Sculpting and Retopo Workflow - Mastering Blender - page 144

Grab Grab (g) is a simple and useful tool. The Grab tool enables the user to manually move portions of the
mesh in the Grab tool's area of influence. Usually this tool is used to nudge portions of the mesh into shape
or to shift their location slightly.
Layer Layer (l) acts as the equivalent of slapping a new layer of clay onto the shape, or, in its subtractive
form, of scooping a layer of clay from the surface.
Flatten/Contrast Flatten/Contrast (f) pushes vertices toward a plane perpendicular to the view, causing the
mesh to become flat in the tool's area of influence.
Blob Blob causes spherical bumps to arise in the mesh in the place where the brush is.
Clay Clay adds volume to the mesh in a manner comparable to slapping more clay onto the surface.
Crease Crease creates sharp indentations, or creases, in a way similar to a combination of negative Draw,
Smooth, and Pinch.
Fill/Deepen Fill/Deepen can be used on uneven surfaces to fill in depressed places or deepen them. This
brush has no effect on even surfaces.
Nudge Nudge is similar to Grab but much more subtle. It is used to push vertices around gently, without dis-
turbing the shape of the mesh much.
Thumb Thumb is similar to Nudge and Grab. It is a stronger force than Nudge, but it is not sustained like
Grab. It gets its name from pushing clay with quick thumb movements.
Polish Polish smooths the mesh while also flattening the surface it's applied on and reducing the volume of
the mesh.
Twist Twist twists vertices on the surface of the mesh around the point where the brush touches the mesh.
Snake Hook Snake Hook pulls an extension from the surface of the mesh to follow the brush.
Scrape/Peaks Scrape/Peaks brings peaks in an uneven surface down closer to the level of the surface.
The shape of the brush's influence is determined by the brush's curve, shown in Figure 3-4 . The line of the
curve represents the shape of the indentation or protrusion of the Draw tool. If the line goes from upper left to
lower right in a convex shape, the brush's effect is of a rounded, abrupt protrusion.