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Eyes and Ears are difficult...

First attempt! In the first two hours that I’ve been tinkering with ZBrush I have come up with this. Can anyone link me to some good tutorials on how to create eyes and ears? I am starting to get the hang of it, but it just takes so darn long lol.

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Hi Robert,

Here’s a link to what’s called ZClassroom. You can find lots of things that can help you get the hang of ZB.
And here’s the link to some downloadable documentation. Don’t miss the Practical Guide -very very useful :+1: -

Keep on practicing and posting

Take care :+1:

I agree with you! Its even worse when you get to texturing them. :eek: Well the eyes anyway.

Here’s an update… The inflate feature in the transform section is quite helpful. I believe I’m ready to texture it and skin it now… Although, I do not have the uhh… Texture brush’s, I’ve seen a tutorial somewhere on how to take a jpeg and turn it into a texture although I can’t find it again… Also, I was wondering if there is a way to re-select the model you’re working on? I find myself having to Ctrl Z and re-make another brush (the head) whenever I tinker around with the brush’s etc. A general all around ZBrush skinning tutorial would be super helpful, just to get the thing mapped out. I’ve worked as a skinner and texture artist for about three years, this is the first time I’ve actually hunkered down and tried to learn this beautiful program lol. Help please? Thanks!

Face2.jpg

By the way, umm, what do you guys think? Is it good for a first try? Bad? What needs improvement? Thanks!

the ears are WAAAAAAAAYY to small, but other than that it looks pretty great

Sweet, so does anyone know what i’mt alking about? Where you take a texture, such as the one I’ve uploaded to this post, and then turn that into some sort of alpha brush and texture the model? I’m pretty much trying to make pores…

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The face is two wide, and the overal facial proportions could use work. The ears are also not the correct shape. What reference are you using?

I’m not using a reference… :-p

A little work on the ears, and if I make them any larger he’ll look like dumbo.

Face1.jpg

I would definetly look for reference. The ears need to be larger, they should be at least line up from the eyes to the tip of the nose. I can guarantee that won’t make him look like dumbo! Maybe twice that though would. :smiley:

Looking good for sure…I was just doing another head model from a 3d sphere…modeled the ears on it…including the script for you if you are interested…lol…not that mine are any better…
ron

Had to edit about a gazzillllion lines of code from the script…had been recording the script thru about 8 hours today…but it appears to work so here ya go.