3D Character Design: From Drawing to Modeling
Blockout in ZBrush 3
A course by Segun Samson , Visual Development Artist
About the video: Blockout in ZBrush 3
Overview
“In this lesson, I will continue with the blockout process, moving on to Ewa's body and shoes. ”
In this video lesson Segun Samson addresses the topic: Blockout in ZBrush 3, which is part of the Domestika online course: 3D Character Design: From Drawing to Modeling. Give a new dimension to characters by creating your protagonist in Photoshop before giving it depth and volume with ZBrush and Maya.
Partial transcription of the video
“Blockout in ZBrush It's looking good, we're making good progress. Now, I'm going to create Ewa's lips. I'll use this control and Polygroup. I'll do a nice... have it in a different colour. Group Masked, yes. Trying to make it with two distinct colours. Working on this one. You can also set this properly. Hit Ctrl and stick another one. Auto Group this, so I have two different ones. I lost symmetry at some point. I guess I'll go back to... Ok, cool. This is what I want. Now, GroupVisible. I want this one and this one masked. Cool. I'm now going to split these, separate them, into Masked Poin...”
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Course summary for: 3D Character Design: From Drawing to Modeling
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Category
3D & Animation -
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Adobe Photoshop, Maya, ZBrush -
Areas
3D, 3D Character Design, 3D Design, 3D Modeling, Character Design, Digital Illustration, Traditional illustration

Segun Samson
A course by Segun Samson
Segun Samson has been working as a visual development artist with a focus on character design for over eight years. His love for animated movies, comics, and video games began when he was a child, and it's what motivated him to start creating his own characters and worlds as a profession. He is a self-taught artist who learned through mentorship classes and online art courses. He landed his first full-time job working as a comic artist for one of the biggest films in West Africa and hasn’t looked back since.
He has worked for companies like Triggerfish Animation, Lantern Books, Dreamcast Animation Studio, Gamsole, Genii Games, Flaunt Production (Monster High: Electrified), and Sunrise Productions (Jungle Beat: The Movie).
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