Tutorial on ZBrush modeling using reference and Skin

[VuurlxD]

Hey dude =) I just need help with one thing.

When I'm using a ImagePlaneX skull reference, appending a zsphere and I'm just about to begin but I want it to be transparent so I can see the picture and use it as a reference but when i click on transparacy the ImagePlaneX just goes blank

Could you please help me?

Reply please.

[Karim3ds]

@VuurlxD i'm so very sorry :( as i mentioned i'm not that pro at zbrush and sadly i dont use it to practice more skills, hopefully someone will b kind enough to reply to u here with the help u seek, good luck

[SammehSAMURAI]

great and helpfull tutorial thanks for uploading, love the music too may I ask what the name of that piece is? thanks again!!

[Karim3ds]

@SammehSAMURAI thnx, and i dont have a clue abt the songs name :D

[darkwave1062]

Holy crap a legitimate zbrush tutorial. I thought there were only pros showing off how good they were! Thanks to infinity!!

[Karim3ds]

@darkwave1062 thnxx glad u found it useful

[mavc18]

good job man, thnx

[Karim3ds]

@mavc18 thnx to u too :)

[MrTIGRA25]

Many thanks for the lesson you genius, this is what I need apologize for English

[Karim3ds]

@MrTIGRA25 english is completely perfect, thou i'm not a genius , but thnx alot :)

[IcEdJoKeR2500]

is there a way to download Zbrush full version for free!?! if there is Id like to know how plz..

[Karim3ds]

@IcEdJoKeR2500 torrents :)

[Genisisartist36]

Excellent tutorial I have been looking for about 45 minutes and I think that some, just some of the tutorials want to show off their modeling talent with complicated models. Still you did an awesome job and I will refer to your tutorial for reference. Thanks for helping me take those baby steps!!!

[Karim3ds]

@Genisisartist36 ohh thnxx alot for ur nice comment very glad that it helped u, zbrush is still a complex tool for me with all these nice features it has, good luck and keep us posted for ur work ;)

[doddeddo]

Why can't everybody make tutorials like yours?! great music, clear steps and goes right to the point. thanks a lot!

[Karim3ds]

@doddeddo ohhhh thnxxxx alot thats very nice of u :) really

[felix2otter1]

I was following step by step (many times), but when I make my ImagePlaneX.zt (9:03), zbrush4 still don't show my texture(image)...nothing, just material. what am I doing wrong????

As I know, you used .jpg image (front and side together), right????? My picture is 20 cm wide and 10 cm high, on the left is front and on the right is side pic. I saved it in .jpg format

[VuurlxD]

@felix2otter1 Hey man I see that your comment is 2 months old, but I have the same problem. If you have figured it out can you comment on how you did it? please =)

[Karim3ds]

@felix2otter1 actually i did it all again and i it all went right, maybe u need to try doing again from the beginning :( sorry for not being so helpful

[Karim3ds]

Thnx a lot I don't know the composer not the name of the music sorry

[vicyhago]

Excelente tutorial y una bellisima musica. ¿quienes son?

[corbin131]

I've been searching one tutorial like this for years!!! Thank you x100000!!! :DDD

[Karim3ds]

@corbin131 glad u found me :)) thnx alot

[corbin131]

@Karim3ds You're welcome ^^

[IAmArTuneZ]

@corbin131 damn if its been years you probably should be able to do this on your own it only takes a few years to master this

[corbin131]

@IAmArTuneZ *point at you* Drama

[MrAntropomorfo]

very useful! thank you

[Karim3ds]

@MrAntropomorfo thank you :)

[DRJonGRIM219]

wow awesome iv been toying with the idea of getting z brush to help my photoshop skills and expand my use of material but wasnt sure if i should use z brush and i think u my friend just convinced me to get it

[Karim3ds]

@DRJonGRIM219 glad u r happy and convinced :)

[gonzas16]

great way to make a human body , this kind of references are verry good indeed , thanks alot :D

[Karim3ds]

@gonzas16 thank u :)

[LuciferIScute]

I must say, the music was great! I never heard if it though im quite into opera. Can you tell the title?

[Karim3ds]

@LuciferIScute sadly i didnt write its name down so i dont remember :( sorry as u may noticed it took my sometime to change the old music was horrible as it seems from the comments :)

[BADBRYZ]

Good job bro. Inspiring.

[Karim3ds]

@BADBRYZ thnx :)

[garrette2010]

Thank you...and yes the music was a bit too much :D

[Karim3ds]

@garrette2010 thnx if u still dont like it mute :)

[Meashayshay2]

Will I be able to use this technique in sculptris? :O

I've heard Sculptris is a watered down version of it, but with the same properties?

