 57s
• Slicing the model into pieces2m 31s
• Using the SliceCurve tool4m 35s
• Splitting slices into subtools5m 42s
• Splitting overlapping panels5m 25s
• Fitting panels inside of each other3m 40s
• Challenge: Slice the rest of the model1m 5s
• Solution: Slice the rest of the model6m
• Starting with primitives4m 58s
• Making knee joints4m 16s
• Connecting the knee joints with the android3m 24s
• Making parts with insert mesh brushes2m 59s
• Making wires and cables5m 17s
• Making hip joints with the Clip Brush5m 11s
• Forming the pelvis with the Curve Bridge4m 1s
• Creating the visor4m 57s
• Challenge: Make the rest of the inner mechanics37s
• Solution: Make the rest of the inner mechanics6m 11s
• Making some parts solid5m 14s
• Cutting back vents with SliceCurve4m 9s
• Making vent holes from polygroups4m 41s
• Restoring symmetry with Mirror1m 50s
• Making side vents with masking2m 44s
• Cutting ailerons with Trim and Clip4m 45s
• Using replacement parts3m 27s
• Cutting holes with replacement parts3m
• Adding thickness to panels with Extract5m 15s
• Adding thickness with Panel Loops3m 38s
• Challenge: Finish panel detail42s
• Solution: Finish panel detail4m 47s
• Making a finger segment with ShadowBox4m 43s
• Duplicating and appending fingers4m 13s
• Arranging fingers to form a hand3m 49s
• Making a foot with DynaMesh3m 31s
• Cutting a toe piece with Boolean intersection3m 37s
• Cutting the foot piece with Boolean subtraction2m 10s
• Making a tire with radial symmetry4m 53s
• Modeling the wheel hub4m 38s
• Fitting the wheel to the foot3m 55s
• Adding fine seams4m 50s
• Reducing polygons with Decimation Master4m 7s
• Mirroring the limbs3m 1s
• Preparing for rigging and posing2m 19s
• Posing with Transpose Master5m 1s
• Applying materials4m 14s
• Creating a rendered turntable video3m 56s
• Next steps58s

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