Tower Defense Game - Worm Monster (turntable)

Box Modelling - ZModeller

Retopology: Projection

Projecting hi-res details onto  your low-res, retopologized model

• Have two models visible; both the one you edited in low-res and the one that is high-res with all the details
• Have the high-res model selected
• Under Under "Project hit select "project all"

Retopology: Defining Flow Zones

• Masking areas and then click "Edgeloop Masked Border
• With ZRemesher clicked, set make "Keep Groups" is selected. Target Polygon Count is low for less complex models and value is set high for very complex models.

Using SK Twist to define the forms

Polygroup - Dynamash Subtract (Boolean)

-Make Polymesh a Dynamesh

-Group as Dynamesh Sub

- Merge both pplymeshes; one acting as the subtractor and the other is the object with the area that is subtracted.

Ring (part) - Modeled in ZBrush

www.williamwolfman.com

@wolfmanart

Twitter - WolfmanArtist

Turntable

Under "Movie" in the "Modifiers" tab, select either x, y, or z axis to change the axis the object turns for turntable animation

Fundamentals: Enable Customize

Under Preferences, click on "Enable Customize"

• click and drag options from right panel to place on top panel for modelling

Focal Shift Slider

The Focal Shift slider fine-tunes the current painting or editing action. It shifts the effective curve so the intensity is drawn closer to the center (positive value) or away from the center (negative value).

Live Boolean

ZBrush includes a complete Boolean system in addition to its other Boolean-style features like DynaMesh and Remesh All. These features all use the SubTool operators to define if a SubTool will be used as an Addition, Subtraction or Intersection model.


-Selecting a subtool
-selecting qCube
-Cube subdivided into two polys each side
-LiveBooleans works similar to Dynamesh in that it develops as you go along with your sculpt


Two Types of Boolean

The Live Boolean mode found in the Render >> Render Booleans sub-palette lets you preview in real-time the results of Boolean operations on your SubTools. You can move, scale, rotate, duplicate, change the operation mode and even sculpt in this mode. In the default ZBrush UI, the Live Boolean switch is readily accessed to the left of the Edit mode button.
The Make Boolean Mesh function, found in the Tool >> SubTool >> Boolean sub-palette converts all Boolean operations to a new Tool. These results can be reused for further Boolean operations inside of ZBrush or exported to other 3D applications.


3 Main Parts


-Additive
-Subtractive
-Intersection




SOURCE:
http://docs.pixologic.com/user-guide/3d-modeling/modeling-basics/creating-meshes/live-boolean/

Dam_Standard Brush

-Sharper strokes than the regular standard brush

ZBrush Projects - Location

Creature Sculpts:

C:\Users\Will.000\Desktop\Creature Sculpts

ZBrush Tutorials:

C:\Users\Will.000\Documents\Projects\ZBrush

ZBrush Problems - "Modify Topology" only works for 3d Polymesh

-when editing geometry, it is very important to remember turn your editable meshes in a 3d polymesh so that you can use the modify topology option under the geometry panel.

Zbrush Problems - Retopology Method

Close holes > ZRemesh

Saving Masks On Selected Object

Mask parts of object. Then, under the masking tab select create alpha. We can see that the mask is now in the alpha library. Go back to the masking tab and select mask by alpha and, the mask that you made now appears.

*UV Texture must be assigned
*UV coordinates and that masking

ZBrush - Essential Hotkeys

B - Brush palette

Shift+F - Polyframe

Ctrl+n - clear canvas

Crl+drag over mesh = mask

Ctrl+click+drag background = clear mask

Ctrl+shift+drag = mask

Ctrl+click = reverse mask

Ctrl+shift+drag outside of object - render

Shift+R - render

Ctril+Shift+Alt = visible/invisible

Shift = smooth

C - color picker

Ctrl+W - Clear Mask

M (IMM Brush) - select assets from the IMM Brush

Shift+F - Polyframe

, = enter/exit out of lightbox


Modified hotkeys

Shift+D - Delete hidden