3D Design for Production With Vitaly Bulgarov

In this lecture, Vitaly Bulgarov shows his process of creating a fully rendered 3D design for production-oriented pipelines. Using the example of an alien bust, Vitaly goes through the main steps of creating a sci-fi character design from scratch. He begins by making a quick bust sketch in software: ZBrush®. He then creates a detailed suit design in software: Xsi® using the block-out as a guideline for the proportions of the alien bust. By doing this, Vitaly shows the techniques and tools he uses to create complicated surfaces like multi-layered metal plates, rubber pads, tubes, and attachments. Solving design on the fly, without making any preliminary sketches, he builds a fully detailed mesh for the helmet and suit, explaining why certain design decisions are made. Once the model is complete, Vitaly takes it into KeyShot® for raytrace rendering and then brings the renders to software: Photoshop® to finalize the design, push the overall look and bring more personality to the character by adding final textures and detail enhancements.

01-Zbrush BlockOut 02-XSI Intro 03-XSI Block Out 04-XSI Initial Detail 05-XSI Topology Cleanup 06-XSI Neck Refinement 07-XSI Refinement Part 1 08-XSI Refinement Part 2 09-XSI Refinement Part 3 10-XSI Refinement Part 4 11-Keyshots 12-Photoshop

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