Polypainting a model in Zbrush series: Part 1

Here we go guys. In this tutorial I'll show my way of texturing a character and (mostly) skin, it'll be in 6 parts, which might be a bit extreme, but I want it to be quick whilst not being sickeningly so.
This is the first part, thanks for watching and hope you enjoyed that series. =)

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[3DSgeek]

too similar to the scott patton vids

[SebastianK94]

@3DSgeek I saw the trailer clip for that on The Gnomon Workshop and he might be doing it the same way as I do it. But I haven't even watched through those DVD's or anything so I haven't blatantly copied him or something. This is just the way I do it.

[Theicemonkeyjr]

@3DSgeek This is free, stop complaining

[sabz2011]

A grt tut mate , jus Wana ask .. I hv bn given an assignment on a face I hv to unwrap, polypainting on zbrush apply normal n spec map and sculpting, I hv finished Modelling the face now m super confused dono Whr to start from I mean what is the first step ? Import to zbrush n Hw do I gt a high poly model on zbrush ?

[x900lbGorillax1]

@MajorTom18 Ah I see, thanks man appreciate the help!

[MajorTom18]

@x900lbGorillax1 Yeah you should build the uv map first, you can do that in zbrush also. When you paint on the model in zbrush it bakes to a texture map, which you can assign. If you didn't manually assign uv's zbrush will automatically create a map but it won't be optimised.

[x900lbGorillax1]

Is polypainting like ptex in mudbox? Should you build a UV map first before you do this and then bake in a polypaint texture afterwards say using maya? I'm just not sure exactly how you keep your texture if you'd like to use it in a game or outside program. Zbrush is new to me so I don't quite get how it all works. Looks cool though pretty life like.

[bezerka]

This is very helpful, thank you for taking the effort to make this. Thanks alot!!

[kurttunaama]

thanks uumh... are you working as a artist somewhere?

[kurttunaama]

thanks

[BenLearyCG]

Thanks for the tutorial. I found it quite helpful :)

I don't mind the fast moving mouse or your talking speed. I was able to catch the information I needed without being bored to death ;) Anyone who is having problems with this vid should check out a "INTRO to Polypaint"

Can't wait to get home and try out these techniques :D