آموزش تبدیل شدن به یک هنرمند طراح کاراکتر

100+ hours of classes on sculpting in Zbrush, Marvelous Designer, facial anatomy, Substance Painter, Substance Designer and more.

(Zbrush Fundamentals(FUNDAMENTALS, PRACTICAL
Description
A 4-hour in-depth introduction to all the basics of Zbrush that you need to know to get started sculpting within the software. We cover the following topics:

• An Unofficial History of Zbrush and its Interface.
• Working with Dynamesh.
• The Most Important Brushes to Master.
• Masking, Transforming and the Notion of Subtools.
• Understanding Where to Place your References on your Screen
• In-Depth Sculpting Demonstrations.

(Anthropometry and Observation(FUNDAMENTALS, THEORY, PRACTICAL
Description
A 4-hour class laying the groundwork necessary to properly study facial anatomy. We cover the following:

• What Anthropometry is and why study it.
• The Most Important Measurements to Create a Successful Head.
• Reading the Planes of the Face.
• The Different Anatomical Layers of the Face.
• Importance of Shapes vs Anatomy.
• Tips to Find Great References Prior to Sculpting.
• This class is the natural beginning to our classes on anatomy and should be watched first.

Sketching Heads in Zbrush (FUNDAMENTALS, PRACTICAL)
Description
3-hour class covering techniques to properly sketch a head from a sphere in Zbrush using Dynamesh. We’ll cover the following:
Good vs Bad References.

• Proper Zbrush scene scale.
• The concept of primary, secondary and tertiary details.
• Simple exercises to improve our sculpting skills.
• Techniques to improve our observation of proportions, planes and silhouette.
• As these topics are complex and the subtleties important, expect us to continue covering them all the way throughout the Facial Sculpting block.

facial anatomy (BONUS)
Description
Full Sketching Timelapse for a head based on a few individuals, notably Cilian Murphy. The 75-minute sculpting session is at 2x speed but you can watch it at real-time speed with the embedded player controls. A .ZTL and .OBJ of the final result is included as handout.

Working with Subdivisions and Scan Data (FUNDAMENTALS, PRACTICAL)
Description
A 3-hour class on working with subdivisions in Zbrush using sculpted heads and scan data. We cover:

• Understanding How to Work with Subdivisions
• Polygroups, Creases and a Brief Overview of ZModeler
• Working with Layers and Morph Targets
• Quickly Transferring a Topology with Zwrap
• Projecting Details after a Topology Transfer
• Presenting Multiple Workflows to Work with Scan Data

Creating Tertiary Details (INTERMEDIATE, THEORY, PRACTICAL)
Description
A 4-hour class on the full process to create tertiary (surface) details for faces in Zbrush. We cover the following topics:

• A breakdown of all the important types of skin details
• How to polish a head without sacrificing expressivity
• Procedural techniques to generate details quickly
• The proper use of Layers and Morph Targets
• We also talk about the tradeoff between efficiency and precision in your approach and discuss the usage of ready-made tertiary detail solutions like TexturingXYZ or scan data versus creating everything by hand.

Baking and Exporting Out of Zbrush (INTERMEDIATE, PRACTICAL)
Description
Click here to download the Substance Player Height Difference helper tool. A 2-hour lecture filled with tips and tricks to have the best possible bake and data transfer between Zbrush and Substance Painter. We cover:

• How to Export your Highres from Zbrush.
• How to Fix UV, Smoothing and Normal Issues.
• Exporting Height Layers from Zbrush to Substance Painter.
• Using Substance Painter’s Baker.

Fold Sculpting and Retouching in Zbrush (ADVANCED, PRACTICAL)
Description
A fully practical 4-hour class dedicated to understanding how to sculpt and retouch folds by hand in Zbrush. We cover in detail:

• How to sculpt folds in Zbrush using all the basic brushes.
• How to add memory folds to a garment.
• How to create fold alpha stamps in Marvelous Designer to be used in Zbrush.
• How to use the Xtractor brushes and Morph UV function to sample and reuse fold and seam details.

Hard Surface Creation with Marco Plouffe (ADVANCED, THEORY, PRACTICAL)
Description
A 3-hour hard-surface geek out stream with Marco Plouffe from Keos Masons. We cover the following:

• A conversation on time management and mental health.
• Developing efficient workflows.
• Hard surface design and shape language.
• Blocking out hard surface characters.
• Polishing and detailing hard surface characters.
• Texturing and Rendering tips.
• 100+ hours of essential character art training
• Beginner to advanced classes on sculpting in Zbrush.
• Beginner to advanced garment creation classes with Marvelous Designer.
• All you need to know about facial anatomy as an artist.
• Substance Painter and Designer classes for all skill levels
• Full overview of the character art for video games pipeline and tools.
• Retopology classes using 3ds Max or Maya.
• And even more

Included Models and Tools

• Rigged male and female base bodies
• Head base mesh with UVs
• Marvelous Designer samples
• Substance Designer example graphs and textures
• Sculpted heads for both Zbrush and Blender.