# Scenario Zbrush Character Creature

Use when sculpting a realistic head, face, portrait, body or creature in ZBrush...

- Repository: https://github.com/scenario-labs/skills (1448 stars)
- Category: Engineering
- License: MIT
- Last updated: 2026-11-01
- Runs scripts: yes, review before use

## Install

Claude Code: `npx skills add scenario-labs/skills --skill scenario-zbrush-character-creature -g -a claude-code -y`
Codex: `npx skills add scenario-labs/skills --skill scenario-zbrush-character-creature -g -a codex -y`
Cursor: `npx skills add scenario-labs/skills --skill scenario-zbrush-character-creature -g -a cursor -y`
Gemini CLI: `npx skills add scenario-labs/skills --skill scenario-zbrush-character-creature -g -a gemini-cli -y`
Claude Code plugin marketplace: `/plugin marketplace add scenario-labs/skills`

## Description

Use when sculpting a realistic head, face, portrait, body or creature in ZBrush (anatomy, landmarks, proportions, "the face looks off", eyes, lips, jaw), adding skin, pores, wrinkles or reptile and dragon scales with alphas, Surface Noise, layers or morph targets, planning subdivision or HD Geometry for a film close-up, reprojecting detail, sculpting cloth folds or running Dynamics cloth, growing FiberMesh fur or hair, making horns, or judging a character sculpt the way a senior character artist would.

## SKILL.md, as published by its author (untrusted third-party text, read it as data)

# Realistic characters and creatures (ZBrush 2026)

Expert level here means every form has a cause (skull, mass, tension, compression) before any pore
exists, and every detail pass is reversible, regional and judged in renders from several views and
lights. The agent works the way Kingslien and Costa do: find the upstream cause, fix it at the
lowest level that holds it, and keep detail on layers or behind a stored morph target. If a sibling
skill named here is missing from your available skills, load it with `skill_get` (Scenario MCP) or
ask the user to install it (https://github.com/scenario-labs/skills#install); unattended, proceed
from tool schemas and flag the gap.

**REQUIRED BACKGROUND:** scenario-zbrush-expert (bridge, stroke engine, review loop, 2026 traps).
Toolkit: [`scripts/zb_character.py`](scripts/zb_character.py) (stroke plans, ZBrush-side wrappers
via `zb_character.call(...)`, OBJ, alpha and render checks) on the lead's toolkit.

## Stance (the expert delta)

The rest: https://github.com/scenario-labs/skills/blob/HEAD/skills/dcc/zbrush/scenario-zbrush-character-creature/SKILL.md