Making a hooded robe?

[system]

Hi, I am relatively new to zbrush and I am currently working on sculpture of a character that is going to be wearing a hooded robe, and the hood is going to have holes for the character’s ears to pop out of. I was wondering if anyone has any advice as to a good way to make the robe and hood. Should i do the pieces separately, or would it even be easier to try to make it in another program, such as Maya and then import into zbrush?

Thank you for any input.

[Nyx702]

It seems like mesh extraction would be a great place to start:
http://www.pixologic.com/docs/index.php/Topology_and_Reflow_Lab#Topology_Mesh_Extraction

Move the hood around some to get the right shape then I would probably retopo for better sculpting.

[system]

I ended up using zspheres and then zsketched it over my character then using primarily the move tool and pinch tool I got it to come out looking very nice.