Kurt Williams has written up 10 very useful tips for getting the most out of ZBrush over at DigitalTutors.com. Check out the article here and add more ammo to your ZBrush arsenal!

Here’s your ZBrushCentral recap for the week of January 18th, 2016! Be sure to comment on the forum for the artist if you enjoy their work!

Space Girl, the latest work from ZBrushCentral member Eternity-NU. Excellent use of Dynamesh and ZModeler!

This is Mr. Salamander! Sculpted by ZBrushCentral member Christian Johnson with ZBrush, rendered in Keyshot

Warrior character by Praveen Dubey based on concept art by Du Showwhy and Yang Qi. Excellent first post to ZBrushCentral!

 Here’s a unique use of NanoMesh on this glass bust by ZBrushCentral member ZSZS. Very cool idea!

 Check out this unique monster design by ZBrushCentral member Good Atom! Very original concept. Well done!

 Marvel’s Spider-Gwen modeled and 3D printed by David F. Barruz for a private commission. More shots here 

Gilberto Magno presents us with the models he created for Rainbow Six – Siege! Check them out here 

 Hobbit fan art created for Unreal engine 4 by ZBrushCentral member Baolong Zhang. Top notch realism on this one! See more here 

This piece is called ‘Under Construction.’ Sculpted by ZBrushCentral member Mamonous in ZBrush and rendered in KeyShot 6. See more of this great model here

BadKing has uploaded a FREE rubble brush set for ZBrush users! Grab it here and start using it today

 This Elven princess was sculpted by ZBrushCentral member Carl Forsberg. He used Flipped Normals lighting scenes for the render.

 Very stylish cyborg soldier character sculpted by ZBrushCentral member Mahmoud Amghar! See a shot of the full model here

This bust is only a sample of some of the 3D sketches posted by ZBrushCentral member Good Atom. Come see them all! 

ZBrushCentral member Abdelrahman’s tribute to the TV show ‘Hannibal.’ Very strong likeness! 

 Wojciech Michalski is creating great 3D clothing and has shared some work on ZBrushCentral. Click to see more like this

 This dragon wristband is a fine example of organic style jewelry design in ZBrush! Sculpted by Nacho Riesco. See more of his jewelry here

 ZBrushCentral member Brett Sinclair was inspired to make his own rendition of Snoke from Star Wars – The Force Awakens after seeing the film. Here’s the result!

Recently, our friends at Kotaku published an article showcasing the work of ZBrush sculptor Riyahd Cassiem. You may have seen some of his posts on ZBrushCentral and if you have, you know that Riyahd is extremely talented! Head over to Kotaku for the article and be sure to also check out the links to Riyahd’s pages and show some love!

Kotaku article

Riyahd’s ZBrushCentral gallery

The first month of 2016 is already over! Here’s our ZBrushCentral recap for the final week of January. Comment and share your favotites!

ZBrushCentral member Mamonous created this Master Chief styled Boba Fett for the CG+ Star Wars Reimagined contest. A cool combination of two iconic characters!

A realtime warrior character sculpted and textured by ZBrushCentral member Locky10. Nicely done!

 Chibi style Darth Vader by ZBrushCentral member Gustavo Profeta. Very cool stylistic take on a classic villain!

 Éomer from Lord of the Rings fan art by ZBrushCentral member Nimlot. Click to see the fine details in the armor!

Street Fighter 3D fan art by David Chung. Concept by Max Grecke. See more here 

“The Libidinous Prawn,” a 2.5D piece by ZBrushCentral member Boozy Floozie. Great to see original artwork in this style! Full image here

“The Warchief” fan art created by Rodrigo Gonçalves, concept by Gilles Ketting. See a full breakdown and making of here!

‘Rhyton of Achaemenid’ by ZBrushCentral member 3DCube. Great job! Click here for a short breakdown of the model

ZBrushCentral artist Gregory Stoffel shows us how many kids must view vegetables. Presenting: Broccoli Man!

Chun Li fan art by ZBrushCentral member Maitraydhrit. Loving the style here, perfect for a 3D printed statue!

