ZBrush Book:Essential Zbrush by Wayne Robson (Wordware)

[DarthWayne]

Essential ZBrush by Wayne Robson

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Information link: (http://www.wordware.com/Merchant2/merchant.mv?Screen=PROD&Store_Code=wwpub&Product_Code=1598220594http://)

Amazon Link (http://www.amazon.com/Essential-ZBrush-Wayne-Robson/dp/1598220594/103-1710133-2673414)



Language: English
ISBN-10: 1598220594
ISBN-13: 978-1598220599

Page Count: 754 pages

DVD tutorial time: over 3 hours, not including extras



Sample Chapters:



Table of Contents
(http://www.dashdotslash.net/Books/EssentialZBrush_TOC.pdf)
Chapter 1 (http://www.dashdotslash.net/Books/EssentialZBrushPages%201-18.pdf)

Chapter 17 (http://www.dashdotslash.net/Books/EssentialZBrushPages%20469-481.pdf)



Well last night at midnight the book I spent a year of my life working on was finally released. 'Essential ZBrush' hit the shelves and is now available at Amazon and similar outlets, with shops around the world getting stock over the next 7 days. This book contains it all..every workflow, type of sculpting,(from organics and hard surface to environment modelling etc...) Normal and Displacement map pipelines for both Maya and 3d Max…. lets the reader learn as he/she constructs not a single model or even a couple of models but an entire scene that's taken to final render over the course of the book. This book contains more than I could add here in 16 posts.


Add to this the 3 hours of footage that shows the creation of ‘The Guardian’ character from the front cover (and main scene we create), and the many extras such as 50 plus custom Matcap's, custom brushes, alphas and stencils that are available nowhere else and much more and you’ve got a book I'm intensely proud to put my name to.

This book outlines many brand new and never written or seen on video before workflows to help make life that bit easier. I'll get some pics up on this blog as soon as I’m able to of this 754 page monster of a book. With Glen Southern acting as technical editor and contributing the design of the Guardians weapon you know that this is a book you're going to want to have in your collection. This is hardcore ZBrush learning aimed at everyone from total beginners to advanced users. This is a long book and your sure to find it interesting.

Enjoy

Wayne...

(who is now off for some well earned rest)

[goronking]

congratulations on getting it out man, sure it'll be an awesome read.

[DarthWayne]

Thanks man.

As a thank you to people on those forums that I frequent and have showed such support over the years my publisher is offering members a 35% discount off the cover price when you purchase the book from their website, www.wordware.com.

Just enter ZB0594 when you order and you’ll get the discount. If you are outside the U.S., where they offer free shipping, you can email Tim McEvoy at Wordware (tmcevoy@wordware.com)and he’ll give you the best shipping rate he can for the order.

Wayne...

[Warin-3DT]

Congrats to your success Wayne!
The book looks amazing!

Warin

[DarthWayne]

Thanks Warin, I spent the best part of 12 months on it so in some ways I'm glad its out now lol. I dont think its possible to fit more into one book than I did with that one. :)


Wayne...

[ClassicGamer-3DT]

Excellent stuff Wayne, although it's not quite the same as hearing you're accent in your tut vids. Unless we adopt the accent style as we read :)

You're a really talanted sculpter though, up there with Alex Oliver in my opinion. You're Mudbox videos are really easy to follow and i'm sure this book will sell out just like your DVD's :)

Best of luck with it.

CG.

[DarthWayne]

Excellent stuff Wayne, although it's not quite the same as hearing you're accent in your tut vids. Unless we adopt the accent style as we read :)

You're a really talanted sculpter though, up there with Alex Oliver in my opinion. You're Mudbox videos are really easy to follow and i'm sure this book will sell out just like your DVD's :)

Best of luck with it.

CG.


http://www.dashdotslash.net/photogallery/data/media/12/essentialZbrush.jpg



Thanks CG, although you wont escape my dulcet tones that easily! (There's 3 hours of video on the DVD that comes with the book. lol) I just do what I do and hope someone finds it interesting to look at apart from myself. What I tried to do was to write the book I would have wanted to read when I was starting out. I wanted to fit as much knowledge in it as I could possibly fit into it. In case anyone wonders what the book loooks like 'in the flesh', I've stuck a quick photo above.

Wayne...

[poopipe]

congratulations on getting a book out mate.

I might actually buy it.

[DarthWayne]

Sample Chapters:



Table of Contents
(http://www.dashdotslash.net/Books/EssentialZBrush_TOC.pdf)
Chapter 1 (http://www.dashdotslash.net/Books/EssentialZBrushPages%201-18.pdf)

Chapter 17 (http://www.dashdotslash.net/Books/EssentialZBrushPages%20469-481.pdf)


OK I've updated the 1st post with the sample chapters and table of contents now available as a pdf.

Wayne...

[Crispy4004]

You couldn't be more right about iconography. I've noticed that the brow and mouth seem to be the biggest struggling points people have. Way too many sculptures out there just draw in the lips and eyebrows without thinking about how the mass behaves around them. Even though I'm aware of these traps, I look at some of my recent work and still see these flaws.

[DarthWayne]

You couldn't be more right about iconography. I've noticed that the brow and mouth seem to be the biggest struggling points people have. Way too many sculptures out there just draw in the lips and eyebrows without thinking about how the mass behaves around them. Even though I'm aware of these traps, I look at some of my recent work and still see these flaws.


One of the reasons I put small sections such as that one throughout the book was that its often forgotten that digitsl sculpting is not jst about moving polygons around. A lot of other things also come into play as well. So this is more than justa theory or project book. So far it seems to be doing exceedingly well despite no promotion to speak of other than a few posts of mine.

Wayne...

[Aniboomer]

excellent! Maybe this time i'll finally figure it out!

[DarthWayne]

excellent! Maybe this time i'll finally figure it out!

I'll keep my fingers crossed for you. :)

Wayne...

[poopipe]

is it wrong that I found it cheap on the register? :D

[DarthWayne]

is it wrong that I found it cheap on the register? :D

My Royalties are the same ammount even if they gave it away free so it's no big deal to me. Although I'm guessing you didn't realise that. ;) Hey if you can get it cheap go for it....

Wayne...

[poopipe]

I did - and now there's no need to feel guilty.

I'm quite looking forward to this, the only other "how to do 3d" books I own are one by mr stahlberg and one by paul steed - I guess that puts you up there with the greats :D

[Freespace-3DT]

I'm not into Zbrush, but I've read the samples, and I've just gotta say, you've got a great way with words, Wayne. Congrats for finishing a year's worth of work, hope your sales go off the charts. :wave:

[DarthWayne]

I'm not into Zbrush, but I've read the samples, and I've just gotta say, you've got a great way with words, Wayne. Congrats for finishing a year's worth of work, hope your sales go off the charts. :wave:

Thanks, it was a lot of hard work but now its all worth it. So now its back onto the whole treadmill again.



Wayne...

[Siege]

Congrats Darth,

Just ordered your book. Was interested in the book from the first mention I saw of it. Then you mentioned the coupon. Couldn't pass it up. Looking forward to gleaming information...

Siege

[DarthWayne]

Congrats Darth,

Just ordered your book. Was interested in the book from the first mention I saw of it. Then you mentioned the coupon. Couldn't pass it up. Looking forward to gleaming information...

Siege

Thanks Siege, I hope you enjoy it.


Wayne...