Zbrush 3 New features Videos

[cannedmushrooms]

So ya heres what I have so far for those of the visual learning nature, a couple videos more to come when I get more familiar with the tools.

zbrush3_retopology.jpg

http://www.houseoftutorials.com.http.l2.l1.l0.nyucd.net:8 090/z3/topology.wmv[/url]
zbrush3_transposing.jpg

http://www.houseoftutorials.com.http.l2.l1.l0.nyucd.net:8 090/z3/transpose1.wmv[url="http://www.houseoftutorials.com/z3/transpose1.wmv"] (http://www.houseoftutorials.com/z3/topology.wmv)

Click the house of tutorials link in my sig. And goto the Zbrush section.

OTS

(off to sculpt)

[Hardtwist]

Thanks for the tuts Jason. Very informative.:tu: :tu: :tu: :tu: :tu:


JIM

[willbrown1]

Great tutes Jason! thanks! :tu: :tu:

[wenna]

Thanks Jason, these are really great and a huge help for me!!

[levitateme]

Thanks jason, i have been having a hard time in z3 and your topology video showed me exactly what i needed ot know, thanks again for the video.

[digit1]

A picture says more than 1000 words ^^
Many thanks for the tutorials!

[zeke3d]

simply amazing tuts jason, I cracked up laughing to see you frustrated with "tweak" in 3.

[The Namek]

Hi , I liked your videos and i was wondering if i could add a link to them on the "Zscripts & movies" section of my site (linked in my signature). I'll give you full credit for em ofcourse and a link to your site next to the movies.

Thanks.

[cannedmushrooms]

go ahead

But if its www.bramjnet (http://www.bramjnet/) I will have to say no, long story lets just say 250 gigs of bandwidth long.
Ur welcome for the vids enjoy I won't add a comment I have for the tweak brush I'm sure we have all fell for that new fun filled feature.

also added this video to my sunday fun
zbrush3_subtools1.jpg
http://www.houseoftutorials.com.http.l2.l1.l0.nyucd.net:8 090/z3/subtools1.wmv
happy learning

[The Namek]

I don't know about that site you mentioned. But about bandwidth, if thats an issue for you, I wont do it.

The site has only be made today and has had over 600 visitors in one day, so perhaps that might be too much traffic.

[Polaris30]

NIce Jason!

Do you have any idea how to take a tool, and all its sub tools and make them into 1 mesh?

I want to use this subtool feature to draw cloths on my models, and be able to pose them in Z3 with the new transform tools...

TIA,

Thanks for the free videos

[cannedmushrooms]

Havent got that far yet
I heard its a pain but havent played with it yet.
It has somthing to do with all subtools must be on the same lvl by deleting the lower lvls.

[cannedmushrooms]

here see this thread

http://zbrushcentral.com/zbc/showthread.php?t=44872

[Polaris30]

Excellent

Thank you :)

[andreseloy]

Thanks Jason, i had enjoy all your videos and for sure this 3 too!!!

Thanks again in debt with you
Andreseloy

[SNARK]

Jason,

Thanks for your tireless efforts in presenting your video tutorials to help us mere mortals requiring visual instruction. What strikes me about your vids over others is that they are so sharp and crisp and include voice-over. Do you have or could you offer a tutorial on how you make your tutorials? So many of the vids offered on the forum lack audio and visual crispness. So many of the vids are fuzzy, out of focus. How do you produce your tutorials?

Thanks!

~S.~

[cannedmushrooms]

actually if you look at the link on the left of the site labeled portfolio development I run down how to use camtasia with the screen resolution.

As far as audio goes I use a neuman BCM 705 microphone.
Its basically a radio mic. The real trick though is adjust your desktop resolution to 1024X960 then make the video so that the icons and tool buttons show up crisp
I also use a mackie board for the audio.
hope that helps.

[TeckZ]

Author, your Zbrush tuts inks are not working, please check.

[cannedmushrooms]

lol they work but if you get a 503 error keep hitting the f5 button
my host only allows 150 people per second so somtimes you will get a error.

