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Welcome to 3D Art & Design

The world of 3D art and design reaches new heights year after year as advancements in technology arise. Whether you‘re an animator, roto artist, video game artist or VFX creator, soon your artwork will only be limited by the boundaries of your imagination. This book will expose the secrets of professionals who spend endless hours navigating the most popular software – including 90 plugins, apps and hacks that'll make your life so much easier (see page 8). From conception to conclusion, 3D Art & Design Tips, Tricks & Fixes will walk you through expert processes and guide you in recreating their stunning artwork. These tutorials are even accompanied by hours of video tuition and a plethora of assets and goodies online so you can continue learning after you've turned the…

Welcome to 3D Art & Design

90 PLUGINS, HACKS AND APPS

Ever wish you could quickly and easily create 500,000 objects in a scene but have it remain only 250KB in size? How about Avatar-worthy CG forests, a fully functional complex character rig or your own customised HDRIs for perfect lighting? Well, it’s not just wishful thinking: someone’s developed a solution to all of them. Whether you’re an animator, TD, modeller or texture artist, exploring the world of software scripts, plugins and add-ons is the ultimate way to see an immediate improvement in your workflow. With them, you can cater whatever 3D software you use towards helping you get better at exactly what you do best – and use shortcuts for what you do worst. Some will even help you do things you wouldn’t even know existed. Best of all, most of them…

90 PLUGINS, HACKS AND APPS

Model and texture a Roman centurion

“Bring a detailed legend to life in just a few steps” Damon Woods takes us through the process of making this complex character a digital reality Learn how to ✓ Mask armour in ZBrush ✓ Create ornate armour designs ✓ Make realistic drapery using Marvelous Designer ✓ Create custom insert brushes in ZBrush ✓ Construct realistic hair using ZBrush FiberMesh ✓ Easily render photorealistic images using KeyShot 5 Source files Tutorial files: ● Scene files ● Tutorial screenshots filesilo.co.uk/bks-850 It can be quite a project to design and create this type of epic character, and in this tutorial we will take you through a typical workflow. This tutorial was written in a way so that it can be easily followed by anyone with at least a basic understanding of 3D software. This means you’ll be able to recreate this realistic figure with relatively little…

Model and texture a Roman centurion

Artist Showcase

Damon Woods There’s nothing I’d rather be doing than what I’m doing right now. Being a part of this cool little industry gives me a chance to be a part of the magic that entertained and inspired so many. Queen of the Sea ZBrush, Photoshop (2013) I wanted to convey a female character who is both strong and unconventionally beautiful. The main goal was to create a believable person who looked like she had experienced a lot of pain in her life and somehow came out on top. Zombie ZBrush, Keyshot (2014) A ZBrush sculpt that I did after a weekend zombie movie marathon. This decaying monster probably wasn’t too nice of a guy even before he was bitten. This was my first piece rendering in KeyShot as well.…

Artist Showcase

Create a primal bloodsucking vampire

“Discover how to develop, pose and use render passes to make this master of vampires in ZBrush” James Suret reveals his fantasy design workflow in a number of steps Starting from just a 3D sphere, in this tutorial we will create a posed and detailed character bust by roughing out the bust and then sculpting the organic forms and features. We will also make use of the readily available Insert Mesh feature to build the character. Later we will move on to editing these and then resculpting them so that they fit in to the design. After posing the bust we will use polypainting to create basic materials and textures for the model. Finally, we will take the 3D renders into Photoshop to finish the composition by adding lighting effects and textures. Print…

Create a primal bloodsucking vampire

Artist Showcase

James Suret I am currently a full-time web developer and freelance 3D artist. I am constantly developing my portfolio with the aim of working as a concept artist in the games or entertainment industry. My main focus is creating original creatures and illustrations, as below. The Maw of the Sea ZBrush, Photoshop (2014) The last stand against a giant monster. This piece was sculpted in ZBrush and the paint and effects were completed in Photoshop. Victory ZBrush, Photoshop (2014) A female cyborg displays her war banner on the battlefield. The cyborg was sculpted in ZBrush as a digital maquette. Alien Cyborg ZBrush, Photoshop (2013) A 3D character concept of an alien cyborg. This was sculpted in ZBrush with composition and effects done in Photoshop.…

