In the eBook, I will walk you through the process of creating a feather from scratch, for each one of the 6 different methods. I also share some tips that you might find useful and some resources like a Feather IMM brush that you can reuse in your own projects.
Creating the feather brushes and testing methods
During a trip to the northern territory in Australia. I spent over a week sketching and sculpting things in ZBrush as I was testing the portability of a Wacom Cintiq Companion.
I started to sketch a creature inspired by the cockatoos and other birds from the region. Obviously, I needed to create some feathers in ZBrush so I tested a couple of tools and methods and I end up with a decent set of detailed feathers that I turned into an InsertMultiMesh brush. However, the number of polygons on each feather was really high and to cover something with this feathers would result on a very dense mesh. So after the trip, I spend two more weeks exploring methods and testing tools in ZBrush to produce variants of the feathers.
The quick guide to feathers in ZBrush is the result of that researching and testing process.
At the beginning of the tutorial, I also share some references to the type of feathers some insight to help you understand the anatomy of the feathers and their distribution on the wing of a bird.
A Guide to: Creating Feathers in ZBrush
With this tutorial, you'll learn 6 different methods to create feathers in ZBrushI will walk you through the process of creating a feather from scratch, for each one of the methods. I also share some tips that you might find useful and some resources you can reuse for other projects.
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