If you can always right click save target ass to your hard drive. Try not to stream the videos;)

[hirnlaich]

Thank you jason for your excellent tutorials. :tu: :tu: :tu: :tu: :tu:

[friggi]

jason, i am your fan :D

i ve learned very much from your tuturials, since i was/am a beginner.
very great, your stuff.
i love them :)

u rock :P

[Ruteger700]

Jason,

thanks for the Top vid. I understand all except the part where you turn the fig into a polymesh and then load a ZSphere for the head. What's the reasoning?

Say I am doing the same except for modeling say, a tree. What do I do with the Zspheres? must I match them up to the shape of the tree (branches, etc) in order to start the top draw?

Thanks!

[cannedmushrooms]

wow now thats a very good question. For what I have done with it I would say no. Because if that was the case the shoulders on rolypoly would have not worked. I think the Zsphere is only there in case you want to move or bind. It also activates the topology and rig features. I also noticed the size of the sphere does not matter cause I was trying to re-top some armor pieces I did earlyier and the Zsphere did not match the size of the helm at all but still worked;)

[cannedmushrooms]

Some new videos from my adventures in textures.
Very cool stuff I might add;)
Painting on pixols rather than uvs is about the sweetest thing I have seen. But then when I transfered it my jaw droped. I so cant wait till I can make a normal and disp map again.

Ow but for the bonus video I convert a z3 model to z2 to make those very maps. Life always has a loop hole.
Please note that super poly models take alot of ram. I converted a 4 million poly model but I'm sure about 6 million and my computer would have opened a rip in time;) So patience and ram are required for the 2nd video;) I have 4 gigs and it worked great.

zbrush3_pixolpainting.jpg

http://www.houseoftutorials.com.http.l2.l1.l0.nyucd.net:8 090/z3/pixolpaint.wmv[/url]

zbrush3_z3toz2.jpg

http://www.houseoftutorials.com.http.l2.l1.l0.nyucd.net:8 090/z3/z3toz2.wmv[url="http://www.houseoftutorials.com/z3/z3toz2.wmv"] (http://www.houseoftutorials.com/z3/pixolpaint.wmv)

[spaceboy412]

would you be able to paint then tranfer uvs like you do to multiple uv maps? ie one map for the helmet, one for the horns etc?

[cannedmushrooms]

Easy
1. Colorize model
2. Export obj
3. do uvs but seperate your uv maps into the seperate UV cordinates
4. enable uvs
5. lower model to lowest level
6. import obj with uvs
7. tool / subgroups / auto uv groups
8. subtools / group split
9. switch to the subtool
10. texture new texture (pick resolution)
11. texture / color to texture button
12. export texture
Switch subtools repeat 9-12
hope that helps

[varomix]

I really wanna see your tutorials but is very hard to get to your page, I get tons of errors and when finally something shows up firefox hangs, IE is the same, bunch of errors.

It would be cool if you or someone else does a mirror.

thank you

[cannedmushrooms]

I had a subscription for awhile but I turned it off for a couple weeks figure that the new release videos should not be a subscription thing. But ya I would love a mirror but there probally expensive;(

[tharrell]

If bandwidth is an issue for you, you might try using Coral cache links.

Basically, you can provide a link to:

http://www.houseoftutorials.com.nyud.net:8080/movies/whatever.mov

Instead of a direct link to a video on your server and the bandwidth will be coralized and distributed.

I used this a few times when I did some FXWars challenges and I was getting like 80 gigs a day usage from my host. It worked *wonderfully* and basically makes your capacity almost infinite (and your bills a LOT smaller). And it's free.

Here's the wiki on how it works:

http://wiki.coralcdn.org/wiki.php?n=Main.FAQ

Hope this helps :) I've been really trying to see how you manage to pull off multi-texturing in Z3... isn't working for me!

[furrykef]

How much does your site cost now, and how much do you use in storage space and bandwidth?

