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#1

I’m trying to learn how to use ZBrush, so I’m an absolute beginner. I’m having a bit of trouble with the Damien Standard Brush. I’m following a tutorial on the Pixalogic website on how to sculpt a squid man.
In the tutorial he uses the Damien Standard Brush for sharp indents, but I can’t seem to get the correct sharpness. When the draw size is large I get a nice sharp crease, but when I decrease the drawsize the sharpness decreases and I can’t seem to find a way to keep the sharpness when I use a small draw size.

Is there anyway I can fix this? I’ve tried zooming in loads but that doesn’t seem to work.

#2

The dam standard brush really only works well on a hi-res mesh. Try subdeviding your mesh a couple of levels and see if that helps.

#3

Also try increasing the z intensity as you reduce draw size.:cool:

#4

I’m up to 6.725 Active Points (that’s Polygons, right?). I’ve subdevided it quite a few times, too. And I’ve got the Intensity to 100. :confused:

It looks more like the Clay brush. There’s just no sharpness to it.

#5

You could also try zooming into the model instead of reducing the brush size.

#6

6,725 is still pretty low poly count, try up around 200,000 polys. You’re not going to get much detail at that low of a level.

#7

Sorry, I meant 6,725 mil.