Sculpt Cloth in ZBrush

2h 9mIntermediate2016-02-10

Authors

Ryan Kittleson

CG Artist who teaches 3D modeling, sculpting, and printing

Course details

Fabric and cloth have been challenges for sculptors to simulate for thousands of years, and it's no different with today's digital tools. Join Ryan Kittleson in this exploration of the strategies he uses to sculpt and model realistic clothing in ZBrush. Ryan uses the latest tools and techniques inside ZBrush to make cloth that folds, bends, and conforms to a human figure in a lifelike way. There are three pieces of clothing made in this course—a shirt, a skirt, and a scarf—built using the dancer model's underlying anatomy. Ryan reveals practical techniques for draping, clinging, stretching, flowing, and bunching cloth, using primitives, curves, and ZBrush's sculpting tools. Along the way, he offers tips on adding realistic details such as lace, woven patterns, seams, and tassels to clothing.

Learning objectives
Extracting cloth from a figure
Sculpting folds and wrinkles in a shirt
Making a flowing skirt
Sculpting cloth from primitives
Adding crumpled folds
Making clothes with curves
Creating tassels and lace trims
Giving cloth thickness
Correcting overlap
Making adjustments with ZBrush Transpose Master

Skills covered

3D SculptingZBrushPixologicVisualization and Real-TimeAnimation and IllustrationDeep Dive (X:Y)

Concepts

0. Introduction

01 - Welcome
02 - Before watching this course
03 - Exercise files

1. Making the Form-Fitting Shirt

04 - Extracting cloth from a figure
05 - Refining the shirt shape and topology
06 - Sculpting folds and wrinkles

2. Making the Flowing Skirt

07 - Making cloth with primitives
08 - Sculpting the large shapes and folds
09 - Creating the outer skirt from the inner
10 - Sculpting clinging cloth
11 - Adding crumpled folds
12 - Sculpting the lower skirt section

3. Making the Wrapped Scarf

13 - Making cloth with curves
14 - Adjusting the cloth shapes
15 - Adding a border to the scarf
16 - Sculpting the scarf folds
17 - Creating tassels on the scarf

4. Adding the Lace Trim

18 - Making a lace Insert Mesh brush
19 - Creating a lace segment
20 - Applying the lace to the skirt edge
21 - Adjusting the lace to fit better

5. Finishing the Clothing

22 - Adding the final details
23 - Giving clothing thickness
24 - Correcting object overlap
25 - Making overall adjustments with Transpose Master

Conclusion

26 - Where to go from here