Once that has been done, with your IMM selected, you can literally draw over your sculpt to apply the new asset to it. In order to apply your mesh to a pre-existing asset, you will need to clear all of its layers and subdivision levels. Once you have a model ready to use in future projects, creating an IMM is as easy as a click of a button Pro tip 1: Applying Insert Mesh Models

Remember to save your brushes for future use! With the model active in ZBrush, simply go to the brush palette and click on Create Insert Brush this will prompt you with the option to create a new brush or append it to an existing IMM. To begin, you will need a mesh created in your favorite 3D modeling program positioned at 0,0,0 – or a single mesh that is ready to go in ZBrush (perhaps you have a nice button sculpted that you would like to place on a model).

Insert Mesh brushes can be used to save time and to apply heavily detailed assets quickly, as well as remove tedious tasks from your workflow Creating an Insert Multi Mesh brush There are many libraries of these assets online, but in this tutorial I will give you a quick idea of how to create your own. Within ZBrush there is a feature that will allow you to essentially create a model once, store it in a library, and then apply it to your future sculpts. Have you ever found yourself creating the same model over and over again for different projects? Things like buttons, belt buckles, zippers, and straps? Lots of artists do – believe it or not – spend a lot of time just creating duplicates. In this quick tutorial, Lead Character Artist, Gavin Goulden will reveal how to create an Insert Multi Mesh brush (IMM) that can be used in multiple projects to save time in production

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