Scale вЂ“ click+drag end pointВ in line direction Inflate вЂ“ Right-click+dragВ end ring furthest from meshД¬reate Edgeloop & extrude вЂ“ with partially masked mesh, hold Ctrl and click+dragВ center point Stretch mesh вЂ“ drag end pointВ furthest from meshДЇlatten mesh вЂ“ drag end pointВ next to mesh The terms centerВ or endВ refer to the position on the line.Д«end mesh вЂ“ Alt+click+dragВ center or end point These actions apply to the inner redВ or whiteВ rings of the action line. Quick tip: in Move/ScaleВ mode, Alt+click+dragВ on the mesh (not on action line) to move or scale mesh.To change action line end point position вЂ“ click+drag orange end ring To move action line after drawing вЂ“ click+dragВ orange line or center orange ring To move action line while drawing вЂ“ hold Spacebar to align to an axis, click the end of the red, green or blue axis line.click on the mesh to reposition the action line aligned to the surface normal.with a 3D mesh in Edit mode, click W, E, RВ and draw the orange action line.Rotate вЂ“ Right-click & drag (can be over the model) Scale вЂ“ Ctrl+Right-click & drag (can be over the model) Move вЂ“ Alt+Right-click & drag (can be over the model) (Turn on RightClick NavigationВ in the Preferences>InterfaceВ menu.) (For best results turn off RightClick NavigationВ in the Preferences>InterfaceВ menu.) Rotate around Z-axis вЂ“ Shift, Click, release Shift, drag Scale вЂ“ Alt+Click, Release Alt, drag Background Load selected item вЂ“ Double-click on Lightbox thumbnailВ (texture/alphas will be loaded into Spotlight if it is active)Д¬onstrain to 90-degree rotation вЂ“ Click+drag, press Shift Show alternative item description вЂ“ Ctrl+Alt+cursor over itemДЄssign custom hotkey вЂ“ Ctrl+Alt+click on itemВ (store hotkeys in Preferences> Hotkeys submenu) Show item description (when Popup Info is switched on) вЂ“ Ctrl+cursor over item Show QuickMenu вЂ“ Spacebar or Right Mouse click Materials вЂ“ F6В (with cursor offВ canvas area) When you use ZBrush youвЂ™ll be working with the same tools used by film studios, game developers, toy/collectible makers, jewelry designers, automotive/aviation designers, illustrators and artists the world over Its features enable you to use customizable brushes to shape, texture and paint virtual clay in a real-time environment that provides instant feedback. This will be covered in the next tutorial which will follow in a couple of days вЂ“ stay tuned.ZBrush sets the industry standard for digital sculpting. Then I have a mesh that I can work with and the next step will be to change to Dynamesh to block in some features to the character. I always do it in this order when creating a character with ZSpheres, donвЂ™t know why but it gives me the best results:-) Where to go from here?ДЄfter the mesh fits my needs I will press the button Make Adaptive Skin. I started with the belly and upperbody, added the legs and feet, then the arms, hands and finally the head. Knowing these speeds up your work a lot and you can better focus on the model because of fewer mouse-interaction with the menus of ZBrush. When working with ZSpheres it is very important in my opinion to know the keyboard shortcuts for changing between Draw, Move and Scale. You can follow my video here to see how I created the mesh: I am using the ZSphere approach to create a first mesh for my character cause they are really handy. Sketch of dog for ZBrush basemesh Base mesh with ZSpheres

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