Articles for Character Artists | 3D Character Design

Christian Bale's Portrait Imagined in 3D With ZBrush & Marmoset Toolbag 5

Flavia Rodriguez Heinlein shared her process for creating Christian Bale's portrait using ZBrush and Marmoset Toolbag 5, offering valuable tips and resources for mastering likeness capture.

Flavia Heinlein

Oct 25, 2024

Creating Realistic Alien for Short Film Inspired by Love, Death & Robots

Marcelo Vaz told us about the short movie CARGO and explained how the capabilities of Unreal Engine and MetaHuman made the striking alien feel alive.

Marcelo Vaz

Oct 24, 2024

Learn How To Sculpt A 3D Printable Miniature With ZBrush

Juan Novelletto shared the working process behind the Ursuper project, detailing how a stylized 2D illustration was brought to life using ZBrush as a 3D printable miniature ready for mass production.

Juan Novelletto

Oct 21, 2024

Using Unreal Engine to Create Real-Time The Last of Us-Inspired Child

Annabelle Sémaan told us about the development of Jojo the Scavenger, a character inspired by The Last of Us, showing how the clothes' wear and tear was approached and sharing the material setup.

Annabelle Sémaan

Oct 17, 2024

Clay-Like Gravity Falls Characters Made in 3D

Michelle Arreola showcased an amazing artwork.

Emma Collins

Oct 16, 2024

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Turning Diablo Inspiration into Detailed Red Sorceress Model

Hafez Yadollahi and Arezou Hajian showed us how they created the Diablo-inspired Red Sorceress, discussing the intricate details made for the model and her accessories and talking about the texturing workflow.

Hafez Yadollahi Arezou Hajian

Oct 11, 2024

Creating Realistic Hi-Fi RUSH's Chai in ZBrush & Substance 3D

Seunghoon Roh told us how he created a fan art of Chai from Hi-Fi RUSH, discussing preserving the character's design while adding original elements and visualizing the face, hair, and clothes using ZBrush, Unreal Engine 5, and Substance 3D Painter.

Seunghoon Roh

Oct 08, 2024

Learn How to Create Character with Oil Painting Texture in This Course

You will learn how to visualize high-precision Chinese-style embroidery pattern and realistic animal fur in XGen, along with tips for using various types of lighting in Maya, ZBrush, Marvelous Designer, and Substance 3D.

Emma Collins

Oct 08, 2024

Learn to Create a Surreal Creature with Intricate Accessories

Marco Gifuni provided a detailed breakdown of the Yokay Project, which contains creatures, clothes, jewelry, and weapons, using ZBrush, Maya, Cinema 4D, and Marvelous Designer. They also explained how the tonal variety in skin color was achieved.

Marco Gifuni

Oct 04, 2024

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