EDIT: Also, instead of exporting and re-loading the low-resolution mesh in the topology video, couldn't you just "make adaptive skin"? :)

[spider2544]

i keep getting 503 errors that your bandwith is getting exceded, you might want to toss these videos up on file front or youtube or something like that.

[ArsRepublica]

I appreciate the tutorials, Jason. I'm getting the bandwith problem as well, but I figure the demand for the videos is high, so I will try later.

spider2544, about uploading to Youtube, the quality of his videos is far above their capacities.

[cannedmushrooms]

Disk Space:15763.00 MB of 200000.00 MB (7.88%)Bandwidth:859958.08 MB of 2000000.00 MB (43.00%)

It's not a bandwidth issue as much as I need a dedicated server.
Right now I pay 17 dollars a month for this account but a dedicated server will run you 110 a month with the same bandwidth and diskspace.

Without a dedicated server it only allows 150 people on the site at one time.

going to look into this Coral cache links thing thanks tharell;)

[cannedmushrooms]

can just a couple people confirm this
I'm behind big brother firewall at work
1
http://www.houseoftutorials.com.nyud.net:8080/z3/transpose1.wmv


2
http://www.houseoftutorials.com.http.l2.l1.l0.nyucd.net:8 080/z3/transpose1.wmv

3
http://www.houseoftutorials.com.http.l2.l1.l0.nyucd.net:8 090/z3/transpose1.wmv

4
http://www.houseoftutorials.com.nyud.net:8080/z3/transpose1.wmv
When posting results just post what number works best

[furrykef]

Yeah, it works.

[rikdaren]

Your videos are great! I have learned a lot from them. Just need to get your most recent Zbrush3 videos. I have my own dedicated server for my websites(I got a few websites). I got it from Godaddy.com They got pretty good prices.

My dedicated server is about $489 usa a year 500 gig per month bandwidth and 20 gig storage.Plus you can have up to 30 domains and unlimited sub domains and unlimieted email addies.

[cannedmushrooms]

tharell you freeken rck man a big thanks goes out to you;)

all links have been changed next to the movie images in this post

[dougt]

Thanks for all your work; love your tutorials! Much appreciated!!! :tu:

[cannedmushrooms]

I needed to make a higher res texture to match this new method of painting and colorizing. So away I went into the Bat Cave and this is the method I formulated.

zbrush3_supertexture.jpg

http://www.houseoftutorials.com.http.l2.l1.l0.nyucd.net:8 090/z3/zbrush3_superflesh.wmv

[andreseloy]

Service Temporarily Unavailable
Andreseloy

[Plakkie]

Which is a bummer, because the other tut's are REALLY nice! Thanks for those, and please make this one work as well, it looks promising. :tu:

[hyper1]

Jason,

You can't just tease us like this! :D

"Service Temporarily Unavailable"

BTW, I've really enjoyed learning from your other vids, hoping to crack open all of ZB3's abilities soon!

Notify us when "Service is Available".

[darkness23]

Hallo, i have the files upload to a Hoster for better and faster loading

Zbrush3 New features / Making super textures with colorize

Here (http://fileho.com/download/69e26b259744/zbrush3-superflesh.wmv.html)

Pixol Painting

Here (http://fileho.com/download/8d6ae6170313/pixolpaint.wmv.html)

Sub tools 1

Here (http://fileho.com/download/a3d311311614/subtools1.wmv.html)

Transposing

here (http://fileho.com/download/1dda7d414660/transpose1.wmv.html)

Topology

Here (http://fileho.com/download/5f7c40655938/topology.wmv.html)

Converting ZBrush 3 Models to ZB2



the other files coming ! ;)

[cannedmushrooms]

Thanks for the load share. even with this new corel link system people have been on the server like 24/7. I'm sure with the knowledge pool of people that come to the site and the help from the people in these forums we can distribute this content a little faster. ;) thank your darkness your time is very apreciated.

