Tutorial: Artistic animal CG sculpture

On this video tutorial, I cover all my process of creating CG illustrations

youtube preview:

http://youtu.be/F0O9uzIIzJg

* show my sculpting techniques

* explain some anatomy

* explain important ideas of how to make an appealing image

* Color and lighting choices

* Rendering/exporting settings, shader setup etc. - technical stuff

* Compositing in photoshop


Duration: 12 hours

Software: Zbrush, Maya, Substance Painter, Redshift, Photoshop

Level: Intermediate

Prerequisite: familiar with the used software interface


This pipeline is for personal works, concepts, illustrations or printing prototypes.

I use auto-topology and mapping.

I use a similar approach for all my personal works. See more of my works here: http://www.artstation.com/maryia_panfilova


Warning! I'm a non-native English speaker, I have a Russian accent and I make mistakes.

You can check the video sample and see if you are comfortable with it:

http://yadi.sk/i/zHqCbClY3zhBjw

Package includes:

1. 12 hours of Video narrated (English)

2. base mesh ZTL of cat and dog

3. 2 PSD's of compositing

4. Some additional links