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ZBRUSH ARTIST :: NICK ZUCARELLO
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Painting Your Model

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Painting your model will make it even more impressive. ZBrush has a number of ways to go about it:

  • Polypaint
  • Texture Maps
  • Spotlight
  • ZAppLink

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