Hi everyone!
I am a self-taught Zbrush sculptor. I have spent the past few months learning Zbrush from online tutorials, books, free resources, etc. I would consider myself an “intermediate” level Zbrush sculptor.
I just started my second term at the Gnomon School of VFX. Specifically, I am studying Digital Sculpture and Hard Surface Modeling. My digital sculpture class is all Zbrush, and I love it! My teacher is Eric Keller… He’s brilliant.
Anyways, on to my story…
As I’m in the lab, I took a glance at my fellow students. ALL of them were using Wacom tablets for sculpting. In fact, every computer in that class has a Wacom tablet supplied by the Gnomon school. I always used a Mouse and Keyboard for Zbrush and never had any problems with it.
I decided to tell Eric that I had been sculpting this whole time with a Mouse. As soon as I showed him this sculpt that I did using a mouse, and his initial expression surprised me. He told me that the sculpt looked good, but he recommended sculpting with a Wacom tablet. He also told me that sculpting with a Mouse was like “sculpting with mittens”. I trust Eric’s recommendation, but I was just wondering what people on this forum may think about Wacom tablets for sculpting.
I sculpt with a very large cloth mouse pad while using a low-sensitivity setting on my mouse. The setup gives me precision and control; I never got the feeling that I was handicapping myself.
In any case, are there any professional digital sculptors who use a mouse for sculpting? What are the advantages/disadvantages to using a Wacom tablet? I own a large Wacom Intuos 3, but I have never used it for 3D sculpting. Maybe I just need to tinker around with it for a few hours. Perhaps I’m just being stubborn. 