Artist Showcase

Design a ghostly phantom

“Create ghostly characters in 3ds Max using environmental textures and the FumeFX plug-in” Source files Tutorial files: • 3ds Max & After Effects files • Video tutorial • Concrete texture • Tutorial screenshots filesilo.co.uk/bks-850 Similar to hose you see in films like Harry Potter, or in various videogame cinematics, in this tutorial we’re going to take a look at how you can make a ghostly effect for characters. This can be achieved by using FumeFX and a number of tricks, resulting in an ethereal character that wouldn’t look out of place in a triple-A game production or in a Hollywood film. To add to the overall effect, we’re not only going to focus on creating the smoky, ghostly character, but also on adding effects into the background, such as embers and a defocused fire. These kinds of elements can…

Design a ghostly phantom

Sculpt a female cyborg

Step by Step Easy-to-follow guides take you from concept to the final render Sengjoon Song Personal portfolio sitewww.sengjoon.com Country USA Software used Maya 2013, MARI, Photoshop, ZBrush, NDO, UVLayout, V-Ray Expertise Sengjoon specialises in high-res 3D art design “Learn how to build a fully functional female cyborg” Sengjoon Song is currently working for Blizzard Entertainment as a senior cinematic environment artist From conception to completion, this tutorial will guide you through the development of this 3D model. In the modelling stage, we will revisit some of the traditional NURBS modelling skills, through which you can create streamlined surfaces with many holes and draw trim lines without breaking any specular on it. I will also share my Maya skills that I use on a daily basis. Next, we’ll move on to the texturing stage, where we’ll explore some useful MARI…

Sculpt a female cyborg

Build a steampunk world in Blender

Step by Step Easy-to-follow guides take you from concept to the final render Gleb Alexandrov Websitewww.creativeshrimp.com Country Belarus Software used Blender, Cycles, Photoshop Expertise Gleb is a CG generalist who specialises in Blender Learn how to ✓ Develop an idea and style of a fictional world ✓ Model complex 3D structures efficiently ✓ Set up lighting with dozens of light sources ✓ Enhance a final composition with a matte painting Source files Tutorial files: • Timelapse video • Tutorial screenshots filesilo.co.uk/bks-850 Concept The concept of the artwork is heavily influenced by the railway photos of Jack Delano. In my point of view, rhythm and lighting of his photos are just too awesome to pass by and not get inspired. “Build a beautifully bizarre crossover world that juxtaposes factories with cathedrals, steam with electricity, and fits right into a steampunk universe” Gleb Alexandrov explains his approach to his steampunk design Have you…

Build a steampunk world in Blender

Artist Showcase

Gleb Alexandrov Gleb is a professional artist and creator of educational blog at CreativeShrimp.com. He actively participates in the Blender community by sharing tutorials and his experiences of art making. He is a fan of open-source software and community-driven projects. When not rendering weird things, he is writing a book about digital lighting for artists. The Ice on Winter Evening Blender, Cycles, Photoshop, (2015) Creating a believable ice and light interaction in 3D can be extremely difficult, but also quite rewarding. This image became the basis for the tutorial about creating Ice in Blender, and also the second chapter of Gleb’s upcoming ebook about lighting (www.creativeshrimp.com/createrealistic-ice-lighting-book-02.html).…

Artist Showcase

Construct a zen garden

Step by Step Easy-to-follow guides take you from concept to the final render Sérgio Merêces 3DArtistonline Username: smereces Personal portfolio sitewww.sergiomereces.com Country Portugal Software used 3ds Max, V-Ray, Photoshop Expertise Sérgio specialises in lighting, rendering and post-production Learn how to ✓ Model ✓ Use lighting and materials ✓ Utilise the Forest Pack plugin ✓ Render with V-Ray ✓ Work in post-production Source files Tutorial files: • Tutorial screenshots • Tutorial videos • Leaves pack filesilo.co.uk/bks-850 Concept I begin all my projects by searching for good references that I can use for modelling the assets or for inspiration. For this I use sites like Google Images and Flickr. “Learn how to create a 3D zen garden with 3ds Max tools, a V-Ray render engine and then do the postproduction in Photoshop” Sérgio Merêces is a 3D artist specialising in arch-vis. He founded and owns 3D Visualisations studio Merêces Arch & Design 3D Visualizations, where he…

