Understanding ZBrush

When I first used ZBrush I was blown away at all the features it had, I simply had no idea of what anything did. As I studied it further I started to learn the basics of it, and even though they're basics, they're still hugely important.

Here are just a few of the brushes I find to be essential.

So when I start a model on Zbrush, this brush is so powerful, I use this towards the start just to get the right silhouette of the model and also a few basic anatomical marks such as the zygomatic bone and the jaw.

These two are the next step for me personally, I use these two brushes to block in forms and planes, cheekbones, the brow, chin and so on. I just messily block in forms and then use shift to smooth things out and blend them into the face more naturally.

Dam Standard is such a good brush for cutting in forms, areas like inbetween your lips, eyelids, and generally just sharp pinches or cuts. I haven't found a limit of the uses for this brush yet.