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Zbrush Character Modeling and Sculpting: Zbrush Course (Udemy.com)

Learn Zbrush! Jump into 3D Game Development and Learn Character Sculpting in Zbrush with this Complete Beginner Course!

Created by: Video School

Last updated November 2025

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What you will learn

  • You will become confident using Zbrush to model and sculpt your own characters, props and other 3D assets
  • You will learn the professional workflow of sculpting a 3D character for use in gaming and movies
  • You will learn all of the Zbrush tools necessary to create your own characters

How it compares

Against the other 175 rated Udemy courses in Digital Painting on CourseDuck:

  • Rating4.3 out of 5higher than 17% of them
  • Reviews142#94 of 176 by number of reviews
  • Length4.2 hourslonger than 56% of them
  • Last updatedNovember 2025more recently than 81% of them

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Course Description

Do you want to learn how to make 3D characters for games or movies?

One of the first steps in the 3D game development workflow is to model and sculpt the character in ZBrush.

With this course, you'll learn how to get started with ZBrush to sculpt your own characters, props or any other game assets. This is the only course you need to get started with Zbrush!

What will you learn in this course?

This Character Modeling and Sculpting in Zbrush course will help you learn the necessary tools and techniques to jump start your career in the creative world of Game Development. You will not only learn how to create amazing game art, but you will also develop the ability to understand and apply current industry workflows and tools that top tier industry professionals utilize to create some of the most memorable AAA gaming titles.

In this course, we will take you through the powerful software tool that is Zbrush.

Zbrush is the 3d Artists swiss army knife, acting as the industry standard modeling and sculpting package an all in one program! It is paramount that any game development artist planning on working in the gaming industry as a, 3d Modeler, 3d Character Artist, Environment Artist, and any 3d Content Creation related job learn Zbrush! This Character Modeling and Sculpting in Zbrush course will provide you with the tools to create an assortment of 3d game assets. We will specifically teach you how to model and sculpt within the software by covering Zbrush at an introductory level, allowing beginners to get started in this creative field.

Topics that we cover throughout the length of this course will range from the ZModeler, which acts as Zbrush’s box modeling tool, to Dynamesh, which allows digital sculptors the ability to endlessly sculpt digital clay by dynamically remeshing the sculpted geometry. We will get down to the core fundamentals that make this software so powerful while making it understandable to any artist looking to learn game development.

Key topics covered in this course:

Don't worry if you don't know what the following terms mean - you'll learn everything in the course!

  • The Zbrush interface

  • Lightbox presets

  • Viewport controls

  • Primitives and Polymesh 3D

  • Brush palette

  • Core Brushes

  • Dynamesh

  • ZRemesher

  • Symmetry with Mirror and Weld

  • Backface Masking

  • Lazy Mouse

  • Masking Brushes

  • Clipping and Trim Brushes

  • Gizmo Move Tool

  • Transpose Tool

  • Subtools

  • Splitting Geometry

  • Polygroups

  • Sculptris Pro

  • and so much more!

Who is your instructor?

This course is a collaboration between Video School Online (one of the top-rated and most popular course creators online) and Class Creatives who are 3D game industry veterans with over 20 years of experience for studios such as Naughty Dog, Insomniac, Guerilla Games, Sucker Punch, Google, Disney and more.

We are committed to making this the best and easiest course for getting started with character sculpting in ZBrush. If you ever get stuck or need help, we'll be here to support you.

Class Creatives have put everything we have into making this the best Zbrush course out there, one that takes you from absolute beginner to advanced user. We have seen a lot of courses teaching this software, but not at the professional level necessary to acquire a job, or to apply the skills within a production pipeline.

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Instructor Details

Video School

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Reviews

4.3

142 ratings on Udemy

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By lucalino ! on 7/3/2026

Perfect introduction to ZBrush. Covering mostly all important features in an easy followable course.

By Anonymized User on 8/7/2023

The estructor needs to explain with more accurately

By Nicholas Cobbs on 11/26/2021

I'm currently beginning my journey into 3D as a professional 2D artist, and so far this course has clearly and concisely explained how Zbrush works so far.

By Jonathan Graeme Fisher on 7/6/2021

this is an good basic introductory course, but it is NOT a character course! There is nothing really about character development, finishing a character or optimising. I gave this 5 stars early on but one face (not even a head) and a shield is not a character.

By George Kostoglou on 6/30/2021

Taking too long to get to the base of the course ...there are a lot of free courses on how to use Zbrush ... I'm more interested on what I can do with it ... I'm half way through the course and so far the content or instructor have not been very engaging.

By Matt Spurlin on 6/12/2021

Wow, hands down one of the best tutorials for beginners if not the best I've seen. Very thorough for an overall understanding to get started and quickly learning the tools, techniques and workflows that are needed for this software.

By Simon Hayag on 11/12/2020

I really enjoyed the lesson structure, videos, and how simple it was. I learned allot! Thank you very much you guys. Keep up the awesome work! Cant wait to try other videos related to it. Thanks again!

By William Angelo Burningham on 8/25/2020

The course was helpful, I was able to grasp some of the information on how to navigate this difficult program. I will rewatch most of the lessons again several times to fully understand how to operate the program properly. The part on creating the nose went by too fast and it was a bit difficult to follow along due to the speed of the instructor, but the dem looked awsome.

By Jeremy Hazel on 2/9/2020

Video School online delivers again, as a creator AND a student......they are my go to for new things I am trying to learn, even if I am familiar with the subject somewhat....I always take their courses because they somehow tease out new fundamentals or new ways of approaching it ...always a great experience

By bob S on 2/6/2020

Indeed, this course is a good match for my current beginner level. ZBrush is an excellent but dauntingly complex interface of tools. This course helps demystify its complexity.

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Overall Score : 86 / 100