Construct a zen garden

Artist Showcase

Sérgio Merêces I’m from Portugal and I live in a beautiful city called Évora. I have been working on 3D visualisations for the past ten years and have worked on national and international projects for both architectural and non-architectural practices too. Over the years I have focused my skills on the creation of unique images for architecture. Seattle Lounge 3ds Max, V-Ray (2013) This image was a personal interior 3D Render I did for a space redesign in Seattle. I used 3ds Max for the 3D and render, then I went on to complete the post-production work in Photoshop. Unesco Offices 3ds Max, V-Ray (2014) Another architectural piece, the above image was a project commissioned by the client Domaine Public Architects. This 3D visualisation was a project for the new UNESCO building in Beirut. KRC Congo…

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Launch a space shuttle

“Use MARI, MODO and V-Ray to re-create the famous Space Shuttle and simulate fire and smoke from the craft’s thrusters” Mike Jagodzinski freelance 3D generalist, USA Anselm von Seherr-Thoss co-owner and VFX artist at Incendii LLC Visual Effects, USA Step by Step Easy-to-follow guides take you from concept to the final render Mike Jagodzinski 3DArtistonline Username: mjag07 Websitewww.behance.net/MikeJagodzinski Country USA Software used MODO, MARI, Quixel Suite, V-Ray Expertise Mike is a 3D generalist who specialises in hard-surface assets Anselm von Seherr-Thoss Websitewww.vimeo.com/anselmvonseherr Country USA Software used 3ds Max, FumeFX, Pflow, V-Ray Expertise Anselm is a VFX technical director specialising in particle-based effects Over the course of this tutorial we will cover how to create the iconic Space Shuttle using MODO 801. As well as going over UV mapping, we will import the base model into the robust texturing program, MARI. We will also learn how to deal…

Launch a space shuttle

Shape a sci-fi soldier

Source files Tutorial files: • Tutorial screenshots filesilo.co.uk/bks-850 Learn how to ✓ Sculpt inorganic surfaces ✓ Create realistic details ✓ Paint the model Step by Step Easy-to-follow guides take you from concept to the final render Artist info Nikita Kuzmichev 3DArtistonline Username: nkuzmichev Personal portfolio sitewww.nikita3dart.tumblr.com Country Russia Software used ZBrush, Photoshop Expertise Nikita specialises in creating characters, from concepts to in-game meshes “I wanted to create a character in a science-fiction style, something between a policeman and a sniper” Nikita Kuzmichev is a 3D artist specialising in the development of characters for videogames ZBrush offers us effective and easy-to-use tools for masking and extracting, as well as the all-powerful ZRemesher feature. In the following 17 steps you’ll learn to create this soldier model in ZBrush, with postproduction work completed in Photoshop. You’ll learn how primitive forms can be transformed into a hard surface by adjusting the Alpha maps and using…

Shape a sci-fi soldier

Artist Showcase

Nikita Kuzmichev My name is Nikita. I’m 19 years old and I live in St Petersburg in Russia, working as a 3D artist at Sperasoft studios, a team of professional artists, developers and engineers that work in the videogames industry. In my spare time I am fond of Thai boxing. Demon head ZBrush, V-Ray (2014) I created this just for practice, as I wanted to make something sinister. Portrait of an orc ZBrush (2014) I needed some kind of avatar for forums, so decided to make this orc. Boneshredder ZBrush (2013) This is one of my first works, done while I was a student – pictured is the model before post work.…

