Make Your Very Own Custom Hair Brush And Hairstyle In Zbrush

Set up the project by doubling the canvas resolution, loading a female head, adding a cylinder with the simple brush, and converting it to polygons 3D mesh to explore polygroups.

Create and arrange hair strands by duplicating cylinders, adjusting height with the y-axis, and scaling, then group eight strands into one poly group for later separation.

Separate hair strand meshes into distinct polygroups with different colors, then mask and invert selections to straighten cylinder tops and define top, bottom, and middle polygroups.

Learn to create top, middle, and bottom polygroups for cylinders in ZBrush by masking, grouping, and toggling visibility, then prepare three distinct polygroups for your hair brush.

Learn to create a brand new brush in ZBrush from a cylinder mesh, using the brush palette to make a curve brush and draw hair shapes.

Enable curve mode in the stroke menu, turn on points and stretch, set curve resolution to 17, and observe hair-like results as draw size changes.

Apply a new hair brush to a female head, adjust depth and distance for surface contact, enable size falloff, and use curve modifiers to add volume and shape the hairstyle.

Learn how to save and rename brushes in ZBrush, load brush presets on startup, and create a custom brush icon by painting a sphere and saving the icon.

Build up the demo hair by adjusting brush settings, shaping and styling strands on the head, adding half-strands with grouped brushes.

Create your own custom hairbrush and design a variety of hairstyles for your character in ZBrush.