[jinxhale]

great tutorial.  good wishes!

krishna

[anranshise7]

哈哈 funny music

[TheOriginalTwichty]

OMG IF I HEAR THIS SONG IN ANOTHER TUTORIAL im ganna redrum the author of the song

[Karim3ds]

music has changed finally :)

[birramorettisuper]

e meno male che era in italiano

[Karim3ds]

@birramorettisuper lol

[lalarani22]

@Karim3ds yar wow igot it in my mind with this we can make amazing bodys !!

[safeerps]

WOW.., EXCELLENT, THANK YOU KARIM.

[Karim3ds]

@safeerps thnx :)

[ih8numberinusernames]

zbrush is raping me need help

[Karim3ds]

@ih8numberinusernames i wish i've more time and knowledge to help hope the viewers will do the job :)

[universetechnique]

Remember I was here.Thai

[trancegenix]

nice tut just that looped track is driving me mad lol

[Karim3ds]

@trancegenix sry will try to remove it in my free time hopefully :)

[KenotsuEX]

AUGHHH It's not letting me import a reference!! GAHHHH

[fantomkilla07]

OMG THANK YOU for showing us how to us zbrush in a non hyper speed video and clearly writing what you do, its clear to me that you understand that there are beginners to this program and you have accommodated for us. THANK YOU

[Karim3ds]

@fantomkilla07 THANKS for ur kind words, i'm a beginner myself in everything :)

glad u found it useful really, good luck

[Meashayshay2]

@fantomkilla07 I agree! Very helpful and easy to comprehend! :D

[BrainBlowers]

i click import and nothing happens WTF IS WRONG!!

[Karim3ds]

@BrainBlowers concentrate plz its easy

[2010DowNloaDs]

Wow..

I got some of the best 3d programs in the world but just don't know how to use it...

I have Maya, 3d Max, Daz Studio, Zbrush, Bryce along with many other programs but I have no idea how to use them....

It'll be great if you can make some more tutorials which take us all the way to whereyou add the textures or many others things you could think of....

[Karim3ds]

@2010DowNloaDs thnx in putting faith in me

i'll do my best, but u can learn from youtube as well :)

[2010DowNloaDs]

@Karim3ds

Yeah that's true but some doesn't explain much......But thanks for all the great tutorials.......

[roman309738]

were did u get the body profile pics?

[Karim3ds]

@roman309738 online is full of reference sheets like it :)

[ARDENTIAARS]

Great tutorial, just the right speed and just enough but not too much information, make more zbrush tutorials, pls :)

[sampad01]

did u draw that woman yourself? nice tutorial. Thanks a lot!

[Karim3ds]

@sampad01 no i didnt :) thnx 

[TheDekaron12]

u know?u are best man..thanks alot u help me out..hehe..:D

[Karim3ds]

@TheDekaron12 u r the best 2 thnx alot :)

[ishcolo]

wow tyty you helped me out alot :)



[RHayabusa]

Is there a way using THIS METHOD to have both CS4 images to display FULLY in ZBrush? Great tutorial BTW!!!

[Karim3ds]

@RHayabusa thnx but sadly i'm not sure i understand ur question :( sorry

[xalen100]

For someone who isn't a pro user, you put together an awesome tutorial! I just picked up Zbrush 4 a couple days ago and bought a digital sculpting book to go with it. The method you show here isn't all that much different then the principles in the book; less technical but a whole lot faster. Great job!

[videmiatrix]

woaw great tuto thanks a lot

2000 brush and news we need 2000 tuto and cofee ^^

[Karim3ds]

@videmiatrix  thnx 2 u 2 :)

[HollowBerserk]

This program is awesome!

[interArchtive]

awesome.!

[repawnd]

Thank you very much!

[angel925]

very nice thank you

[OmegaCrim]

I like the tutorial, good job

[roidavidsen]

im just saying "wow cool"

[jagdishjl]

VERY GOOD EFFORT TO EXPLAIN THANKS:)

[Karim3ds]

@jagdishjl u r welcomed thnx

[xpoc]

Nice tutorial....but the music drove me mad!

[Karim3ds]

@xpoc @xpoc thnx and sorry for the music :D thats y i prefer to make it without voice so if u dont like the music u can mute it :D:D:D tc

[jerodvel]

@Karim3ds, thank you, this is the best zsphere tutorial I found,thus far. Thanks a bunch for your effort.

[Karim3ds]

@jerodvel thnx alot i do my best :)

[renrengrin]

Sigur Rós to go along with an excellent tutorial =D.

[luisrosenstock]

man! it´s one of the best tutorials I´ve already seen!! good job ^^

do you have more tutors like that?

