The Interdimensional Traveler: A Full Body Character Design - ZBrush Creature Design: Creating Dynamic Concept Imagery for Film and Games - page 123

Now we want to catch shadow in areas to suggest more attenuated sinewy muscle in the body. Select the
Standard brush and at the midriff carve in some hollows beneath the thoracic arch to give the impression of
tight-knit abdomen muscles extending down the torso ( Figure 3-22 ) . Again, this is based on real anatomy
that has been pushed into a more extreme representation. As you can see in Figure 3-23 , the abdominal
muscles do indeed flow in the direction I am placing them on this figure. The idea is that I am suggesting the
presence of the muscles by pulling out bits of shadow around them without having to completely sculpt the
entire muscle. This helps to keep things a little more subtle. While working on the form, I will often switch
to the BasicMaterial2 material because it has a specular shine that I find makes it easier to judge form.
I decide I need to lengthen the legs again. Using Transpose Move, I elongate them ( Figure 3-24 ) . This
change makes the leg length closer to the length of the arm from the pit of the neck to the fingertips. You
can measure this manually using the transpose line. Click and drag from the pit of the neck to the fingertips
and note the value at the upper left of the screen. Draw another transpose line from the groin to the toes and
compare this measurement ( Figure 3-25 ) . They should be close to equal.
Figure 3-22: Etching in the abdominal muscles