It’s a lot of fun sculpting the dragon’s head, but what if we wanted to turn that quick model into something more functional? The answer is that it can be done, of course! It will take some effort and a whole bunch of new techniques. Use the “adragon_05.ZTL” model from the supplemental materials if you want to follow along exactly.

Helpful tidbits

A couple of helpful tidbits to know. You can use SHIFT + ALT +/ − to create an underscore symbol when you use the Tool.SubTool.Rename button to rename a subtool layer. For some reason you cannot get an underscore any other way in ZBrush. If you are familiar with other 3D programs, the BackfaceMask feature is analogous to backface culling – a switch to ignore any polygons that ...

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