[zhaxen]

hi everybody @first,
although i´ve learned sculpting a few years ago (a lot of^^) and trying around with zbrush1.5 some years ago i just decided to buy zb3 because of the tons of enhancements made since the older versions and the encouraging the whole community and zbrush3 to start again with 3d stuff.

after trying out and using the rapid start of zb3 i´searched a lot for tutorials
for absolute zb3-beginners. last night i saw your stuff, downloaded it and then i couldnt stop watching your vids til 50´clock in the morning.
these tutorials r really really nice jason. thx for it a lot!

time to get back to work, cya all (hope i can give something back to the community next time)

[ryankingslien]

Hey Guys, the online docs are editable now. I would love to see some stuff put up there. Let me know if you have any questions about wiki editing. :)

ryan

[tgraupmann]

You're right. Who wants to actually read thru the Wiki? Your tutorials are good enough to pay for. I know luxology store has feature tutorials for about $5 each and a couple bundles. That would be extremely useful for ZB3...

[tgraupmann]

Watching you group poly groups in the sub tool tutorial, it seems like it would be nice if there was a randomize-polygroup-colors button...

[Aeneas]

Well, I actually read through the wiki, read all quickstart guides, follow several threads here to get the information I need. I also watch the movies that are available, but no, I wouldn't like them to stop with the wiki, no.

[questionman]

Hey, all the download links don't work... Could you upload them anywhere else, please? :cry::confused:

[darkness23]

The Provider has become a complaint because copyright ! Sorry


i make link to Rapidshare

[cannedmushrooms]

ok so far I have the next videos to line up in the next few days.

Topics:
Renders + render passes

Tileable textures with super alphas;)
exsample (you need maya 8.5 to see it but ya truly amazing)
http:/houseoftutorials.com/z3/superdisplacement.zip (http://z3/superdisplacement.zip)
and
Zproject Cheap tricks


I'm open for new ideas also so ya post a few things I might not have covered.
We have been having a chat room going every night with tips but the training vids must go on;)

[cannedmushrooms]

ok as the server becomes a little more stable I now can release Renderpass

zbrush3_renderpass.jpg

A couple people asked me how to get a good render in Zbrush.
Well you can but it doesnt teach you how to renderpass post work your renders.
So here we go down the rabbit hole to the exciting world of rendering both in Z3 and in photoshop.

http://www.houseoftutorials.com.http.l2.l1.l0.nyucd.net:8 090/z3/renderpass2.zip

I ziped it to prevent streaming of the vids;)

[vedanta]

Great videos... thanks for your generosity....

[Context]

Hi.

I like your tutorials. They are very useful.

If you are having bandwidth issues you should check out the Veoh network for hosting. They host videos for free in a format that is very easy to download. It's some kind of distributed hosting thing.

Free and useful, especially if you're hurting for bandwidth.

[zerodean]

ok as the server becomes a little more stable I now can release RenderpassHey, just wanted to say your videos are great. Lots of good stuff to gain out of them and very helpful. Your time and effort in putting them together are very much appreciated!

I just have one little comment.... If at all possible, it'd be excellent to edit out those slow moments in the few times where nothing is happening or, if that's not possible (or at least easy for you), then you could just talk or provide tips or stories while you're (and us) are waiting... cause sitting through 3 minutes of silence watching your image render was a kind of slow torture (and at first I though the video froze!). The next time you rendered, I realized I could just fast forward. ;)

[Argyll9846]

What codec are you using now Jason? I'm using Media Player 11 and your vids won't play at present.

[Daevasmodeus]

Any chance of a topology rigging video tutorial in the near future Jason?

Great videos btw, I'm an auditory/visual learner, and they are an amazing help. Keep it up. :)

[MSMBrush]

grate vedio tutriol :) :tu: :tu: :tu:

[cannedmushrooms]

wow totally forgot too cut those 3 renders out.
Sorry been a little pre-occupied over the past couple days guys.
I'll edit here shortly

[tgraupmann]

The Flash 8 evaluation version has a video importer that uses a streaming template. If you used flash, a codec wouldn't be necessary.

