r/ZBrush • • 13h ago

New 3d artist career pivot from 2d

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82 Upvotes

Hey everyone!

I’m a 22 year old 2d concept artist who recently fell in love with Zbrush to the point that I’ve decided to completely pivot to pursue a 3d art career. I’ve been using Zbrush for about a month now, and I was looking for some feedback on what to focus on for portfolio pieces/ what is most valued in the space when looking for a job.

I plan to get really into the skin texture details on the goblin with alphas in Zbrush, retopologize in blender, and hand paint in substance painter before I do a render in blender and in unreal. I think I’m pretty decent at the sculpting aspects just from my 2d art experience, but I would LOVE more advice on how to proceed most effectively and what sort of portfolio pieces to work on, as I’m entirely unfamiliar with the standards and workflow of 3d art due to being so new. Thank you everyone!!


r/ZBrush • • 7h ago

Eyes and ears

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4 Upvotes

Decided to go higher in resolution and start adding more to the sculpt.

I've worked a little on the eyes, the ears, nose, and the mouth.

Any feedback is welcome. I'm wondering if the eyes are correctly place and not too small, so I'm stopping here for today. I know the eyes looks bad, but i'm, focusing on the proportions and the placement for now.


r/ZBrush • • 16h ago

Autumn

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r/ZBrush • • 9h ago

Roman Bust

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5 Upvotes

r/ZBrush • • 9h ago

ZBrush SF90 User Interface

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r/ZBrush • • 3h ago

Can someone help me please find this type of

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Heello guys im looking for someone that has the same exact type of alpha brush for zbrush, I would really appreciate if someone could help me out!!❤️

https://reddit.com/link/1xd45m3/video/2yfmg2u185xh1/player


r/ZBrush • • 1d ago

Watto

83 Upvotes

Silly Watto sculpt I've been working on when I have free time. origianl concept by Nicholas Kole.


r/ZBrush • • 1d ago

Space Robot

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r/ZBrush • • 4h ago

I bought a course to teach me zbrush but its using zbrush 2023 and im using 2026 should i buy a more updated course?

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r/ZBrush • • 1d ago

The Sopranos likeness training, Christopher and Paulie sculpts

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215 Upvotes

Unironically the main cast of The Sopranos has insane character design, you don't really see actors like this anymore, they look straight out of a caricature or something idk

Anyway, 4$ a pound


r/ZBrush • • 18h ago

LEARN ZBRUSH

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Hello everyone,
I am a product designer, generally i work with inventor, but my job require less "engineering" shapes, so i started with blender.

My colleague use ZBrush and her models are more better than mine with Blender, so, why don't learn it?

Is there any tutorial on youtube that you suggest? something like "donut from Blender Guru", i am starting from 0 for this software.

TRhank you all


r/ZBrush • • 1d ago

Looking for some feedback

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31 Upvotes

Hey guys if anyone has any feedback, I want to make it as realistic as possible


r/ZBrush • • 17h ago

Can't switch back to previously used brush selected from Lightbox without restarting Zbrush.

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So I have this weird bug where I select a brush from lightbox>brushes and I get to use it and then I decided to switch to another brush and switch back to the previous one, but only the icon in the brush window changes but the brush doesn't change. I can choose brush A, then brush B, then go back to brush A but when I sculpt on the model, brush B is what shows up. How do I fix this?

EDIT: I'm using Zbrush 2026.1 and using custom brushes.


r/ZBrush • • 17h ago

A ZSphere Problem

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Hi there! I've met a strange problem while using Zsphere. The sphere control point has gradient color, then when I click Preview Adaptive Skin it gets smooth effects. All the paraments about Adaptive Skin are same as the right one in the picture. Does someone know or met the same problem with this? Appreciate for your support.


r/ZBrush • • 1d ago

Powder

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38 Upvotes

I spent a really long time doing all of this. It's finally done. I sculpted clothing for the first time, and for the first time, my hair turned out looking like hair, not spaghetti.

It's a little scary to show it 😅🤧, but I like it


r/ZBrush • • 19h ago

Hello folks, here is my latest personal work: Kingpin from Daredevil - Spider-Man in a stylised style i have done for fun on my spare time. Hope you like it: https://www.artstation.com/artwork/2LLQgy

1 Upvotes

#kingpin #noai kingpin#zbrush


r/ZBrush • • 1d ago

Watto sculpt progress - head details

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19 Upvotes

My progress so far on the head of my Watto sculpt. Looking for feedback and constructive criticism or any good must-know advice on general organic sculpting or creating more detailed traits like wrinkles, folds, etc.

If anybody also got some useful videos about character sculpting I should watch then please let me know!


r/ZBrush • • 1d ago

Some of my sculpts for 3dprint

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15 Upvotes

r/ZBrush • • 1d ago

My WORK.

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10 Upvotes

a new render of an original alien creature I'm developing for my personal 3D project.


r/ZBrush • • 1d ago

Hands Study & Tip

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19 Upvotes

Whenever you start sculpting, please try your best to observe your references well and visualize it in your brain in lowpoly first. Moreover, sculpt it in lowpoly first too, get the silhouette first. 🫱🏼‍🫲🏾


r/ZBrush • • 2d ago

Nolan

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77 Upvotes

r/ZBrush • • 1d ago

khajiit

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So, this is the cunning Khajiit I’ve come up with. I’m going to 3D print him and make a base for him, as I highly doubt he’ll be stable on his own.


r/ZBrush • • 1d ago

Coucou à tous, petit défi ! Pour Halloween 🎃, je vous mets au défi de faire une citrouille en 3D en utilisant les logiciels de votre choix !

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Venez rejoindre la communauté francophone de 3D sur Reddit.


r/ZBrush • • 2d ago

White Rhino head sculpt

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105 Upvotes

r/ZBrush • • 1d ago

Best way to make a cutting plane and keep it to scale?

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I have this side profile that I would like to use as a cutting plane for an object that will be 3d printed. What's the best approach?