 House modeled in ZBrush by ZBrushCentral member Blazer for 3D printing. Click for breakdown!

ZBrushCentral member Kisel decided to make his own realistic rendition of Disney’s ‘Stitch’ using ZBrush! Breakdown here!

Thorin fan art by ZBrushCentral member Turbid Wine! This piece ended up on Top Row, click here to see why!

 Lovely piece by ZBrushCentral member Kontorn Boonyanate titled “Dreaming.” See how the model was created using ZSpheres here

Bad Rat sculpted by ZBrushCentral member Rodrigo Braga. Hilariously creepy original creature design! 

 Dragon Ball fan art by ZBrushCentral member Pierre-Marie. Great 3D rendition of Vegeta! Click for more shots of the model!

ZBrushCentral member Nacho Riesco created this tiger ring to resemble a tattoo design. See more of his jewelry designs here!

Ann Darrow from King Kong sculpted by ZBrushCentral member Edgar Marocsek. Cool sculpt idea and nicely executed! 

Hadrien Gouedard sculpted all of the beast characters for the mobile game Monster and Commander using ZBrush. He has shared a collection of them on ZBrushCentral! 

This is not a photo! Just ZBrush and KeyShot! ZBrushCentral member Gaurav Kumar sculpted this likeness of 4 time Mr. Olympia Phil Heath. Amazing anatomy work!

ZBrushCentral member Fabiano di Liso shares his work for the game Gods of Rome! See the content here 

Have a look at ZBrushCentral member Cezar Brandao’s stylish work! Really loving this creative use of 3D and 2D. See more here!

Here are the ZBrushCentral staff picks for the first week of February! Don’t forget to vote for your favorite artwork for next year’s ZBrush Awards!

New statue piece by ZBrushCentral member Farhad Nojumi for Nocturna Models. Nice work!

This sumo is the latest personal work from ZBrushCentral member Ghasem Mollahasani! Rigging by Ehsan Kiani.

ZBrushCentral member Luis gomez-Guzman’s 3D interpretation of Sergi Brosa’s concept for the Fury Beats Project. More here 

 Loving the detail on this new concept bust by ZBrushCentral member GoodAtom!

Top Row male anatomy study by ZBrushCentral member Cesar Zambelli Loiacono. Excellent work!

 This Top Row submission from ZBrush hobbyist Oliver Kieser is brilliantly stylish and original! Great work. Click to see the whole series 

 This gruesome Top Row masterpiece is by ZBrushCentral member Tina Li. Check here for closeups and shots of the model before texturing!

 
Read our exclusive interview with Industrial Light and Magic and learn about the VFX of Jurassic World!

Awesome new space suit design by ZBrushCentral member Fred2303! Click for full sized images

 ‘The Last Game’ featuring Michael Jordan and Rukawa Kaede by ZBrushCentral member Root_W. Great work!

Happy Birthday! Latest work from ZBrushCentral member JianlongGuo. Nice concept and execution!

 Bane from The Dark Knight Rises by ZBrushCentral member Alterton for Moebius Models

Paolo Giandoso shares his latest: ‘Her Serenity, the Lady of Pain. Fantastic work! Read about it here

Bust by ZBrushCentral member Jarad Vincent. See Jarad’s gallery for more great work! 

Assassin’s Creed fan art by ZBrushCentral member Hshhden0619. Very cool! See more shots here

This fun Popeye sculpt was made by ZBrushCentral member Duncan Fraser. Love the stylization of this classic character!

Surrealist goodness from ZBrushCentral member Oliver Kieser! Click for more interesting concepts

ZBrushCentral member Abraaosegundo’s Darth Malgus sculpt for the CG+ Star Wars Reimagined contest. Well done!

Star Wars fan art by ZBrushCentral member Vimal Kerketta featuring Finn from The Force Awakens

Come get a closer look at this awesome scene by ZBrushCentral member Bezko: The Heart Engine! 

Lich Queen Jaina Proudmoore, Warcraft fan art by ZBrushCentral member George Panfilov. See more poses and scenes for this model on ZBrushCentral

Game of Thrones fan art by ZBrushCentral member ‘Grin.’ This is Margaery Tyrell from the hit series.

