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I made this for a tutorial book called Zen of Zbrush. The book has been released I am happy to say!

The digital version is here ([link] ) <--I recommend this one

And the physical version is here: ([link] )

The book has 140 pages and completely goes over creating characters in Zbrush. It also has 3 hours of video tutorials illustrating the techniques better.


**/EDIT**

Hey guys,

So I had to pause work on the low poly of my elite, because I was lucky enough to be a part of a ZBrush book with Vitaly Bulgarov and Vik Sorensangbam. It's a tutorial book that will be called Zen of ZBrush. Each of us will walk you through our technique and work-flow for creating characters in ZBrush.

I will be walking you through how I created this character. It's a scouting drone I just named Drone-04. Some of you may have previewed this model before this, as I posted images in my sketchbook. I wanted to create a mech that had visual characteristics similar to the Eva Mechs of Evangelion.

The reason I submit stuff to my scrapbook before it's done is because I don't want to spam people's deviantWatch with half done work. I get that a lot from my subscriptions and it's tedious to weed out all the half done stuff.

I will low poly this for my portfolio but that will not be covered in the book. The book only covers the model in ZBrush. Speaking of which this model was fully made in zbrush. I started using ZSketch then went on from there.

I think I covered everything. Take care and I hope you enjoy

Also, cause I know this will get asked, the total mesh is 52.7 million polygons. This may sound like overkill but the mesh can stand to be printed at wall poster size and still hold up.

Edit: DAILY DEVIATION! Wow thank you so much to Butch007 (james bond ) and joannastar for the daily deviation! <3 <3 I'm so happy right now I'm really speechless. I think I shed a few tears when I saw it! Thank you to everyone who has favorited and commented every single one means the world to me
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Comments: 419

Triviumrull In reply to ??? [2010-02-21 14:39:16 +0000 UTC]

It's just perfect !

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MikeJensen In reply to Triviumrull [2010-02-22 20:04:11 +0000 UTC]

Thank you so much!

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Triviumrull In reply to MikeJensen [2010-02-22 20:06:21 +0000 UTC]

you are welcome ^_^

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SybexMed In reply to ??? [2010-02-21 05:28:52 +0000 UTC]

A link to that book would be great. Always good to see fellow artists techniques

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MikeJensen In reply to SybexMed [2010-02-21 05:47:39 +0000 UTC]

Hey man thanks a lot! The book will be called Zen of Zbrush. We're currently still writing it but I'll update this post when it's near street date

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MDreed In reply to ??? [2010-02-21 03:52:16 +0000 UTC]

awesomeness work!!

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MikeJensen In reply to MDreed [2010-02-21 05:47:50 +0000 UTC]

Thanks man!

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TheGRIZZAMman In reply to ??? [2010-02-21 00:11:55 +0000 UTC]

That's beautiful work!

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MikeJensen In reply to TheGRIZZAMman [2010-02-21 05:48:02 +0000 UTC]

Thank you very much!

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NecroGreen In reply to ??? [2010-02-20 22:55:55 +0000 UTC]

really good work man!

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MikeJensen In reply to NecroGreen [2010-02-21 05:48:07 +0000 UTC]

Thank you!!!!!!!

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DarkzideDemigod In reply to ??? [2010-02-20 20:13:14 +0000 UTC]

This work is wicked!

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MikeJensen In reply to DarkzideDemigod [2010-02-21 05:50:12 +0000 UTC]

Haha thanks! I appreciate it a lot!

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chiflito In reply to ??? [2010-02-20 20:13:06 +0000 UTC]

woooooow AMAZING WORK!!!!

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MikeJensen In reply to chiflito [2010-02-21 05:50:19 +0000 UTC]

THANKS!!!!!!!

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DamianDrazhar In reply to ??? [2010-02-20 19:46:02 +0000 UTC]

ZHU!?
i really want to do that tutorial!

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MikeJensen In reply to DamianDrazhar [2010-02-21 05:50:46 +0000 UTC]

Haha thanks. I'll update this when the book is being released

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Jullez In reply to ??? [2010-02-20 19:19:18 +0000 UTC]

really good work, reminds me of the geth

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MikeJensen In reply to Jullez [2010-02-21 05:51:21 +0000 UTC]

LOL thanks! A lot of people have been saying that. There must be something to it

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Jullez In reply to MikeJensen [2010-02-21 15:37:55 +0000 UTC]

lol

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gurus In reply to ??? [2010-02-20 18:38:24 +0000 UTC]

can notice a IronMan inspiration

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MikeJensen In reply to gurus [2010-02-21 05:51:38 +0000 UTC]

lol thanks! Yes i believe you mean the fangs on the helmet.

