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Zbrush 4R2b new Features FiberMesh

admin — Mon, 02 Jan 2012 23:23:14 +0000

We are pleased to announce the official launch date for ZBrush 4R2b has been scheduled for January 23th, 2012. ZBrush 4R2b will be released as a patch update to version 4R2, and is free of charge to all ZBrush registered users.

With each new release of ZBrush, we introduce new features that we hope will enable you to further explore your creativity while having a lot of fun in the process.

Originally ZBrush 4R2b was scheduled to be released in December and focus on fixing previously reported problems. Not fully satisfied with this original intent, we could not resist adding new and exciting features. FiberMesh is one of these features, which will have a significant impact on your ZBrush creations.

Top 20 Making Of Cars 3D Tutorials

admin — Sun, 17 Oct 2010 13:20:40 +0000

In this article I would like to show you what kind of methods I used to create my latest picture ’Hotrod’. Although in Hungary (my home) those cars aren’t too popular, I really like the style of cars from the 30’s, so I decided to make my own hotrod. The car isn’t an exact type, I just wanted to catch the most characteristic shapes of this era.

For this scene my initial idea was to model a realistic car, but I wanted to make an old one, such as you see in the exhibitions. I started searching for references and blueprints on Google, to find one that was interesting to model, and after a long search I chose the Aston Martin Ulster.

Whenever I go to model a car, as well as references, to me it is essential to have blueprints to make an accurate model. I was fortunate to be able to get one, because there are not many blueprints of this 1930s car.

I decided to work on the Ford Fastback because I love the classic look of the car, and that is what I wanted to achieve – a feeling of class and style. I had a rough idea in my mind of the final image, the colours, and a studio render with maybe some different camera angles. But it was really the process of creating the car and trying out different things that led to the final result that I am talking about today.

I hope you will like this making of, and perhaps you’ll find something interesting in it for yourself.

The project, Alfa Romeo C8 Spyder, started as a personal challenge in order to improve my modelling techniques and final renders. The modelling of cars has always attracted and fascinated me, and this is what I specialise in. I have created some car models and the treatment of each finished model is better than the previous one.

I choose this model for this personal project because, from the very first time I saw it in a car magazine, my attention was simply drawn to its form. It decided it was time to bring it into the world of 3D!

As with any project of this nature, the key to a realistic model is proper research and a decent set of blueprints. Having sourced the blueprints, I soon discovered that (as usual) there were certain discrepancies between the different angles represented on the blueprints. However, this was unavoidable as the angles were sourced from different locations and traced from different perspectives and photos.

Seeing as the side elevation had the most detail and was of a decent size, I decided to use this view as gospel and tweak the remaining ones accordingly. In doing so I ended up with a set of blueprints that lined up in all the important places and that I hoped would produce a final model with the correct amount of headlights and so fourth.

Introduction – I’ve made this car by the requests of an advertising agency here in Rio de Janeiro. They need it completed in less than 3 days… It should be a generic formula1, ‘because our client doesn’t sponsor any… I asked for more time, but the agency was in a hurry (as always…)

So I decided to do it by myself…the color scheme of the car is a tribute to my soccer team Flamengo who is the winner of the Brazilian soccer championship of 2009. The car took me one week to be finished! And here is the small project overview…

I’ve looked in the Internet for the official documents of formula1 in order to have the right dimensions to model my own car.

Hi, my name is houmam munir and I was born in Baghdad, Iraq. I am 18 years old, I’m still studying and where I had most of my experience with technical drawing. For the experience in the industry I decided to enroll for 3d courses where I can learn the tools of the trade and modeling concepts.

(Please read): Before you begin the tutorial you should know that the tutorial will only work perfectly if you model the same car. This will save you a lot of frustration as you progress through each section. In order for you to better grasp the tutorial, I highly recommend that you do model the same car. This will better prepare you for when you start working on your own models and/or other blueprints. In case you decide to work on a different blueprint this tutorial will help you with the fundamentals. In addition, you will learn a fast, clean and production friendly way to model a car.

I started modeling this car for another scene a while ago and it was supposed to be just a low-poly half-finished model. However we had an assignment from university to make a realistic car so I decided just to finish this one and make it really good. The whole process took about 18-20 days from start to finish. There weren’t any blueprints available for this model at that time (I’m not sure if there are now) so I mostly used references and blueprints from a similar model.

Hi everyone, I’m Soroosh Ghaffarian, a 3D artist. In this tutorial, I’m going to share my knowledge on how I modeled and rendered the Mercedes Benz CLS550.

First of all, as far as the modeling of cars and vehicles are concerned, it’s really important to gather a variety of references and the right blueprints. It’s not a difficult process but it shouldn’t be rushed. I found blueprints which were pretty accurate, so there was no need to squeeze or skew them in order to make the views align better. I ended up gathering more than 100 references to model my car and below are some of the photos that I used.