[Tyrkul]

Thank you. I admire these people that put so much effort in making a tutorial. Thank you sir

[Karim3ds]

@Tyrkul thank u so much for ur nice words

too bad i'm not doing great tutorials like some ppl over here but max is a hobby to me and it consume time as u know :)

[smaugthewyrm]

one of the clearest tutorials i've seen. well done. thanks much!

[primetime0104]

you got the boobs right on

[RobCardIV]

YESSS im loving this song.

[rodogit]

my import dosent work :((((

[Zanktus]

Oh Zbrush react with a tablet? Man I need this program! Btw rly nice tutorial, keep it up! :D

[Karim3ds]

@Zanktus yes u can use it nicely too :) i've genius tablet

[m0nsterm]

@Zanktus

u just want zbrush because of ur tablet !!!! 

[WhiteWolfos]

@Zanktus You can get a trial at Pixologic for 30 days.

[nofuchu]

dude i love ur videos..its simple a straight forward..

do u use a mouse or tablet when modelling??

[Karim3ds]

@nofuchu thanx :)

well i've a tablet but i fail using it in all the work except for fine detailing :)

and i'm looking forward to do better work with it :)

[JamesRayder2020]

Nice job on the vid...another way to view the mesh while you are placing the zspheres is to just hit the "A" key to see the model as an Adaptive Skin, which is way easier to look at...

[rinolope]

.ztl?? :\ is that photoshop stuff?? how did u import that jpg to intersect like that at the end?? :D

[TERRANCIO]

nice video, even the music is nice, not that Rock they like to put in sometimes to distract, lol well, the only annoying thing, kinda, it's the bouncing back and forth from front view to the side, well, but i know this is a 2.5D program... thanks Karim

[Karim3ds]

thnx to u too :) tc

[Starvois1999]

@Karim3ds please help when i click import nothing shows up im using Zbrush 3.5 R3 plz reply

[Starvois1999]

@Karim3ds when i click import the file explorer doesn't show up please help im using 3.5 R3

[anileapen05]

very gud zpheres tutorial on human modelling

love to c more especially in sculpting whole body man.

[Karim3ds]

thnx :)

[paulistano36]

I was learning 3ds Max by mylself and really its very difficult if you compare with Zbrush! Zbrush has great results in a feel minutes! I love your vid and I hope learn a lot with you! Thanks!

[GuruOfTheInternet]

Zbrush cannot be compared to 3D Studio Max in my opinion. They both have two completely different uses. Zbrush is a 3D scultping program where 3DS Max is modeling tool. I think it is probably better to model the base of your character or object in 3DS Max and then transfer it to Zbrush for fine tuning. That is if you have both programs.

[xRyanxAG]

Maya is throbbing with pure awesomeness goo

[GuruOfTheInternet]

Maya is good for animation. 3D Studio Max is better for static objects. Essentially, they can both produce the same quality work but each has completely different interfaces and learning curves. I prefer 3D Studio Max :P

[deluxedookie]

@GuruOfTheInternet

just like pen and paper its all in the artist, my tool is lightwave3d

[GuruOfTheInternet]

Lightwave is nice too. It has a great rendering engine. However, it uses 3 sided polygons, doesn't it? Doesn't work to well with programs like 3DS Max :(.

[deluxedookie]

@GuruOfTheInternet

a poly is 3 sided in all programs, but theres a quad it starts out in and you can change it just like max to 3 sided. it does work well with max, max, and the lower end stuff too.

[Criterion515]

@GuruOfTheInternet You dismiss the power of Zbrush too quickly and easily. Zbrush is indeed a very powerful modeling tool, in addition to sculpting. I've used 3DS (old school), 3DS Max, Maya, Lightwave, Truespace, Solidworks, Rhino etc.. etc. I'm in the industry, I have the software. Other than strict mechanical modeling, Zbrush is easier and faster to build base models upon which to sculpt. See vids by ZBRUSHatPIXOLOGIC and slorpthegillman for examples.

[CodenameExZ]

@GuruOfTheInternet Thats how I do it, you just cant get the same clean Topolgy with zbrush and optimize your mesh for games and the like.

Base mesh in max, get the UVWs unwrapped, Zbrush basic detail out in one subdivision, take back to max make sure UVs are good and remove excessive loops, go back to zbrush make a normal map, photoshop a texture, then all together in max and render

[videmiatrix]

@GuruOfTheInternet

3ds max killer !!!! ahahahah

[WorldOnCrack]

@GuruOfTheInternet i prefer maya instead of max

[Detroitfarm]

@GuruOfTheInternet I was thinking the same thing with one exception. I have been using blender for the past year. Zbrush will be great for fine tuning my models. YES!!

