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Lukas Kutschera
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Lukas Kutschera

Lukas Kutschera is a 3D artist known for his digitally sculpted characters and creatures for high-end clients in the VFX, Games, and Collectibles industries. These clients include Platige Image, Pixomondo, Hot Toys, and many more. He has also earned recognition for his contributions to the Golden Globe-winning TV show House of the Dragon, where he sculpted the shows' largest dragon, Vhagar. Lukas' interest and expertise in anatomy is evident in his personal artwork, featuring digitally sculpted anatomy studies and portraits. Besides his professional work, he inspires and educates future sculptors by sharing his knowledge and techniques with his following on YouTube and Instagram.
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Creating your own custom brushes

ZBrush offers a wide variety of useful brushes, but there are many instances in which you want to achieve a specific effect on the sculpture’s surface. Custom brushes offer a great solution for this.

We will use an Alpha we created in the previous section and create a custom brush with it. Then we will use that brush to add some detail to our demon bust and save it for later use.

Returning to our demon bust, using the DragRect mode makes the most sense because it will allow us to precisely place the horn on our model while scaling it interactively. This type of DragRect brush with a custom Alpha equipped is among the most commonly used custom brushes and one of the most simple too, so you can use this blueprint to create a variety of custom brushes for your specific needs.

In order to create this custom brush, complete the following steps:

  1. Select the Standard brush (since this brush has basic settings, it is a good choice for...
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Lukas Kutschera

Lukas Kutschera is a 3D artist known for his digitally sculpted characters and creatures for high-end clients in the VFX, Games, and Collectibles industries. These clients include Platige Image, Pixomondo, Hot Toys, and many more. He has also earned recognition for his contributions to the Golden Globe-winning TV show House of the Dragon, where he sculpted the shows' largest dragon, Vhagar. Lukas' interest and expertise in anatomy is evident in his personal artwork, featuring digitally sculpted anatomy studies and portraits. Besides his professional work, he inspires and educates future sculptors by sharing his knowledge and techniques with his following on YouTube and Instagram.
Read more about Lukas Kutschera