T0377 - Digital Tutors - Exaggerated Facial Modeling in Maya and ZBrush

Learn organic modeling techniques and a production workflow to creating clean topology, adding definition, exaggerating proportions, and strategically adding detail to create animatable geometry using Maya and ZBrush. Contains nearly 5 hours of project-based training for artists learning character creation and look development for use in Film and Games.Popular highlights include:

• Modeling Exaggerated Features


• Using Reference Art


• Building Deformable Topology


• Building Initial Edge-flow


• Extruding Geometry Along Curves


• Bridging Geometry


• Modeling Eyes


• Modeling Symmetrically


• Building Large Wrinkles


• Modeling Ears


• Adding Mouth Interior


• Connecting Edges with Split Polygon Tool


• Importing/Exporting Geometry


• Assembling Subtools in ZBrush


• Filling Portions of Subtools with Color


• Modifying Head with Move Brush


• Sub-dividing Geometry


• Sculpting Facial Features


• Adding Small Wrinkles


• Adding Irregularities


• Adding Detail with Alpha Maps and Strokes


• Creating a UV Layout


• Integrating UV Changes into ZBrush Sculpt


• Creating Normal Maps in ZBrush


• Applying and Viewing Normal Maps in Maya

Lesson Outline:

1.	Blocking in the top of the head	8:10
2.	Modeling the bridge of the nose	7:38
3.	Drawing out the nasolabial fold	12:36
4.	Building the brow ridge and cheek bone	6:02
5.	Extruding out the jaw line	6:16
6.	Building the back of the neck	7:49
7.	Connecting the neck and adding musculature	11:52
8.	Completing the neck and shoulders	13:05
9.	Creating the nose	11:10
10.	Modeling the mouth	10:59
11.	Building the eyeball	6:35
12.	Modeling the eye area	7:45
13.	Filling in the cheek geometry	9:30
14.	Starting construction of the ear	7:34
15.	Building the structure of the ear	11:09
16.	Finishing the ear	6:18
17.	Adding large wrinkles	7:43
18.	Building the gums	7:35
19.	Adding the teeth and tongue	12:54
20.	Transferring the geometry from Maya to ZBrush	8:04
21.	Making large-scale changes to the shape of the head	7:55
22.	Sculpting prominent facial features	16:49
23.	Sculpting smaller wrinkles and folds	9:58
24.	Sculpting time-lapse	10:08
25.	Adding rough eyebrows and loose skin under the neck	7:08
26.	Using alpha maps to add wrinkles	8:00
27.	Adding fine detail to the face	11:36
28.	Creating a UV layout for the head in Maya	12:07
29.	Exporting normal maps from ZBrush	7:03
30.	Applying normal maps in Maya	4:58
31.	Bonus: Removing age by modifying the sculpt	9:36
32.	Bonus: Removing wrinkles and smoothing the eye area	8:34
	Total Run Time:	4:55:19