[gomeniaris92]

@GuruOfTheInternet 3ds max is 3.5k -_-

[Karim3ds]

thank u alot for ur nice comment, hope u get more advanced and share ur work too someday :)

best of luck

[iSeenthatB4]

thank u for this

[lovetokillilluminati]

great easy tutorial

[d100763]

great straightforward tutorial that even a noob such as myself can follow. I think I like this method better than the x-planes in 3D. Thanks for a great vid.

[Karim3ds]

thnx glad u liked it,

i'm too a noob in zbrush, i really dont have the time to learn anymore tools other than max :(

[MrGinjiAmano]

dude dont say that...at least you can do what you do...be positive on this....you got what it takes..i am trying to get into this myself and your tutorial really helped

[dnzota]

Music? Aphex Twin?

[ZULUSCIFIGALAXY]

great tutotrial, could you do one for a male character? The way you do proportions is really good.

[Skadalilama]

Did you download the 3D image plane from the Pixologic website?

[Karim3ds]

no google

3d image sheet/reference

[richvai]

Very nice job men, this video is gonna be my inspiration for start using zbrush jaja thanks lot.

[trence5]

thank you. this is good tutorial and I'll refer to it in the future once my class starts. Yeah I definitely prefer the image planes my self.

[Karim3ds]

glad its useful

[ocsike1979]

Thanks it helped me a lot :0

[Karim3ds]

thnx alot

[InamberI]

Nice tutorial, nice music and very nice model. Cheers

[Karim3ds]

thnx alot :)

[Phellyphera]

Muito Bom Very Good !!!

[Karim3ds]

thnx

[yjb1119]

haha thank.

[Karim3ds]

thnx

[MsJoana94]

thanks for this, mate!

BTW what's your native language?

[Karim3ds]

thank you :)

arabic

[Karim3ds]

sadly u cant for free unless u do it illegally!

[drwhoreturns]

¿Puedo descargar gratuitamente ese programa?

¿Donde?

[Karim3ds]

sure u'll notice that i cant understand anything u wrote, sadly!

[drwhoreturns]

where i can download this software free?

Please.

[davidsaso1234]

buscalo aka en youtube, si t lo puedes bajar

[arkanoide]

thank you so much

muchas gracias

merci beaucoup

...

domo arigato XD

[Karim3ds]

lol, none of these r my native languages hehehe

thanks

[ultimatelifeshadow]

Dude not bad at all Very Helpful Thankyou very much!

[Karim3ds]

thanks alot

[JakeLake89]

i have some questions :) now i started study graphic design at college and i will take me 2 years to complete it right and i want to join university or something else ... so heres the question : Were i need to go to study zbrush maya 3dmax photoshop ?? and how the course or that thing called :P please reply i'm relly woried. And btw i want to do character creation and animaton :P

[Karim3ds]

too bad i cant help on this one :D

[KhronosTheReaper]

well done its pretty good

[Karim3ds]

thnx v much:D

[Tacksworld]

Hey ho

I like it - well done.

...

btw : what's the name of the song ?

[Karim3ds]

thnx, sorry its youtube random choice and i really dont recall the name, but u can find it in youtube library when u try to upload vids :D

[Tacksworld]

Thanks for your quick answer Karim.

[Karim3ds]

:) u r welcome

[villevalorox]

good job. I find zspheres such a time saver but they are hard to get down if u ask me.

[cgwangye]

very good

[Karim3ds]

thnx

[philgunman]

waste of time

[Kotaroproductions]

u bought zBrush?

[armand111]

did you?

[Karim3ds]

no i didnt hope that wont bother u :D

[Kotaroproductions]

:(

It didn't work on my vista even after the zbrush support tried to help :x

[Karim3ds]

i'm using vista and win7 x64, both worked fine with zbrush and no conflicts at all!!!!

ofcourse vista is more stable with everything, too bad i cant help u on this issue, sorry :(

but i really dont think its an os problem u should check ur zbrush copy it might be a bad one!

[Kotaroproductions]

I downloaded the trial at the original website.. didn't work :(

[WzwodS]

thx!

[Karim3ds]

:):)

[ginbim]

Hey, thanks for posting. Before making a unified skin you can press the 'a' key to see a preview poly mesh and and press it again to reedit your zpheres if needed.

[Karim3ds]

thnx, nice add too, i'll try it out :)

[lav1th1]

GREAT TUT DUDE REALLY HELPED ALOT

[Karim3ds]

glad it did :)

[Meerchi]

thanks for this vid :)

[Karim3ds]

:) thanks

[RadditzZ]

nice thanks

but is there a mode like wireframe like in Blender?

to see the picture when u have the model

[Karim3ds]

no sadly, but u can use transparent material instead, but i always mess it someway :(

thank u.