Do you remember the end credits sequence for Marvel’s The Avengers: Age of Ultron? Of course you do. That beautiful marble monument featuring your favorite heroes was made by ZBrushCentral artist Joe Grundfast. What’s even cooler than that is the fact that Joe was picked for the job based on the popularity of this post he submitted to ZBrushCentral back in November of 2014. Joe was then paired with CG artist Casey Reuter to create the beautiful centerpiece featured in the hit film!

So, to all you aspiring professionals and ZBrush enthusiasts, keep posting your work! One top row post can literally put you to work on the next Marvel movie. Joe Grundfast is living proof that hard work and discipline does indeed pay off.

Read Joe’s ZBrushCentral post here and learn more about his experience working on the film.

We have some great artwork to show you for the second week of February! Stop by ZBrushCentral and let these artists know what you think!

Posting to ZBrushCentral can actually jumpstart your career! See how ZBrushCentral member Joe Grundfast was hired to work on the latest Avengers film based on the popularity of his Top Row post from 2014!

Evgeny Rusolovski shares his entry for the CG+ Star Wars Reimagined competition: African Totem C3PO! Breakdown here

Whimsy: a character sculpted by ZBrushCentral member Carlos Arranz based on a concept by Loish. Original character by SemiLex. Very cool Painted style!

Undead Pirate by ZBrushCentral member KacShadow, based on concept art by Hanjianhao. Very well done! Love the mist from the eyes!

The Witch: a new personal project by ZBrushCentral member Marina Chemeris. Click to see the full body of the model. Nice work!

We are excited to see more artists using ZBrush to enhance their 2D artwork! ZBrushCentral member Gogi used ZBrush and KeyShot to create the base for this image which was then painted over. See more from this thread here

 Another Top Row post by ZBrushCentral artist James W Cain! Click to see the full size

New android concept by ZBrushCentral member Oleg Aleinikov. Deadpool vibes! See some 360 views here

 The Great Red Dragon by ZBrushCentral member AdamSacco based on the painting by William Blake. Excellent!

 This pendant was sculpted by ZBrushCentral member Cosmic.Ollie and cast in silver. Beautiful!

Bulldog by ZBrushCentral member Gael Kerchy. Stop by and see more from this promising artist!

Third place in the CG+ Star Wars Reimagined contest goes ZBrushCentral member Sina Pahlevani for this piece. Great job!

Atomic Delivery Parche Blacksmith Brother by ZBrushCentral member Kieran McKay. Concept by Sergi Brosa.

‘Centurion’ by ZBrushCentral member PavelV. Great work! Love the details!

ZBrushCentral member Brian Baity strikes again with another member of his Creation Crib toy designs: Peyton Manning! 

Bird Girl by ZBrushCentral member Damien Dozias. Concept by Katsuya Terada. Excellent work! looks like real ceramic!

ZBrushCentral member SamThomas shares this cool Orc sculpt. Nice looking creature!

This demon and his two hounds is the latest from ZBrushCentral member Javier Ureña. Great natural sense of motion here!

Barbarian based on the art of Grafit Studio by ZBrushCentral member Sergey Romanenko. Nice work!

Siren’s Lament by ZBrushCentral member Felipe Fontoura. Simply beautiful sculpt!

Aayla the Jedi Youngling by ZBrushCentral artist Jeen Lih Lun for the Star Wars Reimagined contest

Stan Lee likeness by ZBrushCentral member Will Higgins. Amazing work! Short breakdown here

Lumberjack by ZBrushCentral member Oleg Aleinikov. Great model! See breakdown here

The Witcher 3 fan art by ZBrushCentral member Henrik Campos. Quality work!

Atlas furniture decor modeled by ZBrushCentral member Leonid Kishchik. Beautiful sculpting here!

Ruari Robinson recently stopped by the Gnomon school to give a talk about his project The Leviathan. You may remember his teaser trailer last year featuring an incredible creature sculpted by Colin Thomas in ZBrush. Colin was also awarded the first ever ZBrush Award for Film Art of The Year as a result of his work!

