Essential Rock Creation Techniques | Daniel Castillo

In this fully narrated, step-by-step tutorial Daniel Castillo teams up with Levelup.Digital to share his impressive sculpting and texturing techniques for creating rocks. This is an essential lesson for anyone looking to learn how to create game-ready, realistic rocks from start to finish.

Daniel starts by sharing his sculpting workflow and brushes in ZBrush, followed by low poly, UVs, and map baking. The tutorial also covers texturing in Substance Painter as well as his presentation in Marmoset Toolbag.

Whether you're new to rock creation, or an experienced professional, get ready to pick up some useful tools and techniques! 

About the Instructor

Daniel Castillo is an Environment Artist from Spain well know for his amazing rock sculpts. His distinct and clean style really sets his work apart. He has experience working at Machine Games in Sweden and Mercury Steam in Madrid. 

Contents

- 6 hours narrated, step-by-step video tutorial

- 1080 Resolution

- Stream video directly (for Studios who need downloadable files, get in touch)

- UI settings

- ZMaterials

- Brushes

Chapters


  • Setup
  • Sculpting
  • Low Poly
  • Creating UVs
  • Baking
  • Texturing
  • Rendering


Software Used

- ZBrush

- Substance Painter

- Blender

- xNormal

- Marmoset Toolbag

Level

Intermediate

Prerequisite

Familiar with software used

License

Personal, Small Business, and Studio/Educational Licenses are available. Personal licenses do NOT apply to companies or organizations. Sharing, streaming, and redistribution to third-party is strictly prohibited.

*Digital products are non-refundable

Personal License
$10
License: Standard License
Stock Assets

For personal use and one commercial project (up to 2,000 sales or 20,000 views).

Tutorials

One copy to be used by a single user.

Installable Tools

One installation by a single user.

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Files (8)
References
zip /
170 MB
DanielCastillo_Rocks_01
mp4 /
930 MB
DanielCastillo_Rocks_02
mp4 /
970 MB
DanielCastillo_Rocks_03
mp4 /
970 MB
DanielCastillo_Rocks_04
mp4 /
390 MB
DanielCastillo_Rocks_05
mp4 /
590 MB
DanielCastillo_Rocks_Intro
mp4 /
110 MB
ResourcesDanielCastillo
rar /
18 MB
Small Business License
$75
License: Extended Commercial License
Stock Assets

For use on an unlimited number of commercial projects with no limits on sales or views.

Learn More
Applies to companies or schools with revenues UNDER $100K. Read MoreRead Less
Files (8)
References
zip /
170 MB
DanielCastillo_Rocks_01
mp4 /
930 MB
DanielCastillo_Rocks_02
mp4 /
970 MB
DanielCastillo_Rocks_03
mp4 /
970 MB
DanielCastillo_Rocks_04
mp4 /
390 MB
DanielCastillo_Rocks_05
mp4 /
590 MB
DanielCastillo_Rocks_Intro
mp4 /
110 MB
ResourcesDanielCastillo
rar /
18 MB
Studio License
$300
License: Extended Commercial License
Stock Assets

For use on an unlimited number of commercial projects with no limits on sales or views.

Learn More
Applies to companies, studios, or schools with revenues OVER $100K. Read MoreRead Less
Files (8)
References
zip /
170 MB
DanielCastillo_Rocks_01
mp4 /
930 MB
DanielCastillo_Rocks_02
mp4 /
970 MB
DanielCastillo_Rocks_03
mp4 /
970 MB
DanielCastillo_Rocks_04
mp4 /
390 MB
DanielCastillo_Rocks_05
mp4 /
590 MB
DanielCastillo_Rocks_Intro
mp4 /
110 MB
ResourcesDanielCastillo
rar /
18 MB