Artist Showcase

MASTER THE ELEMENTS

THE EXPERTS MIHNEA BALTA www.nextlimit.com RealFlow/Maya plug-in developer DIONYSIOS BOULOUTZAS www.dioplast.co.uk FX TD at MPC in London ADRIAN GRAHAM www.autodesk.com Principle user experience designer at Autodesk ERIC KELLER www.bloopatone.com VFX artist, animator, teacher and author, working for Digizyme Inc LEE LANIER www.BeezleBugBit.com Professional computer animator and VFX artist MARCUS NORDENSTAM www.autodesk.com Product manager at Autodesk, founder of Exotic Matter and co-author of Naiad TIMUCIN OZGER www.timucinozger.com Senior Houdini/Maya FX technical director CHRISTOPHER PUCHTA www.christopherpuchta.com Senior FX artist based in London, UK DAN WARDER www.djwarder.co.uk Senior FX TD for film, television and commercials ANDREW WONG www.sidefx.com 3D software developer at Side Effects Software If there’s something anyone – from a lead character artist to a senior game cinematics animator – can agree on, it’s Maya’s universal appeal. “It’s not quite to the level of Photoshop, but it’s getting there,” begins Eric Keller, author of Maya Visual Effects: The Innovator’s Guide and Gnomon School of Visual Effects instructor. Flexible enough that a range…

MASTER THE ELEMENTS

Tornado Walkthrough

Timucin Ozger After I completed a rig for the tornado with Bend Deformers, Skeleton rigs, constraints and so on, I started planning out the particle system. I wrote a little script to make particles run down the base shape of the tornado and go around it by using the UVs of the surface. This way I could control how fast the wind swirls and climbs up and down, which is based on linking UVs as goal positions with creation expressions. These particles were used for emitting the main smoke effect. I have also added several forces to keep the tornado wind in the centre and gave them some Swirl forces. After several tests, I believed the particle system was going to be sufficient so I cached all the particle layers and started testing…

Tornado Walkthrough

Render a furry creature concept

“We’ll focus on setting up the model for FiberMesh and explain a few techniques for getting some more control over the creation of fibres” Source files Tutorial files: • Video tutorial • Tutorial screenshots filesilo.co.uk/bks-850 Step by Step Easy-to-follow guides take you from concept to the final render Pablo Muñoz Gómez 3DArtistonline Username: Pablander Websitewww.pablander.com Country Australia Software used ZBrush, Photoshop Expertise Pablo has a knack for photorealistic fur and skin Learn how to ✓ Design with a story ✓ Explore silhouettes in ZBrush ✓ Tweak character proportions with ZSpheres layers ✓ Polypaint for FiberMesh ✓ Edit and groom FiberMesh ✓ Set up fur for a full-body character ✓ Group FiberMesh for more control over the grooming ✓ Pose the character ✓ Render multiple passes and combine them in Photoshop Concept This creature is catalogued as one of the most social subspecies of the Lost Creatures. However, their interaction is restricted to other species as they…

Render a furry creature concept

Develop stunning digital portraits

“Make an image in the style of Renaissance painters that shows soul and emotion and sheds new light on digital art” Ian Spriggs explains how to capture personality in portraiture Concept As long as there’s been art, there has also been portraiture in the world. Portraiture provides a window into the personality through composition, facial expression and style. My goal is to demonstrate how digital methods that combine photography and painting can be used to produce an image that expresses emotion and life. A portrait is not just an image that is technically correct, it is an image that accurately portrays the subject too. In this tutorial we will show you how to create photorealistic 3D portraits using Maya, Mudbox and Photoshop. I will explain the importance of using good quality photos as reference…

Develop stunning digital portraits

Artist Showcase

Ian Spriggs I am a 3D character artist and I studied Fine Arts and 3D animation. I live in Vancouver, Canada and I am working in the film industry creating character models. I’ve worked on film titles like RoboCop and on Warcraft with Industrial Light and Magic. Self-Portrait Maya, Mudbox, V-Ray, Photoshop (2014) My self-portrait was the first in my series of portraiture work. With this piece I wanted to create an image that reflects my personality and artistic style. Portrait of Heidi Maya, Mudbox, V-Ray, Photoshop (2014) In this portrait I wanted to portray strength and attitude, with a contrast between threatening and non-threatening.…

