Top tips for sculpting a creature in ZBrush

To demonstrate building a creature in ZBrush I'm using this piece of 3D art I'm working on, designed by CreatureBox. If you've never heard of them, check them out online. Their designs are awesome! 

I start out by blocking in each element of the creature on different subtools; a sphere for the head, cylinder for the body and trunk and a couple of spheres for the eyes.

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Francis-Xavier Martins is a character artist and CG generalist, with over a decade of experience in games, media and TV.
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