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Creating Stylized Hairstyles Using ZBrush

Learn how to use ZBrush's powerful tools to create dynamic and expressive hairstyles for your stylized characters. In this 2.5-hour workshop, Lead 3D Character Artist Dan Eder shares a deep dive into his process for sculpting stylized 3D hair with ZBrush.

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Designing a Custom Kitbash Library

Learn to build your own hard-surface kitbash library with Gavin Manners. Create subassemblies, generate ideas for mech designs, and use custom kitbash parts effectively. This workshop assumes basic knowledge of Blender and Photoshop. Kit and 3D files included.

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Forbidden inspiration & the concept behind Ehsan Bigloo's workshop

Iran, the 1980s. Ehsan Bigloo slips a recorded tape into his parents' Betamax machine — forbidden under Iranian law. He is whisked behind the scenes of Hollywood's best creature features: Alien, Star Wars, E.T., The Thing, Aliens, and Predator. Inspired, he starts sketching...

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Key Illustration Workflow for Film & TV

When designing for film, there are many approaches an artist can take to conceptualize an idea. This 4-hour workshop by Framestore Art Director, Philippe Gaulier, walks you through one of the workflows he uses when creating concept art for his clients, whether it’s for a film or TV series.

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Creating Environment Concept Art for Games With Asim A. Steckel

Master Building Design Using Photoshop, 3D-Coat & Octane for Blender Creating and developing production art for games demands not only a

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Creating Stylized Hairstyles Using ZBrush

Mar 23, 2023

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Designing a Custom Kitbash Library

Mar 02, 2023

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Forbidden inspiration & the concept behind Ehsan Bigloo's workshop

Mar 01, 2023

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Key Illustration Workflow for Film & TV

Feb 23, 2023

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Creating Environment Concept Art for Games With Asim A. Steckel

Feb 16, 2023

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The Top 22 Gnomon Workshops of 2022

Feb 15, 2023

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Interviews

Mar 01, 2023

Forbidden inspiration & the concept behind Ehsan Bigloo's workshop

Iran, the 1980s. Ehsan Bigloo slips a recorded tape into his parents' Betamax machine — forbidden under Iranian law. He is whisked behind the scenes of Hollywood's best creature features: Alien, Star Wars, E.T., The Thing, Aliens, and Predator. Inspired, he starts sketching...

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Nov 29, 2021

Babak Bina

Babak Bina has an interesting story to tell. From his home country of Iran to the shores of Canada, he's worked at Double Negative, Method Studios, and Scanline VFX, and on projects ranging from Game of Thrones and Avengers to Star Trek and Wonder Woman. Read his interview right here.

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Krystal Sae Eua

Krystal Sae Eua

Oct 20, 2021

So You've Learned Maya, What’s Next?

So You've Learned Maya, What’s Next?

Sep 28, 2021

Crystal Bretz

Jun 13, 2021

James Miller

May 14, 2020

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Artist News

Feb 15, 2023

The Top 22 Gnomon Workshops of 2022

Last year, we saw another 12 months of fantastic learnings, insights, and tips from the incredibly talented artists at The

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Sep 23, 2020

Discover The Top 5 Workshops Everyone Is Watching This Month

Want to learn what everyone else is doing right now? Here are the top 5 training titles in The Gnomon Workshop library this month, as decided by our subscribers.

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May 01, 2019

Maciej Kuciara concept artist for Terminator: Dark Fate

The legendary Terminator movie has yet another sequel coming out in November. Terminator: Dark Fate will be the sixth movie in the series and Gnomon Instructor Maciej Kuciara has done some incredible concept art for the film.

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Mar 15, 2019

Justin Holt texture supervisor for New Mutants

Justin Holt was a Texture Supervisor for the upcoming movie New Mutants which has been in limbo for a long time, but this new horror and superhero movie is soon to be in theaters.

