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ZBrush

ZBrush is a digital sculpting and painting software solution.

Top 12 Open-Source Alternatives to ZBrush

Wings 3D Inkscape FreeCAD GIMP Blockbench LibreCAD Armor Paint Bforartists Tux Paint Silo

Summary

The top open-source alternatives to ZBrush are Wings 3D, Inkscape, and FreeCAD. One of the criteria for ordering this list is the number of mentions that products have on reliable external sources. You can suggest additional sources through the form here.
  1. Wings 3D is a subdivision modeler inspired by Nendo and Mirai from Izware.
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #3D #Digital Drawing And Painting #3D Modeling

  2. Inkscape is a free, open source professional vector graphics editor for Windows, Mac OS X and Linux.
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #Graphic Design Software #Digital Drawing And Painting #Art Tools 483 social mentions

  3. An open-source parametric 3D modeler
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #3D #3D Modeling #CAD 2 social mentions

  4. 4
    GIMP is a multiplatform photo manipulation tool.
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #Photo Editing #Graphic Design Software #Digital Drawing And Painting 59 social mentions

  5. Modern, open source 3D model editor.
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #3D #Game Development #Digital Drawing And Painting 13 social mentions

  6. An open source 2D CAD application for Windows, Apple and Linux.
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #3D #Architecture #3D Modeling 19 social mentions

  7. Armor paint is a standalone software for 3d texture painting in PBR.
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #3D #Digital Drawing And Painting #3D Modeling 18 social mentions

  8. Bforartists is a fork of Blender.
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #3D #3D Modeling #Digital Drawing And Painting 1 social mentions

  9. Tux Paint is a free, award-winning drawing program for children ages 3 to 12 (for example, preschool and K-6).
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #Digital Drawing And Painting #Graphic Design Software #Image Editing 12 social mentions

  10. 10
    Silo is a focused 3D modeling application with the ability to effortlessly switch between organically sculpting high-poly models and precisely controlling hard-edged surfaces.
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #3D #3D Modeling #Digital Drawing And Painting 3 social mentions

  11. 11
    Mitsuba is a research-oriented rendering system in the style of PBRT, from which it derives much inspiration.
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #3D #3D Rendering #Game Development

  12. Powerful, animated character generator for creating 2D spritesheets
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #3D #Digital Drawing And Painting #Illustration

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