In ZBrush, I made a base to support the bust, rather than a classical style I decided to go for something clean and contemporary looking- thinking it would be suitable for my model, being created using new technology rather than traditional sculpture. The retopology tools enabled me to make a cleaner, simpler mesh, and project all the detail back onto it.Ĭreating a bust and hollowing a 3D model in ZBrush Next, I painted out the stickers and filled in the holes. I also cut out the unwanted bits of mesh (for some reason my head had decided to sprout a tree!). First I polished out the unwanted lumps and bumps from the original capture with the smooth tool. I cleaned the head up using Pixologic’s ZBrush. In this ZBrush tutorial, we will learn how to prepare a bust for 3D printing. Here we will focus on the work you have to do in ZBrush once you import your 3D scan. For 3D printing, however, this model needs to be cleaned up and edited. 123D Catch is a free scanning app that allows turning smartphone photos into a 3D model. In this tutorial character artist, Matt Bagshaw will show us how to scan your head for free and how to prepare the 3D model for 3D printing in ZBrush.The head bust below was created by using a combination of 123D Catch and ZBrush. You can start from scratch or import scans to work on. ZBrush is great for design programs for 3D modeling and 3D sculpting organic objects.

Luckily, 3D sculpting software ZBrush is perfect for doing the trick. However, scans typically need some cleaning up before we can send them to a 3D printer. Scanning and 3D printing are a match made in heaven.

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