Use the arrow keys to move up and down in the tool list.

Push the Solo button to isolate the tool you´re working on.

This allows us to see the colors are we paint them.

Select the “Skin shade for” material from the Materials pallet.

Zbrush uses Polypaint which allows us to paint directly onto the model. Let´s add color and material to our character. The steps are written out below the video.

We will first show you the video for context.

Keep this in mind, because you will be using it a lot. While sculpting, Steve uses a tool which makes ZBrush special, called DynaMesh. This series has 6 parts and in this sixth and final part, you will add Polypaint. He will go through the benefits of integrating 3D into his workflow and breaks down the steps he will be showing you in this series. This article originally appeared in 3D World (opens in new tab) issue 169.Professional 3D artist Steve James, from Pixologic, recorded these amazing video tutorials to show you how to sculpt a head using ZBrushCore. He has also worked on various freelance projects for rapid prototyping, product design and architecture. Titouan Olive (opens in new tab) is a freelance 3D artist working as a lead character artist on videogames and animated films. Your character is now finished and ready to play his part in the circus! But, of course, there are still many things you can do with it if you want to - posing, rendering, creating a new topology, and animating are some of many possibilities - it's up to you to decide where you want to take the character from here Repeat this operation on the side of the jacket and on the lower parts of the trousers. Open Deformation in the Tool menu and play with the Inflate slider to create a kind of bevel.

Now, mask the top border of the jacket and invert the mask (hold down Ctrl and click the canvas). Add a reddish tone to the cheekbones and on the ears, and clean up your painting job if you need to.

Paint the rest of the body using the same techniques, trying to match the patterns and lines in back and front views.

Zbrush painting