In his presentation, Ruari talks about bringing the concept to life and all of the challenges that come up when trying to get a film made. Ultimately, the project was purchased by Fox to make into a feature film.

Watch the full presentation on LiveStream!

See Colin’s ZBrushCentral post from last year about the film

We had the privilege to speak with the team at Industrial Light and Magic about their work on Jurassic World! The original Jurassic Park is known for having some of the highest caliber special effects in cinematic history and the latest sequel keeps with that tradition. Digital VFX have come a long way since the practical effect laden first film and ZBrush has helped the sculptors maintain the high level of realism and control that the franchise requires.

Read the full exclusive Pixologic interview with Industrial Light and Magic on ZBrushCentral!

Here is your weekly ZBrushCentral roundup for the week of February 15, 2016! As always, feel free to follow the links to your favorite artwork to offer the artist your critiques and comments on ZBrushCentral!

In the spirit of last weekend’s Deadpool buzz, ZBrushCentral member Danny10117 offers his fan art! 

Slighty stylized rendition of Tarzan by ZBrushCentral member Fabio Paiva. Nice!

ZBrushCentral member Dariusz Andrulonis shares his fantastic medical illustrations made with ZBrush and hits the Top Row. See them all here 

Recent bust by ZBrushCentral member Edgar Marocsek. Evokes a sense of wonderment and curiosity. Well done!

Sci Fi detective by ZBrushCentral member Gabriele Maiocco. Great scene! Click for more!

ZBrushCentral member Ehren shares his recent 3D prints of sculpts he has made. Top Row quality! See more here!

ZBrushCentral member David Richardson worked on the model for this Ninja Gaiden collectible for Multiverse Studios. Great job on the pose! See the painted prototype here!

Evil Knight by ZBrushCentral member Big_Bugaboo based on the art of Marat Ars. Excellent job!

Latest work by ZBrushCentral member Dor Shamir: Astroboot Mark03. Great concept!

This crazy, imaginative concept was sculpted by ZBrushCentral member HuangBing! Take a look at the closeups! 

New orc character concept by ZBrushCentral member Tianyou. Looking good!

Check out this great Demon bust by ZBrushCentral member Fredo Bernardo! Strong work!

Likeness of Chinese singer Jay Chou by ZBrushCentral member Zouquanhua. Great piece!

Character by ZBrushCentral member Trigon based on art by Trent Kaniuga. Looking good!

Lord Vader with a splash of Witcher Wild Hunt by ZBrushCentral member Brahim Azizi for Star Wars Reimagined!

ZBrushCentral member James Van Den Bogart shares his work for Guild Wars 2 and earns Top Row! Full series here

 New creature design by ZBrushCentral member DopePope. See more of his work here

ZBrushCentral member Felipe Favero shows off his great anatomy knowledge and executes a beautiful pose with this Ballerina!

We are very excited to announce that Pixologic friend, artist and ZBrushCentral frequenter Pablo Muñoz has just launched his own website dedicated to ZBrush tutorials and guides based on his artistic process: ZBrushGuides.com!  Pablo is dedicating himself full-time to maintaining the website which will feature everything that he works on in ZBrush while giving detailed information on how he does what he does.

It pleases us to no end watching the ZBrush community grow and flourish on its own with artists supporting one another on their journey towards mastery of not only the technology, but the art of sculpture itself. We encourage everyone to add Pablo’s site to their bookmarks and keep the community growing! The world is getting very close to having 3D technology in more and more homes and we are proud to know that once that day is upon us, users will be able to find an amazing group of talented artists and mentors awaiting them the first time they type “ZBrush” into a search engine.

www.ZBrushGuides.com

We’d like to welcome Bartlomiej “Bob” Plociennik to the ZBrush community!  Bob has been sculpting traditionally since the age of 12. Since making the move to digital, he has now, at the age of 21, started Nemesis Art Studio where he is already churning out sculpts with a distinct style and quality.

Bob has made his ZBrushCentral debut sharing some of the work he has been commissioned for by Prodos Games! Be sure to stop by and share your comments and greetings to our new ZBrusher!