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Creating Stylized Hairstyles Using ZBrush

Mar 23, 2023

Designing a Custom Kitbash Library

Mar 02, 2023

Key Illustration Workflow for Film & TV

Feb 23, 2023

Creating Environment Concept Art for Games With Asim A. Steckel

Feb 16, 2023

Animating Body Mechanics in Maya

Feb 02, 2023

Creating Keyframe Concepts for Film & Animation

Jan 26, 2023

Creating Fantasy Illustrations With Procreate

Jan 13, 2023

Introduction to ZBrush 2022

Jan 03, 2023

Professional Character Design For Film

Dec 15, 2022

Creating a Realistic Humanoid 3D Character With Babak Bina

Dec 08, 2022

Sculpting Miniatures for Boardgames Using ZBrush With Francesco Orru

Dec 01, 2022

Designing Unique Vehicle Concepts for Production

Nov 17, 2022

Sculpting with ZModeler

Nov 10, 2022

Elephant Anatomy Vol. 1 & 2 With Terryl Whitlatch

Nov 03, 2022

Sculpting the Human Skull

Oct 27, 2022

Creating Creature Fur Using XGen & Arnold

Oct 20, 2022

Designing a Military Aircraft

Oct 13, 2022

Modeling a Stylized Character for Games

Oct 06, 2022

Cinematic Lighting in Unreal Engine 5

Sep 28, 2022

Creating a Sci-Fi Hallway in Unreal Engine 5

Sep 21, 2022

Enemy Creature Design for Games: FLESH-TEK — Vol. 1 With J.P. Targete

Sep 14, 2022

Using Blender for Environment Concept Art with Jonas Hassibi

Sep 08, 2022

Introduction to Maya 2023: Volume 3

Sep 01, 2022

Unreal Engine 5 Lighting Fundamentals

Aug 19, 2022

Creating Cinematic Compositions for Production

Aug 11, 2022

Designing & Creating a Creature Bust With Pascal Raimbault

Aug 04, 2022

Creating Stylized VFX in Unreal Engine 5

Jul 29, 2022

Designing & Modeling a Creature with Scales

Jul 14, 2022

Designing a Transforming Super Mecha

Jul 07, 2022

Creating Stylized Characters for Production

Jun 29, 2022

Unreal Engine 5 Material System Overview

Jun 23, 2022

The Making of “RED MYST” With Maarten Verhoeven

Jun 15, 2022

Introduction to Maya 2023: Volume 2

Jun 02, 2022

Designing Animation Backgrounds Using Blender & Photoshop

May 25, 2022

Creating a Stylized 3D Character Illustration

May 18, 2022

Illustrating Dynamic Concept Designs

May 09, 2022

Introduction to Maya 2023: Volume 1

Apr 26, 2022

Real-Time Filmmaking in Unreal Engine 5 — THE EYE: CALANTHEK

Apr 18, 2022

Acting for Animators: Become Your Character

Apr 12, 2022

Creature Modeling With ZBrush & Marmoset Toolbag

Mar 29, 2022

Storyboarding Techniques: Creating a Polished Animatic

Mar 08, 2022

Creating High-Resolution Custom Trees Using SpeedTree

Feb 15, 2022

CREATIVITY: Creature & World Design

Feb 01, 2022

CREATIVITY: Story & Character Development

Jan 25, 2022

Discover The Top 21 Gnomon Workshops of 2021

Jan 19, 2022

Creating an FX Production Shot in Houdini

Jan 18, 2022

Superhero Concept Design for Film & TV

Jan 11, 2022

Creating Complex Vegetation & Foliage for Games

Dec 21, 2021

Cinematic Production Techniques Using the Unreal Engine Sequencer

Dec 14, 2021

Controlled Building Demolition FX in Houdini

Dec 07, 2021

Preparing ZBrush Models for 3D Printing

Nov 30, 2021

Creating a Medieval Castle in Unreal Engine 5

Nov 22, 2021

Complete Photogrammetry Workflow

Nov 15, 2021

Storyboarding Techniques: Creating a Fight Sequence

Nov 09, 2021

Introduction to Pyro FX in Houdini: Volume 2

Nov 02, 2021

Introduction to Pyro FX in Houdini: Volume 1

Oct 27, 2021

Gesture Drawing Fundamentals

Oct 12, 2021

Efficient Techniques for Building 3D Environments

Oct 05, 2021

Cleaning Up Scanned Assets for Production

Sep 21, 2021

Introduction to Grooming With Ornatrix in Maya

Sep 07, 2021

Introduction to Katana

Aug 30, 2021

Creating a Male Groom With XGen

Aug 19, 2021

Creature Grooming Techniques in Houdini

Aug 05, 2021

Animating Creature Walk Cycles in Maya

Aug 02, 2021

Creating an Original 3D Creature Concept: Viper Dragon

Jul 25, 2021

Photorealistic Character Look Dev in Maya & Arnold

Jul 15, 2021

Environment Design for Virtual Production in Unreal Engine 4

Jun 24, 2021

Gaea Essentials: Create Realistic Procedural Environments

