Digital Tutors - Creating a Stylized Cartoon Bird in ZBrush

Duration 2h 51m

Difficulty Level Advanced

Project Files

Software used

ZBrush 4R5

What you will learn

During this tutorial, we will build a cartoon bird with ZBrush. Sometimes cartoon characters are difficult to create using ZBrush due to their smooth surfaces.

This training will cover how to keep your surfaces clean, and your edges tight. We will go over how to use larger shapes to block your character in. Then we cover how to add features like eyes and feathers.

By the end of this tutorial, you should have a good understanding of how to create your own simple, clean, fully colored cartoon character.

Guest Tutor

Shane Olson

1. Introduction and project overview 00:43

2. Overview and setting our background images 09:52

3. Using large shapes to block in form 01:36

4. Using the insert cylinder brush to create legs 11:39

5. Blocking in the hair base and the beak 11:34

6. Using the clay tubes brush 11:31

7. Using the Curve-Tri-Fill brush to make wings 11:13

8. Using extract to create a feather 14:50

9. Refining our mesh with the move and edging brushes 11:41

10. Refining our mesh further and adding eyes 12:43

11. Using the curve tube brush to add head feathers 14:55

12. Refining our tubes and integrating them into our model 11:44

13. Cleaning up our mesh and adding details 13:17

14. Learning how to add Polypaint 13:31

15. Adding FiberMesh feathers 15:46

16. Refining our FiberMesh and rendering the model 04:58