Elf is completely done in zbrush and rendered in zbrush using bpr render and final touches with photoshop. i did this stylized character from a concept by daeho cha and here you can find main concept :
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i used mixture of topolgy brush, zsphere topology ,zsphere armature and zmodeler for making armor shoes , tools ,hair,etc… and all the stuff is done completly in zbrush
I also added 2 video links that oen of them is short tutorial about making armor using topology brush and zmodeler and the other one is a time lapse of making of elf and i added some photo tips of making elf in here :
