ZBrush being an efficient program ran fine on the i7 / 16GB system, but its weakness was the Microsoft Pen. Nearly maxed out a Surface Pro 4 to make sure it had enough horsepower to handle ZBrush. Moving forward, with Maxon now being ZBrush’s overlords, it may be subscription-only eventually, so plan on tallying those ongoing costs, As of this post, I had to dig through their pages a bit, but a perpetual (non-subscription) license is still around at $895.Ģ-in-1? You can take my advice or ignore it, but I went down this route before Nomad and before sculpting-on-an-iPad was a thing. i right now have one choice i can go with, and im worried that the ipad may not 100% be what i need. I would also prefer a 2 in 1 laptop to use for zbrush but stylus compatibility could be an issue as not every stylus can have the needed pen pressure and sensitivity.Įven though i see great models that i didnt think possible for nomad being made. Instead of going straight to a computer and zbrush is because ill be spending more money then an ipad. I also really love nomad, its a great app and works great, theres lots of help from the community and would personally prefer to use an ipad for sculpting. I also take big inspiration from ancient mable sculptures and renaissance sculptures aswell in how they are detailed and posed.īut i am afraid if i spend the money for an ipad i may be more limited then i thought, and may be unable to completely do what i imagine. But i would love to one day do really detailed creatures and superheros like what you see in games or movies and 3d print them. My models also aren’t exactly the best models ever. Im no way a professional artist and it is hard to say exactly much polygons or ram my models might use up. Alot of what zbrush has available, i doubt ill even use or need. but Nomad is quite amazing too and im not looking for everything that zbrush has available. I know zbrush is expensive and the industry standard. If its ipad then nomad, or a computer then zbrush.

Im at a moment where i have saved up money to buy either a newer computer or latest ipad for drawing and sculpting.īut im conflicted on which to buy.

Zbrush ipad pro