The Conic Stroke option..mini tutorial of sorts...(thnx Winged One for the idea)

[Ron Harris]

tonight in the irc chat stroke types were brought up in reference to the MNC thread....I havent played with all of those strokes in the stroke menu yet until tonight. I found that you can create some relative easy images with using only a couple of tools that you may have on hand. I used two tools. The first was the flower listed as 1. I selected my premade flower tool I had on hand and selected the conic stroke and drug it across the screen. I ended with a head for this dragon centipede thingy that I had on hand listed as number 2. The body was just the conic stroke and the flower and then I slapped a head on him. Very quick and very very easy. Just thought I would share that with you all. My luck everyone knew about this except me...lol...anyways..here ya go..I am having a hoot playing with the strokes and a few different simple tools I had on hand. Hope you will experiment as well.

http://www2.zbrushcentral.com/uploaded_from_zbc/200308/user_image-1061867583xux.jpg


Thought I would share one more. Got fancier and used 7 parts and two layers. The second layer was for the tail wrapping behind the body. I displaced the z on that layer with a few negative numbers. So that pulled the tail from going thru the body of the serpent thingy. Same technique as described above. Well I won't take up the gallery with my doodling..just wanted to give another ten minutes quicky up to look at and demonstrate again the speed of what can be created with tools you may have on hand and a few minutes with the conic stroke. Thank you for your patience.


http://www2.zbrushcentral.com/uploaded_from_zbc/200308/user_image-1061869453gmi.jpg

[andreseloy]

Hy Ron thanks very much for share your creativity with us. It look very nice¡¡¡ I will try to do something with it and post for you¡
Congratulations

[enter]

Hi Ron,

Where is the Conic Stroke? I looked at the stroke menu but don't see it?

Thanks for sharing,
Enter

[Ron Harris]

here ya go...

http://www2.zbrushcentral.com/uploaded_from_zbc/200308/user_image-1061907057ahn.jpg

[Ron Harris]

same technique

http://www2.zbrushcentral.com/uploaded_from_zbc/200308/user_image-1061913617npk.jpg

[DMerchen]

Nice stuff Ron! I will have to look a little more at those. I was just playing with them the other day actually, but I didn't get very far with anything. Thanks for sharing your practice session!

[rhom]

I like that second image Ron-pretty cool looking-I'll have to admit that conical stroke is one I've not played with-will have to try it out-and thanx for the heds up.

[WingedOne]

Hi, enter. :)

If you can't find those strokes under the Stroke Pallette, you can find them in the "Starters Toolbox" under "stroke". If you don't have the Starters Toolbox pallette in one of your trays, it'll be iconized on top of your ZBrush screen as an exclamation mark.

[kokoro]

thanks ron for pointing to that stroke. :)

i never used it before (also ignored the otheres) :rolleyes: how stupid of me. i now tried them all. and had great fun. i like your pipes. these are much easier created than the way i model them.

[Flycatcher]

Thanks for pointing this out, Ron. It's amazing how you (well, I at least) can look at the palettes time and again without spotting things - I'd never seen this stroke option. :tu: :rolleyes:

[enter]

Thanks Ron and WingedOne :p ! I got it now!!