3D Creature Design with ZBrush and Photoshop
Materials and Softwares
A course by Rowena Frenzel , Freelance 3D Character Artist
About the video: Materials and Softwares
Overview
“Let me show you the basic software and tools you will need to follow the course and bring your ideas to life.”
In this video lesson Rowena Frenzel addresses the topic: Materials and Softwares, which is part of the Domestika online course: 3D Creature Design with ZBrush and Photoshop. Bring highly detailed animal characters to life through digital software using the natural world as your inspiration.
Partial transcription of the video
“Materials and Softwares In this lesson, I will show you what simple tools and programs you need for the whole course. Let's go really quick into the programs we need to use for this course. The first one is actually PureRef. This is the name and the logo here. PureRef is something like an image collector for all your references you need for your project. This is a really cool thing because sometimes we need to open everything and we have thousands of windows open and we don't have all the reference images on one place, and this solves the problem. We have a canvas here. You can go on Google...”
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Course summary for: 3D Creature Design with ZBrush and Photoshop
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Category
3D & Animation -
Software
Adobe Photoshop, Pixologic, ZBrush -
Areas
3D Modeling

Rowena Frenzel
A course by Rowena Frenzel
Rowena Frenzel is a freelance 3D character artist based in Germany. Her love for art began at a young age when she would draw anime and cartoons in her spare time, but video games were what really sparked her desire to pursue a career in creativity. She went on to study at media design school where she learned the basics of filmmaking, editing, graphic design, and more, before attending a private school to hone her skills in 3D design. After graduating and searching for a job in the field, she began posting her work online, which kick-started her freelance career as a 3D character artist.
She now shares her designs with 30K followers on Instagram and has worked on projects including the Tom and Jerry Movie and board game titles like Lord of the Rings. She’s created characters for Studio Wildcard, FlippedNormals, and more.
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