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#1

Hello, I am new to ZBrush, and also relatively new to 3d in general.

In school I will be making my own short film, and I have a few concerns that I’m hoping somebody can help me address. What do I have to keep in mind when modeling a character that will be used for animation? More specifically, what if I plan modeling, texturing, bumping, and drawing my mesh all in ZB? I just want to find out what I should be aware of before I go wild in ZB and do things that will cause a lot of problems later on when bringing files over to Maya.

I hope I was clear enough, thank you for any help, I appreciate it. :smiley:

Jeff

#2

More things than anybody can answer in a single thread :smiley:

Usually you should make two meshes, one for sculpting (even quads) and one for animation (more detail in the bending areas, facial loops)

#3

Aye that is alot of areas to cover - try this site:
http://www.hippydrome.com/

It might give you an idea how to create your characters topology for optimal animation/deformation and at the same time for optimal modeling.

Cheers!

#4

Thank you ISK-86 and bokaja, that gives me a place to start.