3D Creature Design with ZBrush and Photoshop
Creature Blockout 2
A course by Rowena Frenzel , Freelance 3D Character Artist
About the video: Creature Blockout 2
Overview
“After having done the blockout for the basic elements, let's continue with working on the right shapes. In this step, we will also concentrate on details like the toes of our creature.”
In this video lesson Rowena Frenzel addresses the topic: Creature Blockout 2, 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
“Creature Blockout We are done with the blockout of the basic elements for this creature. We still need to do some things like the toes, but not until we have the right shapes, and you can see that the shapes are totally off right now. We need to definitely work on them a little bit better. Then we will add the toes, for example. One thing we need to do now is look at this blockout. I will turn off the background image so we can see it a little bit better. What we see here when I turn on the wireframe is that some of the SubTools have a lot of polygons, like the neck, and some are totally st...”
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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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