Prerequisites

Those classes are for intermediate to experienced artists. I do not recommend them for beginners, so before enrolling, make sure you meet the following criteria:

  • ZBrush: Strong knowledge of all fundamentals

  • Maya: some familiarity with the software's basics and interface

  • Good understading of the English language

What's included and what's not?

Here are the benefits of enrolling to this class

  • Self-paced

  • 32+ hours of detailed content

  • 16 videos, 2+ hours each

  • Access to Facebook Group

  • Upgradable to a Bundle or LIVE (please, e-mail)

  • Live meetings with Q&A

  • The basics are not included (UVs, topology, software basic functionality)

  • Review Sessions

Course curriculum

  • 1

    Welcome

    • Welcome Letter

    • Support Files
  • 2

    Week 1

    • Lesson 1 - Setting up Maya. ACES installation and setup. Class' structure, initial sketch from ZBrush's planar head.

    • Timelapse

    • Lesson 2 - Sculpting progress, adjusting the head scale, eye scale, focus on secondary forms

    • Lesson 3 - Progress on sculpting the ears and lips, roughly matching the lighting from reference, tricks about baking HD geometry

    • Lesson 4 - Mesh and UDIMs planning, tips for UVs, sketch reprojection into new topology with ZWrap, Introduction to HD geometry
  • 3

    Week 2

    • Lesson 5 - Pores constrution, pores arrays, sculpting with pores stamps, exporting displacement maps, rendering disp maps in Maya

    • Lesson 6 - Directional micro wrinkles, blending areas, more brushes explored, tips on sculpting across multiple resolutions, displacement render test

    • Lesson 7 - sculpting further wrinkles and micro-wrinkles, eyebags and eyelids detail and blending with pores, possible issues to avoid, industry and future talk

    • Lesson 8 - Sculpting the lips, nose details, refining the pores placement, more transition areas, more work on the secondary forms, art talk, job interview talk, pandemic talk
  • 4

    Week 3

    • Lesson 9 - Skin shader nodes in detail, micro displacement, specular, and roughness maps, render tests demonstrating the skin shader being built

    • Lesson 10 - Polypainting the skin manually then rendering it to test

    • Iris Sculpt Timelapse

    • Lesson 11 - Eyes explored: model, sculpting, scale, distance, shaders, textures, rendering

    • Lesson 12 - Introduction to XGen, grooming eyebrows and eyelashes
  • 5

    Week 4

    • Lesson 13 - Grooming the mustache, vellus and nose hair with XGen, more sculpting techniques, render tests

    • Lesson 14 - Grooming the main hair with XGen Interactive + Guides, hairline blend, composition tips, posing in ZBrush and Maya, post processing quick demo using Alien Skin Xposure

    • Lesson 15 - Stubble in Xgen and Zbrush, teeth shaders, caruncles in detail, XGen to Zbrush for sculpting eyelash roots, forehead wrinkles

    • Lesson 16 - Final meeting: camera, render and light settings, clothes patterns and fuzz explored, main keys to realism, final thoughts

  • 6

    Reviews

    • FOTW - NOV2020 - FIRST REVIEWS - PART1

    • FOTW - NOV2020 - FIRST REVIEWS - PART2

    • FOTW - NOV2020 - FIRST REVIEWS - PART3

    • FOTW - NOV2020 - FINAL REVIEWS - PART1

    • FOTW - NOV2020 - FINAL REVIEWS - PART2

    • Please, review this Course

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