To interact with the cloth surface, special brushes have been introduced that use the Dynamics engine. Once the mesh is in place, you can start the collision volume and with specific controls, and allow ZBrush to drape the cloth mesh over other visible meshes. Realistic cloth folds can be created, even on a low resolution plane. Using masking, you can pin a portion of the mesh to create a point of interest or use a mask to create an interaction that allows the surface to be rolled on itself. The new Dynamics system allows any surface to be contracted, expanded, inflated or draped with gravity. ZBrush 2021 sculpts more fluidly, and takes less time to perform operations such as the DynaMesh base mesh generation tool. Zmodeler has new tools, and the ZBrush engine itself has also been upgraded, aiming to improve performance across most functions. Keep this up until you have the main forms in and looking right, then focus on the minor folds and micro detail.ZBrush 2021 adds a new Dynamics system to its functionality, with Controlled Cloth Sculpting and revisions to its Dynamic Subdivision capabilities. From there, refine it until you can't do any more at that level then divide again.

Focus on the main cloth forms, get those in the right areas and then sub divide to the next level.

My biggest advice is not to up your division level too early. I'm personally sculpting jeans for a character as we speak. Just keep hammering away at it until you're happy. If it takes a few attempts, don't get disheartened. Take photos of a friend, position them in a way that will get the folds and creases that you need.Īs for it looking completely unnatural, that will come down to practice and patience. If you have a camera, then that's all the reference you need! Set a timer on it, and take photos of what you're wearing. For one, its hard for me to find references, and two, even if i put a fold where it should be it still looks completely unnatural.

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