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3D Sculpting
Objectives: This course will enable the students to:
1. Create a high quality CG digital figure that can be used for customizing games, machine, animations, portfolios, 3D prints with industry standards and strategies.
2. Focus on polymesh editing and understand the consequences of the different techniques.
3. Apply complex software packages used in industry for sculpting human figures.
4. Upgrade portfolio skills.
Course | Learning outcome (at course level) | Learning and teaching strategies | Assessment Strategies | |
Course Code | Course title | |||
25BMA 515 |
3D Sculpting (Practical) | The students will: CO198. Experiment on Importing and Exporting tools on projects. CO199. Compose fishes or creature sculpts using brushes. CO200. Design and Build torso sculpts (Male/Female) using sub-divisions. CO201. Design and compose textures using poly paint. CO202. Design and build high quality BPR renders for portfolios. CO203. Contribute effectively in course- specific interaction | Approach in teaching: Interactive Lectures, Discussion, reading assignments, Demonstrations, Group activities, Teaching using advanced video tools.
Learning activities for the students: Self-learning assignments, Effective questions, Seminar presentation, Giving tasks. | Assessment Strategies Class test, Semester end examinations, Quiz, Solving problems in tutorials, Assignments, Presentation, Individual and group projects |
Intro: Digital sculpture Interface and how come this is so different from any other graphic software package.
Exercise
Modeling basics: Create an object with help of primitives in ZBrush.
Sculpting using sub-divisions
Exercise
Zspheremodeling - Sculpt a torso (Male/Female)
Introduction to Brush Palette
Exercise
Sculpt a Fish or creature.
Importing and loading tools, Texturing & painting in Zbrush.
Exercise
Create basic model in Maya and create sculpt in Zbrush.
Creating high quality BPR renders for portfolios. Understanding Topology techniques using Decimation Master and Zremesher
Exercise
Create a character in Zbrush with turntable.
SUGGESTED TEXT BOOKS:
1. Eric Keller, “Introducing ZBrush 3rd Edition”, Sybex; 3rd edition, 2012.
2. Greg Johnson, “Getting Started in ZBrush: An Introduction to Digital Sculpting and Illustration”, CRC Press; 1 edition, 2014.
3. Kurt Papstein, “ZBrush Characters and Creatures”, 3DTotal Publishing, 2015.
SUGGESTED REFERENCE BOOKS:
1. Kurt Papstein, Mariano Steiner, Mathieu Aerni, 3DTotal Team, “ZBrush Characters and Creatures”, 3DTotal Publishing, 2014.
2. Paul Gaboury is the ZBrush Lead 3D Application Engineer for Pixologic, the makers of ZBrush, “ZBrush Professional Tips and Techniques”, Sybex; 1 edition, 2012.
E-RESOURCES:
1. https://www.youtube.com/c/FlippedNormals
2. https://www.youtube.com/c/3DGladiator
REFERENCE JOURNALS:
1. https://www.journals.elsevier.com/graphics-and-visual-computing