View Bob’s first ZBrushCentral post

Nemesis Art Studio Facebook page

We saw some great new artwork on ZBrushCentral last week! Click and comment on your favorites!

The Lucania Warrior in a dynamic action pose by ZBrushCentral newcomer Jake Burstein! Stop by and show Jake some love! 

ZBrushCentral member Yury Muzyrya shares his tribute to Mabel Pines from Disney’s Gravity Falls! See more renders here!

 Barbarian from Diablo III by ZBrushCentral member Douser 54. Great work! Love the armor!

Doutzen Kroes with horse by ZBrushCentral member Bluerain86. Great use of FiberMesh for the hair. See a brief breakdown here!

Character by ZBrushCentral member CG Paul made entirely in ZBrush! Concept by Adrian Smith. See more here!

ZBrushCentral member Genggi created this fully articulated Ryu in ZBrush! See the 3D printed figure here!

ZBrushCentral member Aleks Kirilenko created this Spiderman/Ninja Turtle hybrid for Comicon 2015. Find this interesting piece on Top Row!

 ZBrushCentral member Per Haagensen has posted the work he did on the character style guide for The Dark Knight Rises! Stop by and see all the amazing art he’s shared!

 Carsten from Unique Voodoo Studio shares this great bust of a dock worker done in a traditional sculptural style. Looks like it was cut from stone!

ZBrushCentral member Chris Patterson was commissioned to do this awesome Sabertooth model! See all angles here!

Let’s welcome new ZBrushCentral user Silvano Junior! This is his realtime character based on David Sladek’s Pilot concept!

ZBrushCentral member dikiy4eburator has provided a detailed video guide on vehicle concepts in ZBrush. Watch here! 

ZBrushCentral member Edgar Marcocsek share another one of his well sculpted busts! See the series here! 

ZBrushCentral member Marcos Sampaio created this very nice geeky caricature! See the full piece here, it’s worth it! 

ZBrushCentral member Caleb Nefzen shares this Thor statue he worked on last year! Great work!

We’d like to welcome Bartlomiej “Bob” Plociennik to the ZBrush community!  Bob has been sculpting traditionally since the age of 12. Since making the move to digital, he has now, at the age of 21, started Nemesis Art Studio where he is already churning out sculpts with a distinct style and quality. View Bob’s first ZBrushCentral post!

ZBrushCentral member Luiz Alves worked on this beautiful concept for an Ecuadorian tourism agency. See the full series!

Likeness of martial arts actor Bolo Yeung by ZBrushCentral member Lunar Robot. Great anatomy and likeness!

Come see ZBrushCentral member Jordi Garcia Pons’ journey from concept to final product for this octopus pendant! 

ZBrushCentral member José Péricles conquers the challenges of sculpting the anatomy of an unconventional body type. Click to see!

Dark Phoenix fan art by ZBrushCentral member Brandon Harper created as a 3D printable statue! Read about it’s creation here!

A year ago, Daniel Bystedt was contacted by Milk VFX to create creature concepts for the television series Beowulf: Return to the Shieldlands. He has shared some of the creatures he created alongside Milk VFX artist Grant Bonser over at ZBrushCentral. Together, they came up with some very creepy creatures indeed!

View the featured ZBrushCentral thread

Read more about the VFX of Beowulf on the Milk VFX website

We at Pixologic have begun to notice a trend that seems to be gaining popularity with digital artists. Making a 3D model in ZBrush and then using a 2D application to paint over it, giving an illustrative feel with the proper depth and feel that come with having a 3D base model. The result is beautiful, vivid 2D paintings that reach the next level in depth and realism! A great example is the artwork of ZBrushCentral member Andy Tantowi Belzark! Andy has been kind enough to share some of his process on his first ZBC thread. Go check it out and tell him what you think!

View the art of Andy Tantowi Belzark on ZBrushCentral 

Those who attended or tuned into last year’s ZBrushSummit know that Tsume creates some of the highest quality collectibles around. They sponsored the Summit and provided several beautiful statues as prizes. Recently, they have teamed up with Bandai Namco Entertainment to release two extremely limited and ultra high quality figurines to celebrate the release of the new Naruto Shippuden Ultimate Ninja Storm 4 game!