Jun 20, 2021

Creating Sci-Fi Keyframe Concept Art

Jun 10, 2021

Procedural Shading Techniques for Houdini & Arnold

Jun 07, 2021

Creating Beatboards for Pre-Production

May 27, 2021

Material Texturing for Production in Mari & Maya

May 20, 2021

Master Rigging & Python Scripting in Maya

May 13, 2021

Creating Stylized Facial Rigs for Production in Maya

May 06, 2021

Introduction to Creature Design: Volume 2

Apr 29, 2021

Introduction to Creating Facial Blendshapes in Maya

Apr 20, 2021

Matching a Stylized Concept in ZBrush

Apr 14, 2021

Character Rigging in Maya for Game Production With Taylor Whitsett

Mar 30, 2021

Lighting & Look Dev Essentials Vol 2: Shading & Texturing

Mar 11, 2021

Optimization for Games: Settings, Materials, Textures & Commands

Feb 25, 2021

Digital Painting in Photoshop

Feb 18, 2021

Rigging The Jaw With Python in Maya By Arturo Coso

Feb 03, 2021

Creating a Photorealistic 3D Prop for Production With Babak Bina

Jan 27, 2021

Creating Creature Hair & Fur Grooms in Houdini

Jan 20, 2021

Introduction to Creature Design: Volume 1

Jan 12, 2021

Introduction to the Houdini Ocean Toolset

Dec 28, 2020

Introduction to Particle FX in Houdini: Vol. 1

Dec 16, 2020

Creating Procedural Environments in Gaea & Houdini

Dec 09, 2020

Maya Customization for Faster Animation With Ari Flesch

Dec 02, 2020

Introduction to ZBrush 2021 With Madeleine Scott-Spencer

Nov 25, 2020

Introduction to Creating Game-Ready Foliage

Nov 11, 2020

Understanding The Principles of Poster Design

Oct 30, 2020

Creating a Stylized Groom in Maya & XGen

Oct 21, 2020

Creating a Combat Finishing Takedown

Oct 13, 2020

Introduction to Substance Painter 2020

Oct 08, 2020

3D Scan Integration Techniques

Sep 10, 2020

Subtle Performance Workflow Vol. 2

Aug 16, 2020

Creating a Fantasy Creature with Babak Bina

Aug 05, 2020

Natural Environment Creation Techniques

Jul 21, 2020

Introduction to Massive Prime

Jul 15, 2020

Subtle Performance Workflow Vol. 1

Jul 09, 2020

Facial Animation for Feature Animated Films

Jun 30, 2020

Product Rendering with V-Ray

Jun 23, 2020

Grooming in Yeti: Hair Solutions for an Animation Pipeline

Jun 10, 2020

Creating Procedural Environments in Houdini with Wojtek Piwowarczyk

Jun 01, 2020

Modeling and Rendering a Realistic Jumping Spider with Eric Keller

May 20, 2020

Exterior Scene Development with Adrien Vallecilla

May 13, 2020

Creating a Stylized Female Character

Apr 29, 2020

Introduction to ZBrush 2020

Apr 16, 2020

Original Creature Concepts with Pablo Munoz Gomez

Apr 12, 2020

3D Landscapes with Houdini and Clarisse

Mar 30, 2020

Anatomy for Artists Volume 3

Mar 18, 2020

Anatomy for Artists Volume 2

Mar 05, 2020

Creating a Photoreal Interior with Adrien Vallecilla

Feb 17, 2020

NCloth for Production: Simulating a Warrior Monk’s Robe

Jan 22, 2020

Character Animation and Video Reference Workflow with Sarah Arduini

Jan 12, 2020

Designing a Piloted Combat Mech

Dec 19, 2019

Anatomy for Artists: Understanding the Back and Shoulder Muscles

Nov 11, 2019

How to make a Creature with Character with Ian Joyner

Oct 24, 2019

Look Development and Lighting Techniques for Film

Oct 17, 2019

Creating Translucent Creature Skin

Sep 25, 2019

The Art of Iconic Creature Design

Sep 03, 2019

Creating keyframe illustrations for film

Aug 27, 2019

Lighting the CG Portrait

Aug 21, 2019

Designing a Goddess of War

Aug 07, 2019

3D and 2D Techniques for 360 degree Panoramic Illustration

Jul 30, 2019

Cinematic Illustration for film

Jul 16, 2019

Advanced Illustration and Key Art Techniques

Jul 09, 2019

Creating Stone Wall Materials in Substance Designer

Jul 02, 2019

3D Illustration and Environment Modeling Workflows

Jun 26, 2019

Creating Volumetric Effects with Houdini

Jun 19, 2019

Hunting the Idea: Creative Concept Design

Jun 12, 2019

Environmental Storytelling: Composition and Shape Language with Eddie Bennun

Jun 03, 2019

Creating Complex Designs and Patterns, Substance Designer and ZBrush Techniques with Nate Stephens