File->New

File->SaveAs (MyZB3Tutorial.fla)

File->Import->Video

Select MOV, DIVX, or other video format.

Next, Next, Next.

Pick a template.

Next.

Control-F12 to publish.

Upload SWF, HTML, and FLV file.

FLV can be hosted on youtube or myspace for free.

[cannedmushrooms]

Ok even though this has been a bit over done I still wanted to do a version so here we go using Z project in weird and disturbing ways.

zbrush3_zproject.jpg

http://www.houseoftutorials.com.http.l2.l1.l0.nyucd.net:8 090/z3/zproject.wmv

[troy1617]

thanks for continualy supporting zbrush with your training videos they have been a great help thank you!!!

[Polaris30]

YOu are a nice guy!
thanks for this :) :tu:

[WoodyLWG]

Bah! I can't d/l any of these! The loads must be crazy. :mad:

I did get the re-topology vid, and want to thank you for explaining this tool!
Hope to get my foot in the download door sometime today. :D

[cannedmushrooms]

try downloading with a manager

Not to Dis my web host (cheap freeks they are) here is a weapon I use
http://www.getright.com/

You'll find that it will hammer the server until you get a download. I could lower the video quality and go youtube and all that but transcoding video is very boring;)

[Cyborgguineapig]

Canned what was up with that whole in your mesh partway through the video? Know what that was caused by?

[cannedmushrooms]

the man/dog lips?
projection falloff from zproject.
It works good just have to take you time. But at least you get to see worst case senerio and repair;)

[chabah]

thank you 4all the tut im raly lorning a lots from it :D

[Sonja Jansen]

thanks for your great tutorials.

Sonja

[mayajulian]

Sorry but what is the codec for this movie i can't play them. :confused: :confused: :confused:





So ya heres what I have so far for those of the visual learning nature, a couple videos more to come when I get more familiar with the tools.

zbrush3_retopology.jpg

http://www.houseoftutorials.com.http.l2.l1.l0.nyucd.net:8 090/z3/topology.wmv
zbrush3_transposing.jpg

http://www.houseoftutorials.com.http.l2.l1.l0.nyucd.net:8 090/z3/transpose1.wmv

Click the house of tutorials link in my sig. And goto the Zbrush section.

OTS

(off to sculpt)

[cannedmushrooms]

techsmith codec
they are wmvs but the codec for some reason helps even though it should'nt make a difference.

If you are on a mac I think you have to do some pretty weird mac things to play them.
I hear roosters being held at midnight around a fire while dancing helps;)

[rbaumhauer]

CM - any pointers on settings for GetRight? I've been unable to get anything but useless little 415byte files for the last few days - it would actually help if the downloads would "fail", since GetRight would retry them, but it's not doing that.

****NEVER MIND - just discovered that downloading from your site, rather than the links here, works just fine with GetRight.*****

Thanks for providing the videos - I've been using ZB for years, but haven't touched v2 in a long time (since I switched to the Mac about a year ago), and I really need something to get me up-to-speed with ZB3's new features.

[cannedmushrooms]

ya sorry forgot i use that proxy stuff on pixologic to save bandwidth;)

[KHC_inc]

Hi Jason,

I couldn't figure out how to use the topology features until I saw your video. It has also given me a better understanding of polygon flows.

Thank you.

Cheers,

George

[cannedmushrooms]

Topology is by far one of my most favorite subjects. Re-topologize like 3 heads and then pick up a pencil and try drawing a head. You will see by knowing the topology on a 3d model it branchs over to 2d drawing as well. For even those peeps that cant draw water from a well;)

[cannedmushrooms]

Well I have special news I kind gentleman has donated a server for my needs
big thanks goes to Peter Campbell. For his donation to the community. To flex the power of the server I release to you a new lesson found only on the new site;)
Fun in projection Master
The Mirror for my site is now located at http://www.houseoftutorials.net/page2.html

Not every video is ready but they should be all in place soon.


zbrush3_projectionmast.jpg (javascript:zb_insimg('60636','zbrush3_projectionm ast.jpg',1,0))

[wolfie]

Hi jason thank you for you great tuts :tu: managed to get them all but one.page unavalable for the render pass zbrush 3 and photoshop.

