ZBrush: Modeling a Cartoon Character

Learn how to model a cartoon character using ZBrush, the 3D digital sculpting tool from Pixologic.

Introduction

• Modeling a cartoon character

1. Blocking Out the Character

• Setting up reference images
• Making the basic forms with primitives
• Using primitives to make the facial features
• Tapering the limbs
• Sculpting the body
• Adjusting the facial features
• Refining the teeth
• Refining the ears and nose

2. Finishing the Character’s T Pose

• Preparing to fuse body parts
• Fusing the body parts
• Sculpting organic forms
• Creating a poseable mesh with ZRemsher
• Projecting detail onto the remeshed model

3. Painting and Texturing

• Filling color and material
• Painting color details

4. Creating the Guitar

• Starting the guitar body
• Modeling the strings
• Making leaves on the tuning keys
• Painting the guitar
• Texturing the strings

5. Posing the Character

• Starting the pose
• Posing multiple subtools together
• Posing the tail with deformers
• Posing the arms
• Positioning the strings under the fingers
• Refining the pose

6. Rendering and Presentation

• Setting up presentation renders

Conclusion

• Next steps