XSI + ZBRUSH = great workflow

[loganarts]

Hello Xsiers,

I been using Zbrush latelly for all my modelling work.
i create a simple mesh in XSI, then export it as .OBJ to ZBRUSH and in there i can go crazy on details, then i can use the detailed mesh as a proxy for rendering and texturing and keep the low one to animate.

There is also a very nice method to use the detail created in ZBRUSH as a displacement map in a low res mesh, but that workflow i didnt get right yet.

Heres a head i did in xsi as low poly and then detailed in ZBRUSH:

and heres an arm. again i did it with less than 200 polys in xsi and then detailed it in ZBRUSH

I just wanted to share with ya guys this workflow that is helping me a lot.

cheers

L_

[atyss]

Thanks a lot for this, very interesting!

Cheers
Bernard

[fist]

Have you had any luck recently exporting back into XSI, I am am working on a project that requires me to do the same. please let me know how it goes.

Chris Bell
paranoid delusions Inc

[alfawolph]

that's very, very cool. how well does it animate and translate for rigging in xsi?