The Character Portrait: Sculpting the Alien Mystic - ZBrush Creature Design: Creating Dynamic Concept Imagery for Film and Games - page 93

Figure 2-36: The mouth and eyes are based on very human shapes to help the viewer relate to the charac-
ter.
To add a sense of fleshiness, I use the Clay Tubes brush. One of the secrets to creating a soft fleshy feeling
in a sculpt is to avoid deep, dark divisions between all your forms. The Clay Tubes brush is chosen because
it adds into the recesses first and makes the undulations on the surface of the sculpture more subtle. Figure
2-37 shows a fold at the side of the mouth before and after being softened with the Clay Tubes brush. Make
sure to turn off the Alpha on the brush to get the softening effect ( Figure 2-38 ).
Figure 2-37: By brushing into the spaces between folds with the Clay Tubes brush, you can accentuate the
appearance of soft flesh.
Figure 2-38: Be sure to turn off the Alpha on the Clay Tubes brush to get the maximum softening effect of
the brush.