3D Creature Design with ZBrush and Photoshop

3D Creature Design with ZBrush and Photoshop

“We have now reached the end of this course. Thank you so much for taking the time to learn something new and exciting! I really hope I was able to spark your passion for 3D creature design. Before we say goodbye now, I would not only like to summarize the individual steps, but also give you some more tips that might help you get going with your final project. The first step is to find the right idea for your project and to build a little story around it to make it all more believable. With the help of reference images, you will be able to support your idea so that you can easily move on to the fun part of creating. Start with a simple blockout to get the right shapes for your creature.

Next, experiment with overpainting a screenshot to get some more ideas before you take the next step. This way, you will know exactly what you'll have to do, which will finally lead you to the fun part of creating your very own creature from scratch! To start with this, first, take a few steps to level up your model. By playing around with color and pose, your creature will look much more interesting later on. Finish off your final project by adding the right lighting and some tweaks here and there to really bring your model to life. This way, you will not only get a fully polished 2D image but also your complete 3D creature design to utilize in any way you want to. Use it as a nice portfolio piece for future jobs and clients, for example. Make sure to think outside the box while going through the steps, because overthinking things while coming up with an idea or story might make you feel creatively blocked. For me personally, putting on some music always helps me turn off my mind and just go with the flow. Believe me, that's way more fun than trying to control the outcome. Oh, and one last thing: If you've gone through this course by practicing with my creature, I would highly recommend you to make your own design now. I know your mind is full of unique ideas, so go ahead and use this course as a guideline to bring your own creations to life. Once you're done, make sure to post your finished work in the Domestika forum. I'm excited to see what you've come up with. As we know since Nintendo created Pokémon: It's better to have more creatures than fewer. So please, don't be shy to share your design with the community. By interacting with each other, this channel will be so much more colorful and fun. Of course, please also feel free to upload your final creation on any social media platform you like to use - for example Instagram. Don't forget to add the hashtag #RowenaFrenzelDomestika. See you soon!”

Partial transcription of the video

“Final Project Now we have reached the end of the course and I want to give you a little summary so you can remember what we did in the whole course. In the first lesson, I talked a little bit about myself and what inspires me the most. Then I talked a bit about how to find the right ideas for your project and how you can create and build a really believable story for your creature. Next I talked a bit about references and how they can support your ideas. Then I guided you through the whole process of finding the right shapes for your blockouts. Then we put these blockouts into Photoshop as ...”

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Course summary for: 3D Creature Design with ZBrush and Photoshop

• Level: Beginner
• 98% positive reviews (54)
• 2093 students
• 6 units
• 28 lessons (6h 36m)
• 15 downloads

• Category

  3D & Animation

• Software

  Adobe Photoshop, Pixologic, ZBrush

• Areas

  3D Modeling