Wayne Robson - Essential Zbrush
Freelance 3d Character Artist, Digital software trainer, Author and Digital Sculptor

Description: ZBrush is an unparalleled must-have tool in the world of digital sculpting. This book goes into great depth not only about how and why ZBrush works, but also how to master both ZBrush and digital sculpting. All aspects of the program are covered in detail and broken up into easy to understand sections.

Taking the user through just about every type of sculpting thatyou can do in Zbrush, along with texturing workflows and complete pipelines for 3d Max and Maya. This could be thought of as the 'ZBrush Bible' and a book that is a must have for all digital sculptors. Have you ever wanted the exact workflow for getting normal, displacement or other map types into Autodesk's Maya or 3d Max?

Ever wanted to know how to do excellent quality hard surface sculpting (two seperate methods are outlined just for good measure) or sculpting enviromental pieces? This book contains far more than can possibly be outlined here and took 12 months in the making and planning to provide readers with the best and most consise book on Zbrush yet seen.

Essential ZBrush features many projects covering organic models and character pipelines, and non-organic hard surface walk-throughs. This book is suitable for all skill levels and covers something for every stage of a digital sculptor's development in ZBrush.Beginners learn the basics of ZBrush as well as digital sculpting and progress through both theory and projects to an advanced level. Upon completion of the book, readers will have the ability to produce detailed high quality digital sculpts.

Every aspect of the program and its interface and way of working are addressed so that new and existing ZBrush users can feel completly at home straight away. With a 3 hour companion DVD featuring the sculpting and txturing of 'The Guardian' and his weapon and many extras such as more custom matcaps (available no where else) than you can shake a stick at this is not oly an excellent course on ZBrush but amazing value for money.