Ana Roman shared the sculpting techniques she used to create Lady Rock, a diorama so great that it was chosen for ZBrush's splash screen. She showed how the new bridge with Substance 3D Painter streamlined the workflow and how little details helped achieve the cracked look.

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Ana Roman Peña details her full workflow for creating 'Lady Rock', a character diorama selected as the ZBrush 2026.2 splash screen. The process covers blocking with ZSphere mannequins, sculpting the head, body, clothing, environment elements (rocks, trees, vegetation, water), and birds in ZBrush. She explains UV unwrapping using ZBrush's UVMaster and RizomUV, then texturing via the new ZBrush–Substance 3D Painter bridge with auto-bake, and final rendering in Blender with Photoshop post-production. The piece was also used by Maxon to promote the new ZBrush–Substance 3D Painter bridge.

From Model to ZBrush Splash Screen: Crafting Lady Made of Rock