May 14, 2019

Introduction to Lighting for Animation

May 08, 2019

Creature Sculpting with Dominic Qwek

May 01, 2019

From Previs to Final Animation

Apr 24, 2019

Sculpting the Planes of the Head

Apr 16, 2019

The Art of the Armature, Mastering the Pose

Apr 09, 2019

Introduction to Clarisse V4: Creating a large scale environment

Apr 02, 2019

Houdini Terrain Techniques with Robby Branham

Mar 26, 2019

SynthEyes Tracking for Production

Mar 19, 2019

Building a Stylized Environment, Volume 3

Mar 13, 2019

Building a Stylized Environment, Volume 2

Mar 05, 2019

Building a Stylized Environment, Volume 1

Feb 27, 2019

Houdini Randomization and Scattering with Robby Branham

Feb 20, 2019

Mech Design for the Entertainment Industry

Feb 14, 2019

Sci-Fi Fantasy Design and Illustration

Jan 30, 2019

Realistic Dog Grooming for Production with Xgen

Jan 22, 2019

Introduction to Houdini 17

Dec 25, 2018

Designing a Modular Environment using Unreal

Dec 18, 2018

Creating an Illustration from A to Z with Pascal Blanché

Dec 04, 2018

2D Fantasy Illustration with Jana Schirmer

Nov 14, 2018

Narrative Character Design: Creating Heroes with Ryan Meinerding

Nov 06, 2018

Vehicle Texturing in Substance Painter: From Clean to Mean

Oct 30, 2018

Creating a Female Hairstyle for Production with Maya XGen

Oct 17, 2018

Animation for Television VFX with Elaina Scott

Oct 02, 2018

Creating Assets for Games Using Photogrammetry

Aug 07, 2018

Narrative Design through Compositional Storytelling

Aug 01, 2018

Robotic 3D Design for Entertainment

Jul 18, 2018

Introduction to MODO

Jul 10, 2018

Anatomy of the Human Leg and Hip

Jul 04, 2018

Introduction to Substance Painter 2018

Jun 26, 2018

Introduction to VFX for Games in Unreal

Jun 19, 2018

3D Scan and Retopology for Production

Apr 18, 2018

Environment Creation for VR using Photogrammetry

Mar 29, 2018

Introduction to the UV Toolkit in Autodesk Maya 2018

Mar 06, 2018

Vehicle Modeling for Production

Jan 16, 2018

Hyper-real Insect Design

Nov 28, 2017

Environment Art Lookdev Using Unreal & Photogrammetry

Oct 24, 2017

Visual Development for Environments

Oct 17, 2017

Texturing and Shading for Production

Sep 05, 2017

Creating First Person Shooter Animations for Games

Aug 27, 2017

Creating Key Art Illustration for Film and Games

Jul 11, 2017

Combat Animation for Games with Jason Shum

Jul 02, 2017

Practical Vehicle Design for Film and Television

Jun 20, 2017

Pre-Visualization for Film

May 30, 2017

Cloth modeling pipeline with Marvelous designer

May 23, 2017

Environment Creation for Film and Cinematics

Mar 28, 2017

Creating Props for Games Vol. 2 - Texturing & Shading for Production

Mar 21, 2017

Creature Rigging for Production

Mar 07, 2017

Creature Modeling for Production

Feb 28, 2017

Introduction to Arnold

Feb 22, 2017

Creating Props for Games, Vol. 1

Jan 11, 2017

Character Modeling for Production: Maximizing Your Workflow for Deadlines

Dec 20, 2016

Creating Game Ready Animations for Production with Bill Buckley

Dec 01, 2016

TRex lookDev and lighting with Maya and Arnold

Nov 22, 2016

Creating a Gun in Modo

Oct 11, 2016

Introduction to Redshift for Maya with Christophe Desse

