Painting the Interdimensional Traveler - ZBrush Creature Design: Creating Dynamic Concept Imagery for Film and Games - page 260

Painting Some Corrections
At this stage, I can make some corrections using the Paint Brush tools. We will use the eyedropper to sample
color directly from the grayscale image and paint out any errors or artifacts in the sculpture. We can correct
errors or paint in highlights in areas we may have missed before. In the steps below, I will show you how I
paint out a rendering artifact in the abdomen.
1. I zoom into the image with base layer selected. I focused on the abdominal area where the geometry
has a faceting effect that is distracting ( Figure 5-32 ) .
2. We always want to avoid painting directly into a layer whenever possible. This allows us more freedom
to revert from changes or turn them off entirely. Create a new layer by pressing the Ctrl + Shift + N hot
key. Name this layer “Corrections.” We will paint our corrections into this layer rather than the original
figure layer.
3. From the Brush menu, select a round brush and turn the hardness all the way down so the edges are as
soft as possible. Turn down opacity to about 60%.
. This allows you to sample color directly from the image itself. This is a huge benefit when trying to paint
into an image. It allows you to use the image itself as your color palette rather than try to use the color
picker to find accurate hues and values.
Figure 5-32: We can see the geometry in the abdomen has some faceting that needs to be corrected.