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gurus In reply to MikeJensen [2010-02-21 11:45:58 +0000 UTC]

That was my first association. Anyway very original.

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alskling In reply to ??? [2010-02-20 18:33:16 +0000 UTC]

wow, so cool...

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MikeJensen In reply to alskling [2010-02-21 05:51:44 +0000 UTC]

Thanks a ton!

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3Dswed In reply to ??? [2010-02-20 17:21:19 +0000 UTC]

simply impressive !

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MikeJensen In reply to 3Dswed [2010-02-21 05:51:52 +0000 UTC]

Thank you so much!

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DudQuitter In reply to ??? [2010-02-20 15:52:24 +0000 UTC]

Nice work, the style looks quite similar to an elite(top half anyway) or a Kaminoan(from star wars as I'm sure you know). Any chance of a textured render?

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MikeJensen In reply to DudQuitter [2010-02-21 05:53:10 +0000 UTC]

Hey man thanks! Yeah the build is very similar to a kaminoan. I will be texturing the character but only after I make the low poly. But the low poly is only for my portfolio not for the book.

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usere35 In reply to ??? [2010-02-20 15:16:22 +0000 UTC]

Original work and superbly modelled.

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MikeJensen In reply to usere35 [2010-02-21 05:53:18 +0000 UTC]

Thank you very much <3

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TerronViking In reply to ??? [2010-02-20 14:07:58 +0000 UTC]

great sculpt!

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MikeJensen In reply to TerronViking [2010-02-21 05:53:59 +0000 UTC]

Thanks a ton!

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KalumArts In reply to ??? [2010-02-20 13:46:04 +0000 UTC]

Wow really awesome work

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MikeJensen In reply to KalumArts [2010-02-21 05:54:12 +0000 UTC]

Thank you very much! <3

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aerilworks In reply to ??? [2010-02-20 12:26:53 +0000 UTC]

Fantastic, I hope 3.5 for Mac will be out when your book is released - can't wait for the sketching and hard surface tools.

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MikeJensen In reply to aerilworks [2010-02-21 05:54:31 +0000 UTC]

Haha thanks Hopefully it is released soon so you can dive into it

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Arthur-XI In reply to ??? [2010-02-20 11:57:01 +0000 UTC]

Awesine stuff Any tips where to get the book? ;D

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MikeJensen In reply to Arthur-XI [2010-02-21 05:55:17 +0000 UTC]

Ah I'm not sure yet. I believe it will be sold at amazon but I'm not sure yet. I'll update this deviation when I know more

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Arthur-XI In reply to MikeJensen [2010-02-21 12:36:35 +0000 UTC]

Cheers looking forward to it ^^

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Kruku In reply to ??? [2010-02-20 11:23:04 +0000 UTC]

o_o

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MikeJensen In reply to Kruku [2010-02-21 05:55:24 +0000 UTC]

lol thanks <3

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Trahin In reply to ??? [2010-02-20 09:19:45 +0000 UTC]

Real nice job

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MikeJensen In reply to Trahin [2010-02-21 05:55:37 +0000 UTC]

Thanks a ton for the nice words and the fav

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RaideR24 In reply to ??? [2010-02-20 08:30:32 +0000 UTC]

This is great, as im learning the program for Game Art now I will definitely keep you guys in mind. Thanks for posting

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MikeJensen In reply to RaideR24 [2010-02-21 05:55:53 +0000 UTC]

Thanks a lot glad you like it! Good luck with your Game Art

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RaideR24 In reply to MikeJensen [2010-02-21 11:23:03 +0000 UTC]

Thank you

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Ladav01 In reply to ??? [2010-02-20 05:51:49 +0000 UTC]

Very good modeling!

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MikeJensen In reply to Ladav01 [2010-02-21 05:56:07 +0000 UTC]

Thanks a ton!

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Ladav01 In reply to MikeJensen [2010-02-21 11:30:49 +0000 UTC]

No problem.

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