Learn about Tsume’s process for creating the highest quality figurines imaginable through the use of digital sculpting via ZBrush and 3D printing

Visit the Tsume website to find out how you can purchase one of these very limited collectibles

Get your ZBrushCentral highlights from last week! Remember to vote on your favorites for this year’s ZBrushAwards!

The 2016 ZBrush Games Reel is here! Spot your favorite game?

ZBrushCentral member Michael Milano was commissioned for this Harley Quinn statue as part of a Girls of Arkham collectible resin kit!

 Deadpool Kills the Marvel Universe by ZBrushCentral member Romell Chopraa. Commisioned ofr XionArt Collectibles! Stop by and see more of Romell’s amazing work!

See the creature concepts ZBrush artist Daniel Bystedt helped create for Beowulf: Return to the Shieldlands!

Coeval Necromancer: original concept by ZBrushCentral member Marco Capellazzi. Check out the other renders! 

ZBrushCentral member Jude Leong shares the zombie head he has been working on in ZBrush. Looking good!

This Spartan kid was sculpted for the THU Tribe contest by ZBrushCentral member Jonfer Maia.

 Colorful chameleon study sculpted by ZBrushCentral member Itak. Nice work!

Dragon Ball Z fan art featuring Majin Buu by ZBrushCentral member Gabriel Martins. Great stuff!

 This portrait of a contemplative girl by ZBrushCentral member Nick DuPree is not finished but already conveys much feeling. Looking forward to the finished product!

 New work from ZBrushCentral member Bhushan Arekar for Fantasy Flight Games! See more here

 See how ZBrushCentral member Andy Tantowi Belzark is using ZBrush to make awesome 2D paintings!

New mind bending art from ZBrusCentral member Ben Ridgway! Click to see them all!

ZbrushCentral member Akta has just recently started using ZBrush and is off to a great start! Stop by and see his work! 

This nicely detailed barbarian is the latest from ZBrushCentral member Oliveiro! Well done.

ZBrushCentral member Hossein Diba shares his work as Lead Character Sculptor at WWE. Check it out! 

WizardCats: Off on a New Adventure. The latest from ZBrushCentral member Dor Shamir. Concept by Ido Yehimovitz

Vigilante: the new character concept by ZBrushCentral member Jin Hao Villa. A cross between Far Cry and Uncharted protagonists!

Original creature concept by ZBrushCentral member Lachezar Mladenov. Very well done!

This cool little electronic vandal was made by ZBrushCentral member Andy Jones. See his large collection of recent work here 

Read our recent interview with cinematic studio Real Time UK on ZBrushCentral!

New character by ZBrushCentral member Lee Stansbury for an 8” 3D print. Looking good!

ZBrushCentral member Boris Kiselicki has modeled some bugs from Skull Island in King Kong! See them here 

Fran Picazo has recently released a new ZBrush plugin called Calipers Master. It’s designed to aid in scaling objects in ZBrush to real world units of measurement. If you are looking for a way to get more accurate 3D prints or just get a general idea of the scale of your work, give Calipers Master a try!

Learn more about Calipers Master in this ZBrushCentral thread

Our new games reel is up for your viewing pleasure! We love to celebrate the great work done by all industries who use ZBrush. The gaming world is no exception. With the continual improvement in hardware and computing, game artists are becoming increasingly able to see their high poly, highly detailed models make it into the final game as well as the cinematic cutscenes and trailers, which is exciting to see!

Sit back and enjoy this celebration of the progress gaming art has made. From 8-bit pixels to fully detailed, lifelike sculptures utilizing every advance in technology as quickly as it is made available!

Visit our Games Industry page for more info on the benefits of using ZBrush to create game assets

ZBrushCentral member Tomasz Wróbel shares the work he did for the Polish film “Legends of Poland: Twardowsky.” He was tasked with modeling the space suit seen being worn in the film by the protagonist. The film looks like a big budget blockbuster in terms of quality and has over 2 million views on YouTube!

See the ZBrushCentral post and leave a comment!