Artist Showcase

Master hand-drawn animation

“How can I make a 3D animation look as if it’s been drawn by hand, using Maxon’s Cinema 4D?” Source files Tutorial files: • Tutorial screenshots • Video tutorial • ‘The Counter’ animation • Scene and texture files filesilo.co.uk/bks-850 The Sketch And Toon function in Cinema 4D enables you to give your 3D animations a simple but incredibly complex-looking hand-drawn or painted look. What’s fun about this tool is that it will enable you to create your own signature style, so you can become the kind of artist that you’ve always wanted to be. In this tutorial we will take a look at the basic workflow of this powerful tool. Over the next few steps you will learn how to create Sketch materials and set up a very simple scene. 01 Lay out the scene Open the start scene files…

Master hand-drawn animation

Grasp facial anatomy

“Model an écorché study and pick up the fundamental anatomical structures critical to portrait sculpting” Scott Eaton walks you through the steps of blocking in an écorché study of the face in ZBrush Concept This piece is intended as a reference guide that looks at the critical anatomical forms of the face, including skeletal muscles, eye and nose construction, muscles of expression and fat deposits. Écorché is the age-old practice of sculpting or drawing the body without skin in order to study the forms of the underlying anatomy. Here we discuss the main anatomical forms of the face and their importance to portraiture. Sculpting or drawing a face is one of the most challenging things an artist can attempt. Most artists wander in the dark when creating a portrait – placing planes and locating features…

Grasp facial anatomy

Artist Showcase

Scott Eaton Scott is an artist, character supervisor and anatomy instructor from London, UK. He is a classically trained sculptor who has taught anatomy to digital artists for over a decade. He worked on film and commercial VFX, and as lead modeller on numerous films. He has taught anatomy to studios such as Industrial Light & Magic, Valve, Framestore, Ubisoft and others. Torso Studies ZBrush, Mental Ray (2014) Study of the articulation of the shoulders and back from Scott’s digital figure sculpture online course. Mermaid Study ZBrush, Mental Ray (2011) Unused mermaid concept sculpt taken from the film Pirates Of The Caribbean. Hephaestus ZBrush, Mental Ray (2009) Digital sculpture of the Greek god Hephaestus. Hephaestus was the crippled blacksmith of Mount Olympus, shown here in repose at his forge.…

Artist Showcase

Merge 3D with photography

Step by Step Easy-to-follow guides take you from concept to the final render Lorenzo Zitta Personal portfolio sitewww.zittart.com Location Spain Software used LightWave, ZBrush, Photoshop Expertise Lorenzo specialises in creating images for the publicity industry “Integrate a 3D character into a photographed background for a humorous twist” Lorenzo Zitta is an Italian freelance digital artist in CGI and retouching. He has also won several international photography awards Source files Tutorial files: • Tutorial screenshots • Texture images filesilo.co.uk/bks-850 Learn how to ✓ Block out the base mesh for the model ✓ Create organic stencils for digital sculpting ✓ Refine and pose the model ✓ Set up a scene and configure the lighting When creating digital art, the aim is usually to show the process of modelling, sculpting, painting, mapping, lighting and rendering with different tools to achieve a high level of detail – and this goes for our tutorial…

Merge 3D with photography

Artist Showcase

Lorenzo Zitta Since my childhood, I’ve always been very creative. Throughout my teenage years, I always drew and sculpted, constantly trying to improve on myself. Around ten years ago, I got into photography and photomanipulation, which led me to realise that this was my future. Two years ago, I started working in 3D and now I work as a freelancer in the graphics industry. Old-wine LightWave, Photoshop (2013) I created this image for a famous brand of Spanish wine. For these kinds of macro images, it’s very important to use highly detailed textures for a realistic result. CUBISM ZBrush, LightWave, Photoshop (2014) I created this image for a famous Italian brand of jarred chopped tomatoes. To create the image, I used the Spotlight tool in ZBrush to paint the texture. Gta-monopolycity LightWave, Photoshop (2014) This was a…

Artist Showcase

Simulate turbulent water

“How can I build a Turbulence Generator in order to create various fluid simulations in Houdini?” Source files Tutorial files: • Tutorial screenshots • Video tutorial • Scene files filesilo.co.uk/bks-850 Impressive fluid simulations don’t necessarily need a huge number of particles in the project to look realistic. All you really need is a complex nexus that is made up of a reasonable number of particles, including specific attributes that can be easily accessed in the UI. These attributes drive the turbulence of the whole simulation flow, but they can be used for any kind of fluid simulation. This is particularly useful, even if the Collision geometry doesn’t have very interesting shapes. This tutorial will explain how you can create a sustainable Turbulence Generator that can be used in combination with the new POP Solver or with plain particles…

