Principal Digital Artist, NVIDIA
In this collaboration with Levelup.Digital, world renowned Zhelong Xu demonstrates his process for creating an intricately designed Chinese dragon from start to finish. Learn his expert sculpting and texturing workflow in this fully narrated, step-by-step tutorial, in Chinese with English subtitles.
Zhelong begins by introducing his reference sketches, followed by a breakdown of his workflow. Watch as he shares his personal tips and techniques for sculpting and high-res modeling. Learn his full process for material and texturing in Substance Painter.
Get ready to be inspired by this legendary artist.
Zhelong Xu (徐振龙) is a world-renowned digital artist and Principal Digital Artist at NVIDIA, and co-founder of Shanghai MagicStone Images. Born in Jingdezhen — China's famed "porcelain town" — his work is deeply influenced by traditional Chinese culture, with dragons a recurring and instantly recognizable motif. He created the splash-screen artwork for Substance 3D Painter (2017), won ZBrush's Sculpt of the Year (2018), and his work was collected in the 2019 book "Yechawood: The Art of Zhelong Xu." Recent credits include Black Myth: Wukong, Love, Death & Robots, and Ne Zha 2.