Digital Sculpture of Fantastic Creatures with ZBrush

You will start by meeting Luis Gayoso, who will tell you about his artistic training, his love of videogames and how all this led him to the world of designing and modeling creatures in 3D. You will know their main references and their motivations to be a digital artist as it is today.

Luis will give you a general introduction to ZBrush and will explain in detail the most important software tools. You will learn to configure the interface to work at ease and use it with confidence.

Next, you will start the development of the course project: model an kraken . You will begin to collect visual references to elaborate a conceptual proposal. Then, you will learn to create a draft of your sculpture using basic shapes and volumes, and then define the silhouette and proportion of your model by means of blocking .

Once you have your draft defined, Luis will give you a brief analysis of the human and animal anatomy, in order to structure the model and define the most important anatomical features between the head, the torso and the different extremities.

Then, you will learn the techniques and automatic tools that will help you add details and "microdetails" to your model, and to give an incredible finish, Luis will teach you some simple methods to create an environment for your creature, achieving a more interesting composition.

To finish, you will work your model in a software of shading and lighting called Keyshot, in which you can configure the light, the material and achieve a high quality render.