Simulate turbulent water

Quickly block out 3D scenes

“How can I quickly block out a 3D environment in Maya while maintaining a strong composition?” Source files Tutorial files: • Tutorial screenshots filesilo.co.uk/bks-677 Everybody has their own preferred way of doing things. Like everything else in CG, there is always more than one way to do any one thing. In this tutorial we’re going to go over how to quickly block out a digital set in 3D using Maya, walking through the workflow that I like to use. The first thing to do when starting any project is to gather together a series of reference images that you can refer to as you work. If you make sure that you have a fairly clear idea of how you want things to look, it will come in handy, so keep researching and finding reference. As you block…

Quickly block out 3D scenes

LET THERE BE LIGHT

You spend hours, weeks, even months on a model, so don’t make the mistake of rushing the lighting job – thinking that the quality of the 3D means that the decoration of it won’t matter. Not only will you be failing to show your work off in the best possible way, but you’ll also be missing the opportunities that light can bring to further set the mood, define your character and tell your story. In short, as Dieter Coetzee puts it, “Lighting can make or break any art piece.” All of which is why professionals dedicate a serious amount of time to the lighting phase (or work with artists who specialise in it). Reynante Martinez says: “I usually divide the labour on a project into four primary aspects: modelling, texturing, lighting,…

LET THERE BE LIGHT

Design a high-tech racing machine

“Create a vehicle based on F1 cars and hot rods – and infused with sci-fi influences – to create a futuristic racer design” Igor Sobolevsky fine-tunes a sci-fi hot rod Designing vehicles is fun, but this can also be challenging at times. We will need to figure out appealing forms, size relationships and details that are fantastic and yet rooted in reality. This design has been based on a combination of F1 cars and hot rods as these vehicles tend to have wonderful exposed areas that give us a view of the awesome mechanical elements that make the machine work! For this tutorial we will follow a design process that can be used for other models. We shall explore modelling in Maya, Rhino and ZBrush to produce specific elements. We will then learn how…

Design a high-tech racing machine

Artist Showcase

Igor Sobolevsky I am a designer working in the fields of industrial, concept and graphic design. I enjoy applying industrial design processes when building various types of sci-fi equipment. Here is a look at some of my favourite designs. Airlock One Maya, KeyShot, Photoshop (2014) An airlock of an Aurora Mining Corporation outpost on Europa, one of the moons of Jupiter. Infiltrator ZBrush, KeyShot, Photoshop (2015) This is a humanoid drone, designed for surveillance and intelligence collection. BFT 0109 Maya, Rhino, KeyShot, Photoshop (2015) A large expedition vehicle designed to handle long missions in various rough environments.…

Artist Showcase

Perfect facial scarring

“How do I sculpt believable scars onto my real-time character using ZBrush and Maya?” Source files Tutorial files: • Tutorial screenshots filesilo.co.uk/bks-850 Scars are often used as a storytelling device in most character designs. They get you to question everything about the character. What events led up to them getting that gruesome thing? What did they do to deserve it? What personality might they have? So it is important to think about what you are doing and if your character even needs scars in the first place. As we are going for realism we need to be able to answer these questions to add depth and believability to our character. We are going to make our scars using ZBrush, Maya and Marmoset’s Toolbag 2. Scars can originate from many different injuries or birth defects, so we…

Perfect facial scarring

Enhance cartoon characters with MODO deformers

“MODO is an amazing tool for character exploration work, and its deformers enable quick manipulation for this purpose” Warner McGee has been a freelance Illustrator and character designer for over 20 years. Character creation is his passion Step by Step Easy-to-follow guides take you from concept to the final render Warner McGee 3DArtistonline Username: Warner McGee Personal portfolio sitewww.warnermcgee.com Country USA Software used MODO 801 Expertise Warner specialises in making characters for games, toys, animation and print It’s frustrating to create a well-modelled and textured character only to be limited by the rigging of the character. In this tutorial we’ll remedy this problem by bringing a character to life using MODO’s deformers. We’ll use deformers to enhance the character’s expression and bring personality to the surface. We’ll get started on the next page! Source files Tutorial files: • Tutorial screenshots filesilo.co.uk/bks-850 Learn how to ✓ Use MODO’s…