[cannedmushrooms]

Decided I wanted to do some portfolio building lessons for this summer along with revamping my older maya lessons and zbrush lessons to make them more project based. So heres my first video for dreamweaver Zbrush workflow.
And its a long one !

I will probally be covering text CSS in a later lesson because ya I was very burned out by the time the video was done.;)

www.houseoftutorials.net/test
www.houseoftutorials.net/test2

are the examples

lesson4_port.jpg (javascript:zb_insimg('60909','lesson4_port.jpg',1 ,0))
http://www.houseoftutorials.net/page7.html
(note video 4 is still uploading)

I also did some tricks in the video using Alphas from photoshop brushes that I wanted as a seperate lesson so I made this into a solo Video. I would almost watch it first.
zbrush3_brushes.jpg (javascript:zb_insimg('60910','zbrush3_brushes.jpg ',1,0))
http://www.houseoftutorials.net/page2.html

The new server should handle the load let me know if you have any issues rember its houseoftutorials.net now;) I will be transfering the .com later

[cannedmushrooms]

Topology Zscript I did live inside the chat channel here at Z-central (under community links) This was a model done by troy so the model wasnt even my own making it even more of a challenge;) It shows how horns, mouth, eyes , and Z-project. I will be updating the topology videos soon to reflect all the new stuff that I have learnt. But until then enjoy the script and thanks troy for the model.


http://www.houseoftutorials.net/nolinking/alien%20autopsy.zip

[dougt]

Thanks Jason, but it seems there is a missing ztool:
Unable to open file; "head scarry looking head 21".

[wolfie]

Yes im getting the same error message

[cannedmushrooms]

repaired i think i zipped up the tool within the alien autopsy.zip.

this is why i don't usually do z-scripts;)

[dougt]

Thanks for the quick fix! I can't wait for the videos!! :)

[troy1617]

thanks again jason its greatly apreciated and way more practical to do deformations and fine detail on it now thanks again!!

[cannedmushrooms]

Ok topology is revamped totally. This is a long one peeps just watch the first video it has an intro at the beginning explaining everything.

Video topics include the following
Sculpting a critter out of a ball
Subtools
Mesh combining
Mesh mirroring
Re-topology
Mesh projection
Lowering Resolution

Really helps gathering questions from that chat channel then making the video. Sort of like a field study of artists in the wild ;)

zbrush3_retopology2.jpg (javascript:zb_insimg('61528','zbrush3_retopology2 .jpg',1,0))

click the link to the houseoftutorials.net in my signature and its on the zbrush page
(again thanks goes out to peter for supplying such a great server to allow me to do all this) I will be relinking houseoftutorials.com but waiting for the traffic to drop a little.

[Daevasmodeus]

Wow, 4 videos! You are awesome Jason. :)

[cannedmushrooms]

WOW wait till you see what else I figured out.
Changing the topology without redoing the entire topology over again.

insane!!!!!
say just adding a new object to a pre exsisting object and using the old toplogy as a template. this way you dont have to make the whole topology rig

[cannedmushrooms]

bonus video added that will add somthing new into the mix
http://www.houseoftutorials.net/nolinking/zbrush3_topology3.wmv

[dougt]

Holy Cow!!! Thanks a million!! These are great! :D

[cannedmushrooms]

Yawn- Stretch- Reaches for coffee- Takes a sip- Pushes the Magical Dreamweaver Button.

