In this tutorial series from zbrushforillustrators.com presented by Pixologic, the makers of ZBrush, LA-based 2D/3D Concept designer Tony Leonard discusses the benefits of using ZBrush for illustration and the possibilities that he's discovered since integrating it to his workflow.

ZBrush is well known in the art industry as a fantastic tool for digital sculpting, used in almost all major studios. Although not its most obvious application, using it for 2D can have a slew of great benefits as he shows us in this 9 part series.

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Part 1

Part 2

By approaching the 3D object as clay, Tony shows you which brushes he uses to shape the clay and also tells you which brush he thinks is most similar to a pencil in ZBrush.

Part 3

In this video, Tony customizes a ZBrush material to resemble line art and renders out an image to bring into Adobe Photoshop for illustration.

Part 4

Part 4 goes over the process of adding screen tones onto the image in Adobe Photoshop.

Part 5

In this video, Tony talks about the advantages of using the '3D to 2D' pipeline for concept art paint overs.

Part 6

Tony discusses the different tools he prefers for hard surfacing as he designs a mech head in ZBrush.

Part 7

In part 7, Tony continues onto the torso of his mech character and introduces you to kitbashing.

Part 8

In this video Tony goes from ZBrush to Adobe Photoshop with his mech character after showing you how to customize your ZBrush material for line art.

Part 9

In this final installment of the series, Tony Leonard integrates freehand inking to his render to design the rest of his mech and also customizes the ZBrush material to render out a graphic-style image.