scenario-zbrush-stylized

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Use when sculpting a stylized or cartoon character, bust, collectible or toy in ZBrush (Overwatch, Fortnite, Disney look), judging shape language (S and C curves, parallel lines, 70/30, silhouette read at a distance), exaggerating proportions on purpose, keeping stylized planes crisp through subdivision, sculpting stylized hair (chunky clumps, curve tube strands, ClayPolish), or designing a figure for toy production (articulation, wall thickness, scale).

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# ZBrush stylized characters and collectibles Expert stylized work is anatomy simplified on purpose: real landmarks and proportions as the baseline, a few named exaggerations, and shape-language rules an agent can measure on a silhouette. Curves are the agent's best tool: strands, clumps, straps and scarf tails come from computed 3D paths, so a "tweak" regenerates a path instead of sculpting it. If a sibling skill named here is missing from your available skills, ask the user to install it (`npx skills add scenario-labs/skills --skill <name>`); unattended, proceed from tool schemas and flag the gap. **REQUIRED BACKGROUND:** scenario-zbrush-expert (bridge, stroke engine, review loop, 2026 traps). ## Stance (the expert delta) - **Shane Olson:** stylizing is not "an excuse to do bad anatomy". Block a stylized skeleton by the bony landmarks that touch the surface (hip point, knee, both ankle bones, elbow, clavicle tops, base-of-neck vertebra, sacral triangle, skull) and drop bones that never show. Every departure from real proportion is a named knob measured against the real value (the knee halves the leg, hands land at mid-thigh); move knobs carefully, because motion exposes them. - **Guillaume Tiberghien (Keos Masons):** "simple is hard". Add anatomy, then simplify. Stylized means clear directional planes chipped like wood or rock, changes of direction creased so they stay straight when subdivided, and forms tucked into each other for small contact shadows. No color until t...

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scenario-labs
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scenario-labs/skills
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Language
Python
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MIT

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