And presents to you
My workflow


Developing my workflow was Key before I start sculpting alot of creatures and things. Some people develop a workflow as they work. I think backwards so I try to establish workflow and tool knowledge first that way I can just sit back and be an artist and not a techy that knows how to sculpt;) Enough blaber on with the show.

zbrush3_workflow1.jpg

Intro (http://www.houseoftutorials.net/nolinking/zbrush3_workflowintro-0.wmv) / ZSphere Model Topology Change (http://www.houseoftutorials.net/nolinking/zbrush3_workflowZsphere-1.wmv) / The Sculpt (http://www.houseoftutorials.net/nolinking/zbrush3_workflowthesculpt-2.wmv) / Eyes (http://www.houseoftutorials.net/nolinking/zbrush3_workfloweyes-3.wmv) / Pixol Painting (http://www.houseoftutorials.net/nolinking/zbrush3_workflowbasematerial-4.wmv) / Teeth (http://www.houseoftutorials.net/nolinking/zbrush3_workflowteeth-5.wmv) / Finishing Touches (http://www.houseoftutorials.net/nolinking/zbrush3_workflowfinishingtouch-6.wmv)

[Rom6]

wowowwww thnxx dudde..i collecct them all...sooonn

[SNARK]

Jason,

Thanks so much for your interest and energy in supplying us Noobs with such excellent tutorial info. I have a question, though: I have always been taught to avoid any but quad polys and to avoid anything greater than a five point spur. Yet, these demos all include tri-poly's and six point spurs. Should we strive to eliminate these on our own or are these strictures unecessary?

Thanks!

~S.~

[cannedmushrooms]

Once you start to see where a triangle will not hurt the over all sculpt then Its exceptable. Thats my opinion. I sculpt with triangles all the time. But the triangle will be in a location with a harsh change in direction. Lets say a tip of the horn for example. And the back of the throat. But I would never try to put it in like a cheek area, nose or anywhere skin lays on bone mass. Because you wont get a smooth surface. If you are new at modeling I would say try to keep all quads except for the two situations above until you get to know why a triangle are bad. Then when you start to learn what flows well I say use that triangle ;)
Of course let all the modelers out there start beating me down for telling you that but I'll stand up for triangle.

the 5 and 6 point stuff if you look at in topotools it actually gets converted automatically to a quad and a triangle data. Thats why this topo stuff is a very exciting way for the artist to be a artist again. If you see the combo is in a bad location thats when you change the 5 point to a directionial change poly and aim for a hole in the mesh to flow the line into.;)

[SNARK]

Thanks, 'Doctor J' !

You da' man.

You are able to differenciate 'Tradition' from 'Rendition'.

Question: Do you construct a character differently for illustration than you do for animation or do you have a single approach that accomodates both? Clearly, a layered approach to capturing a 2D idea does not require the mesh discipline that animation requires.

Also, in the section on subtools and eyes, when you slide your cursor down to the color palette during the section where you extend the color of the eyes, what exactly are you doing? Are you picking color from the canvas or selecting color from the palette? How, exactly, is that done?

~S.~

[cannedmushrooms]

For illustration we as artists have to worry about color more than anything. And of course balance. So when I constuct a character for Illustartion, its those things I worry more about heres an example
step5.jpg

Where the red dots are is where a edge loop goes that way I can mask the area off using the polys themselves as a template. And I can seperate the armor color at a very sharp edge.
So illustration, its no holds bar on the amount of polys unless your rendering it outside of Zbrush. But its that flow I try to make.

Animation Is all about Joints and Bending areas with exception to the face. so I add better flow to the joints on polys then I do the larger areas. Animation is very strict when it comes down to triangles on joints THEY ARE VERY VERY BAD. They dont bend at all!

I would have to say the following is good for illustration and bending
1. Always the best flow in the face!
2. Even spaced polys are the best to sculpt on!
3. Elbows, Leg and Finger joints at least 3 edge loops at lower levels that way they divide flexable.
4. Creative flow on non organic objects really trips people up. ;)

[cannedmushrooms]

oops think I missed somthing also. With illustartion your target audiance is THE most important thing when it comes down to your final composition. If that composition has a character with hands and they are not attached at all to the mesh (example) does your target audiance know that? How you make your end product with a character (eyes attached to mesh or floating inside mesh) Seperate subtools on every body part on the character. As long as you can puzzle it together in the end and make it believable than thats all that matters. I also believe in post work compositions for color overs. Taking a black and white render and painiting it photoshop really can give it more of a traditional art look.

