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Stylize a cyberpunk male with ZBrush and Maya

Stylize a cyberpunk male with ZBrush and Maya
Create a game engine asset from concept to finished design

Create a game engine asset from concept to finished design
Painting skin textures

Painting skin textures

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Photoshop for 3D

Photoshop for 3D
722
Photoshop

Photoshop
595
Project Overview

Project Overview
1353
3ds Max

3ds Max
984
Modeling

Modeling
960
Character design

Character design
885
Texturing

Texturing
727
ZBrush

ZBrush
609
Lighting

Lighting
517
Rendering

Rendering
495
Digital Painting

Digital Painting
404
Maya

Maya
399
V-Ray

V-Ray
264
Animation

Animation
111
Cartoon

Cartoon
109
mental ray

mental ray
104
Rigging

Rigging
89
LightWave

LightWave
69
Softimage

Softimage
60
Mudbox

Mudbox
55
Blender

Blender
63
Cinema 4D

Cinema 4D
50
Modo

Modo
39
After Effects

After Effects
38
Realism

Realism
41
Painter

Painter
35
KeyShot

KeyShot
34
Mari

Mari
33
Sketching

Sketching
35
Marmoset Toolbag

Marmoset Toolbag
28
Substance Painter

Substance Painter
32
Unreal Engine

Unreal Engine
27
Marvelous Designer

Marvelous Designer
27
Arch-viz

Arch-viz
27
Posing

Posing
27
Illustration

Illustration
30
Matte Painting

Matte Painting
21
Speed painting

Speed painting
19
Comic

Comic
18
Nuke

Nuke
17
Digital Sculpting

Digital Sculpting
16
Materials

Materials
16
Drawing and inking

Drawing and inking
21
Arnold

Arnold
18
Anatomy

Anatomy
18
VUE

VUE
13
Photorealism

Photorealism
11
iClone / Character Creator

iClone / Character Creator
10
PaintTool SAI

PaintTool SAI
10
Art theory

Art theory
21
HDRI

HDRI
9
Character Creator

Character Creator
7
Krita

Krita
6
SketchUp

SketchUp
6
3D-Coat

3D-Coat
9
Traditional painting

Traditional painting
6
Compositing

Compositing
6
GIMP

GIMP
5
ArtRage

ArtRage
4
Photobashing

Photobashing
4
Lightroom

Lightroom
4
Houdini / Mantra

Houdini / Mantra
3
Simulation

Simulation
3
NURBS

NURBS
3
Substance Designer

Substance Designer
3
SketchBook

SketchBook
2
Game development

Game development
3
Sculptris

Sculptris
2
OctaneRender

OctaneRender
2
ZSpheres

ZSpheres
2
Procreate

Procreate
3
Onion Skinning

Onion Skinning
2
Mantra

Mantra
1
HDR Light Studio

HDR Light Studio
1
AutoCAD

AutoCAD
1
Real-time rendering

Real-time rendering
2
Custom Brushes

Custom Brushes
1
Polypaint

Polypaint
1
UVs

UVs
2
3D Paintover

3D Paintover
3
Procedural generation

Procedural generation
1
Watercolors

Watercolors
1
PBR / Physically-based rendering

PBR / Physically-based rendering
1
Visual Development

Visual Development
1
Creature design

Creature design
320