Thursday, August 20, 2015

Sketching in ZBrush for designers


Hi all I'd like to announce that my Sketching in Zbrush for Designers video's are now available at my Gumroad Page at a discount price!

Heres an Overview Video

And Heres a Free Chapter

So who is this tutorial for? Whether your a 3d artist, a concept artist, an illustrator, a graphic designer or even someone in the field of fashion. I teach techniques in short but jam packed chapters that will provide you with a new tool in your arsenal and skills that you can use to compliment your design process immediately. I share numerous examples and a variety of applications for each technique, from character design, mech design, prop design, illustration, graphic design and even jewelry design!

If your a total beginner I walk you through the basics of the Zbrush interface in a structured and easy to follow progression. If you an advanced user, starting from chapter two onwards, there will be techniques and application of tools that you might have never seen used in this manner before, a magical side of Zbrush that will hopefully inspire to create 

Head over to https://gumroad.com/josecua to find out more







Thursday, February 12, 2015

Ultraman Fan Piece

Decided to take my own spin on a childhood hero of mine.




Friday, December 5, 2014

Red Orc

Heres an excercise that I did for my students with a bust i created a while back



Follow the link to my gumroad for an in depth look at how I composited it
https://gumroad.com/josecua

Friday, July 11, 2014

Diver

Work in progress of a sculpt of an older sketch. Thought it might be fun to see this realized in 3d.


Here are the Doodles
 


And the 3d Wips

Finally Finished With the Piece :)



Saturday, May 10, 2014

Rhino Guy

A design inspired by some vynil toys. Designed, Sculpted and Lit in Zbrush, with comp in photoshop as usual. Had a blast working on this little guy





Saturday, May 3, 2014

Little Okto

Decided to do another creature to follow up the one I created. Had a blast working on this guy. Designed, Sculpted, and Rendered in Zbrush with some composting and paintover work done in Photoshop




Sunday, April 27, 2014

Little Godzilla fan art

Sculpted this guy in a weekend event. He had 4 arms previously and but I decided to take 2 out and change the scales to make him a Godzilla tribute piece. Hope you guys like it. Had a blast doing this.



Monday, March 31, 2014


Infected astronaut - A demo for class. Had fun working on this guy. Designed, sculpted, and rendered in zbrush. Used photoshop to composite the render layers.



Monday, March 24, 2014

Orc Bust

A bust I worked on as a demo for class. Designed, sculpted and rendered in zbrush.



Saturday, January 11, 2014

Bubble Gum Girl Concept Sculpt

 Heres a concept sculpt based off an old sketch of mine from ages ago. I tried sculpting her years back but wasn't satisfied so this is a complete redo of it. It's sort of a homage to tank girl.






Thursday, December 5, 2013

Wednesday, November 27, 2013

Mech Final Sculpt

Finished the details and paneling on this one. Now off to pose this guy and render him in keyshot. Pretty happy with the overall design of my first zbrush robot. Did what I could with what I knew in terms of shape language, learned tons in the process. Can't wait to do the next one! Thanks again for all the knowledge Furio :)






Wednesday, October 9, 2013

Saturday, October 5, 2013

Sculpts for Furio's Mech Class

Been working on familiarizing myself more with mechanical sculpting. Currently taking Furio Tedeschi class in Zbrushworkshops and its a blast. Still got a long way to go but learning tons and tons.

Wednesday, July 10, 2013

Final Scientist and Creature Breakdown Sheet

Realized I hadn't posted this yet. Had a blast working on these guys :)


Tuesday, June 25, 2013

Lab Experiment Creature

Heres a design I worked on for the laboratory environment that I posted below. Worked on it on and off as usual and will be used as a class example.