[cannedmushrooms]

Click me ;) (http://www.houseoftutorials.net/promo/)

A small promo video I'm putting together from my videos

More info later;)

[cannedmushrooms]

wow really did not know where to post this.
Since the first video effects everyone here in the community that makes subtools. I guess its a Zbrush thing;)

So here you go. These videos shows how you can use a 3rd party app to pose your characters

Way smoother than transpose!!!!!
for more info you can read this post
http://www.pixolator.com/zbc/showthread.php?t=47743

zbrush3_poseing1.jpg

zbrush3_poseing2.jpg

zbrush3_poseing3.jpg

http://www.houseoftutorials.net/page2.html

enjoy the ride!

The downside is weighting out your character but WELL worth it. The third video has a link just below it, to help you with weights;)

[hyper1]

Jason,
You da man! These tutorials are VERY timely!

[cannedmushrooms]

Want to make awsome hair

This video works for both people with or without Maya
Shows the process of making hair with toplogy spheres in Zbrush and also a way of making it with paint effects in maya.

Zbrush3_lesson_hair_C.jpg (javascript:zb_insimg('63763','Zbrush3_lesson_hair _C.jpg',1,0))

http://www.houseoftutorials.net/page2.html

[JesseGraffam]

Thank you for the hair tutorial very much. That will definitely come in handy. I've always learned a lot for your great tutorials.

[X-TrEmE]

Jason, I love you (I'm not a gay :cool: )
Man Zbrush is nothing without you, I even got Digital Tutor's Introduction DVD but nothing, I say nothing, can compare you! With a help at marketing you can start new gnomon studio, but don't do that we need free tutorials :D

Once again, thanks mate, never stop producing them!!
Cheers,
-Xtreme

[dougt]

Awsome!!

Thanks Jason!! You Rock!!!

[kuki64]

very nice tutorials :D thanks !!!

[cannedmushrooms]

Heh thanks for the kind words guys.
Nice x-treme not to worry now if I start producing a shoe making tutorial thats when its time to stop and seek theropy.

So played around little bit more just to see if I could get a more stylistic look to it.

heres a pick

Tip of the day Deformation pallet/Inflate/+10

hair2.jpg (javascript:zb_insimg('63827','hair2.jpg',1,0))

[robinmitra1]

cant download the hair tute..please help

[Krensada]

e they made the move tool the tweak tool...i was so confused...thanks alot for these excellent tutorials.

[loki_22]

I really wanted to thank you for the work you have done. You have been an incredible help with zbrush and i think ive learned more from you then my own instructors. I was wondering if you were going to release your dreamweaver/zbrush tutorial on veoh? It sounds really interesting...and in any case thanks for all the help.

[cannedmushrooms]

Ya I can do that;)
Thanks for the crits also.
Been doing alot of bookwork lately barely have time for videos for the past month. Miss doing it but I know this summer I will be back in the saddle again. I will send a link when finished uploading

[cannedmushrooms]

http://www.veoh.com/series/dreambrush
for the dreambrush videos

[X-TrEmE]

Hey Jason, you still alive :lol: .. Rofl just kidding! It's been a long time mate, howdy? I see you kinda stopped producing your awesome tutorials, but I guess reallife got in your way..

Anyhow nice to see you're still here, with us!
Hope to see some new releases from you again!!

Cheers,
-XTrEmE

[cannedmushrooms]

ya still alive.
been doing some unreal engine 3 videos but then found that the game engine wasnt all that. Not like the old doom3 engine where you could import your monsters into the game.
Then I got stuck rewriting 180 school days of curriculum for work since the great state of michigan went insane.
After that adventure was just about over somebody wanted me to do a workshop for middle school / high school kids
It will be released on the net shortly.
"3d 4 kids";) Of course hopefully adults will dig it also.
Should be allot of fun.
But ya I miss my home here at pixologic forums thats for sure thing were simplier when I was sculpting.;)