Oct 04, 2016

Creating Hyper Realistic Characters in ZBrush

Jul 05, 2016

Developing Storytelling Skills from Life

Jun 14, 2016

Look Development with V-Ray for Maya

May 16, 2016

Figure Fundamentals Volume 4: Drawing The Male Head With Planes And Tones

Mar 17, 2016

Introduction to V-Ray

Feb 09, 2016

Anatomy Workshop Volume Six: Structure and Anatomy of the Arm

Dec 28, 2015

Creating a Sci-Fi Alleyway, Detailed Environment Techniques with Devon Fay

Dec 09, 2015

Demystifying Substance Designer

Nov 11, 2015

Figure Fundamentals Volume 3

Nov 05, 2015

Creating an Epic Matte Painting Shot, Advanced Techniques with Igor Staritsin

Oct 21, 2015

3D Creature Design

Oct 09, 2015

Scripting Fundamentals, Volume 1 with Mike Harris

Aug 26, 2015

Figure Fundamentals Volume 2

Aug 05, 2015

CityEngine in VFX: Shot Based Approach To High Quality Procedural Film Sets

Jul 29, 2015

Illustration from Imagination

Jul 22, 2015

Figure Fundamentals Volume 1

Jul 16, 2015

Airship Arrival

Jul 09, 2015

Sci-Fi Costume Design in ZBrush with Luca Nemolato

May 20, 2015

Texturing Environments with Mari

May 14, 2015

Character Concept Design With Johnny Fraser-Allen

May 06, 2015

Efficient Cinematic Lighting 2: Lighting for Animation

Apr 08, 2015

Introduction to World Machine with Dax Pandhi

Mar 25, 2015

Sculpting a Dragon with ZBrush With Maarten Verhoeven

Feb 04, 2015

Environment Modeling and Sculpting for Game Production

Dec 24, 2014

Introduction to Maya Fluid Effects Vol.2 - Cloud Simulation Fundamentals with Wayne Hollingsworth

Dec 10, 2014

Making Frankenstein’s Monster with Peter Zoppi

Nov 19, 2014

Photo Collage Prototyping with Ryan Hawkins

Sep 24, 2014

Environment Design for Film: Integrating 2D and 3D Techniques with Maciej Kuciara

Sep 10, 2014

Creating Believable 3D Environments: The Making of “Unmystified” with Seth Thompson

Sep 04, 2014

Performance & Acting: Creating Believable Characters with In-Ah Roediger

Aug 27, 2014

3D Character Design: Sculpt, Model, Render with Josh Herman

Aug 20, 2014

3D Creature Design: Alien Rock Grubber – Concept, Model, Texture, Render with Jerad S. Marantz

Aug 13, 2014

Design Techniques for 3D Concept Art

May 08, 2014

Creating Terrains with Satellite Data, Volume 2 Maya Based Workflow with Alex Alvarez

Apr 24, 2014

Creating Terrains with Satellite Data, Volume 1 Maya Based Workflow with Alex Alvarez

Apr 24, 2014

Concept Design Workflow Vol 2: Using Modo and Photoshop to Visualize Design

Apr 03, 2014

Concept Design Workflow Vol 1: Composition Sketching

Apr 03, 2014

Matte Painting Techniques for Concept Design

Mar 25, 2014

Advanced 3D Matte Painting Techniques with Garrett Fry

Mar 06, 2014

The Making of Totem - 3D World Cover, with Alex Alvarez

Jan 21, 2014

Creating Realistic Skin with ZBrush and Keyshot

Nov 05, 2013

Sculpting a Stylized Character with David Meng

Jul 22, 2013

Mechanical Character Design with Joe Peterson

Apr 30, 2013

Anatomy Workshop Vol.4 - Anatomy of the Human Head with Charles Hu

Apr 22, 2013

Anatomy Workshop Vol. 5 - Structure and Anatomy of the Human Torso with Charles Hu

Apr 22, 2013

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