Enhance cartoon characters with MODO deformers

Artist Showcase

Warner McGee I am fortunate as a freelance artist to love what I do for a living. My home-based studio is in the small, southern US town of Savannah, GA, where I work and live with the love of my life and our two fine boys. I hope I never wake up from my dream job. I love to draw characters but have found that only 3D tools enable me to get the final art looks I need to evolve as a character artist. Tutorial Girl MODO (2014) From my tutorial series entitled ‘Creating a Character with Warner McGee’. Jippi – Cool Kids – Rudi MODO (2014) A collaborative character project with my dear friend and fellow MODO artist Tim Cooper. Lagoon Lady MODO (2013) The creature from the Black Lagoon reimagined. It was created for a…

Artist Showcase

Clean up real-time hair texture and form

“This image was created to demonstrate an art-centric workflow for creating real-time hair for games” Tom Parker is a freelance character artist, working with clients all around the world in the games industry Making believable real-time hair for games is often a very technical task, usually requiring the use of specialist in-house hair solutions or lots of fiddling with curves. However, it doesn’t have to be this way. Through clever use of ZBrush, we can streamline the process and create a hairstyle from scratch in a few hours. Here you’ll build medium- to long-length hairstyles in line with the latest videogame techniques and specifications. The idea behind this workflow is to keep the process as artistic as possible, so we’ll be working in ZBrush often, using InsertMultiMesh brushes for laying down our Alpha…

Clean up real-time hair texture and form

Artist Showcase

Tom Parker I am a freelance character artist, specialising in a range of real-time, next-generation character art. With over six years of experience in the industry, I have worked on over 15 titles for some of the biggest companies around. Some of my other skills include high-quality cloth sculpting, hard-surface modelling and realistic texture work. Space Admiral ZBrush, Maya, Photoshop, Xnormals, Toolbag 2 (2014) A personal research and development project. Anatomy Study ZBrush (2013) Based on the boxer Carl Froch – I wanted to brush up on my anatomy skills. This was all created within ZBrush. Maleficent Fan Art ZBrush, Maya (2014) After seeing the movie I had to sculpt Maleficent. I used this project to learn about realistic sculpting within ZBrush.…

Artist Showcase

Pose a sculpt using joints

“Bring a detailed legend to life in just a few steps” Source files Tutorial files: • Tutorial screenshots • Maya & Mudbox files • Video tutorial filesilo.co.uk/bks-850 When creating a sculpt, building it up in a generic T-pose usually simplifies the sculpting process, and among many things helps to ensure that all the limbs are in proportion. However, this also makes for a stiff-looking character. In this tutorial, we’ll look at how you can go about adding a bit more life to a sculpt whilst still being able to go back to the default T-pose, as that is how you would want to pass the model should it need retopologising and rigging for animation. There are many ways to pose a sculpt. For example, in Mudbox you can add joints and use falloffs and in ZBrush you can…

Pose a sculpt using joints

Texture a hotrod vehicle render

“How do I add realistic textures and details to perfect my fantasy vehicle?” Source files Tutorial files: • Tutorial screenshots filesilo.co.uk/bks-850 Last year 3D Artist and Humster3D organised the 3D Vehicle Render Challenge. The winner, Jochem Aarts explains the process behind his Hotrod Speedshop award-winner, “Like a lot of people, I like nice cars. Especially the big American ones from the Fifties and Sixties. So when I read about this competition I just had the feeling I should go for it. “The goal was simple: create a render with a car. The rest was up to the competitors. Although it sounds very simple, it’s pretty hard because there are no guidelines or rules. Just make a cool-looking render, and may the best render win. You can use any technique, as long as it’s 3D (you had…

Texture a hotrod vehicle render

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