Rendering the Enforcer - ZBrush Creature Design: Creating Dynamic Concept Imagery for Film and Games - page 683

The great thing about this approach is that the materials are blended smoothly as the colors on the surface
transition from light to dark.
1. Continue with the project from the last section. In the Brush palette, select the Standard brush. Make
sure the Rgb button on the top shelf is on. ZAdd, ZSub, M, and Mrgb buttons should be off.
2. Set the Rgb intensity to 22.
3. Select the alpha 58.
4. In the Brush palette, set Spin Center to 1 and Spin rate to 5. This rotates the alpha as you paint, which
helps to create a nice pattern of overlapping marks.
5. In the color palette, set the color to a light yellowish tan.
6. In the Masking palette, set Cavity Mask intensity to 100 and press the Create Cavity Mask button. Turn
off “View Mask” so that the mask is invisible as you paint.
7. Paint the light tan color over the surface of the corset. As you paint, you should see that the lighter areas
are less shiny than the darker areas. Paint so that the darker areas are mostly within the cracks of the corset
(see Figure 10-34 ).
8. Paint a dark gray on the studs and add a few oily splotches to sell the worn look. Figure 10-35 shows
the corset rendered with BPR.
9. You can adjust the settings in the shaders of the wornLeather materials to fine tune the look after you
have painted the surface. Save the project when you're happy with the way it's looking.
Figure 10-34: Lighter colors are painted on the surface. The remaining darker colors appear shinier than
the lighter areas.