Realistic 3D Portraits with ZBrush and KeyShot
Refinement of the Model
A course by Davide Sasselli , 3D Character Modeler
About the video: Refinement of the Model
Overview
“In this lesson I will clean up the forms of the character. Then I'm going to add realism by making the face asymmetrical.”
In this video lesson Davide Sasselli addresses the topic: Refinement of the Model, which is part of the Domestika online course: Realistic 3D Portraits with ZBrush and KeyShot. Learn the fundamentals of creating lifelike 3D portraits and sculpt a detailed human face with ZBrush, KeyShot, and Photoshop.
Partial transcription of the video
“Finishing In this lesson, we will see how to refine the model and add a feeling of realism through symmetry breaking. We can start with the character cleanup. Here we have imperfections, therefore, with the Smooth, we can remove them on the highest level of our subdivisions. We can also lower them to try to eliminate the slightly more obvious signs. So, going between subdivisions and subdivisions, we can fix our mesh. It is not very important behind the ear, however we could give a slight "smoothata" to this too. We can see that at the higher subdivision we no longer have the imperfections ...”
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Course summary for: Realistic 3D Portraits with ZBrush and KeyShot
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Category
3D & Animation -
Software
Adobe Photoshop, KeyShot, ZBrush -
Areas
3D, 3D Character Design, 3D Modeling

Davide Sasselli
A course by Davide Sasselli
Davide Sasselli is an Italian 3D character modeler who lives and works in London. Although he originally studied jewelry design, Davide later discovered his passion for 3D and began teaching himself through courses and tutorials until he became fully immersed in the industry.
His expertise in ZBrush and character modeling has opened the doors to collaborations with clients like Framestore, Nexus Studio, and Jellyfish Pictures. He has also worked on projects for films, augmented reality, animated shorts, and video games.
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