Hello everybody, my name is Luis E. Nieves. I am a digital artist currently working as Technical Director at Lightstream Animation Studios and based in northern California. In this Making Of I would like to share my workflow and also some tips with you. This project was done using Autodesk Maya, mental ray and Adobe After Effects.

Ever wanted to know how the artists create those amazing cars for AAA video game titles? Well here’s your chance to find out. In this incredible CGTuts+ exclusive tutorial series, you will follow professional CG artist and teacher Laurens Corijn as he creates a high quality, next-gen, normal mapped Hot Rod for realtime use.

This is the first part of a personal project, I love modeling and habits in order not to lose, and trying new things and move forward and improve that already use, usually propose new challenges to me. The attraction I feel for the old cars is that they can see as the beginning of an idea that has been evolving to this day and that in those first steps do not have the technology in use today.

Whenever you see highly realistic images of CG cars, you may think that it is an incredibly difficult process to arrive at such a high quality result…this is not actually the case. In this tutorial, Sumeet Gupta will show you how easy it can be to create a photorealistic car render using 3DS Max and Vray, as long as you know the right steps.

Hello everyone. In this tutorial I’m going to explain the process of creating a Trans Am. Before I start let me give you a brief review of this tutorial:

Section 1 – Modeling the Car
Section 2 – Car Paint, Lighting and Rendering

Hello guys, my name is Bonar Siregar (Egar). I was born in Jakarta, Indonesia in 07 October 1985. Im still new to this field (3d) about a year(+) experience. Im quite surprised at receiving an email, a request from 3dtotal asking me to make a making of about my Nissan 350Z Nemesis. So, I’m truly glad and honored to write about it, even though this project was made at the end of 2004 (at that time I was still learning 3D for about 5-6 months.)

Bugatti Veyron – One of the fastest and popular speedcar…. This 3D Model was created in 2 Days completely. I used 3DS Max for this. I had seen some of the wallpapers of this car and was so inspired that the same night i began to work on this model.

For the modeling process of this scene I used 3ds Max, I used polygonal modeling and some nurbs curves for basic curvy objects for interior mainly which were converted later into polygons. The more details you can add to your model the best it will look in the final image. The process begins with a basic references planes setup.

I’m 23 years old and I have been into 3d since 2002, fascinated by my interest in 3d video games which was booming at that time. For the first few years I was just trying it out not to seriously and like most beginners in 3d I focused my time in learning modeling, maybe for to long, before I realized that texturing, lighting, and rendering skills was also important/ more important in creating good 3d scenes. Recently I got a job doing minor / light 3d work. Luckily the job gave me an opportunity to advance my 3d knowledge because I had free access to the web threw the office computer.

This is not exactly a step by step tutorial about polygon car modelling; it’s more of an overview of the process I use and some tips that might help anyone having trouble modelling a car.

10 best 3d tutorials

admin — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 15:28:20 +0000

Creating Next-Gen Environment Textures using Total Textures

Introduction:

Hello, my name is Daniel Vijoi and I have been working in the gaming industry for 7 years. My current job is Lead Texture Artist at AMC Studio, a Romanian game development company based in Bucharest. During this time I have worked on many projects, like Test Drive Unlimited (Atari), Mercenaries 2, Saboteur (Pandemic Studios/EA), Pure (Blackrock Studios/DISNEY), Rise of Nations & Rise of Legends (Big Huge Games/THQ), and other exciting titles yet to be announced.

I decided to write this tutorial as I noticed a certain lack of interest for game-related environmental texturing in the 3D community. This tutorial is targeted at medium level users and will present the process of texturing a photorealistic building that has already been modelled. I will focus on the texturing process in particular, even though the modelling and UVs are also important for the final look of the building.

Creating a Next-Gen Video Game Hot Rod: the Complete Workflow

In this first part of the series, Laurens takes you through the first planning and design steps, such as gathering inspiration, collecting reference, and fleshing out the idea, and then demonstrates how to get started with the first rough blockout of the model.

Making of Tree Room

Hi everyone! In this making of I’ll try to show you the process of making the “Tree Room” image. First of all I started to look for some references on Japanese rooms and trees because that was the style I wanted to reproduce. In this stage I also look for light and texture references.

Making of Annie

Hi, my name is Florian Falcucci and I am CG Graphist in Paris since 1 year. For this character, the idea was to create a character in a cartoon style with a good charisma. A woman who does not let itself be. And I love the period of the aero postal, with Amelia Eckhart. The objective was creating an illustration with a single character, and discovering other methods for a best workflow. I suppose parts of my workflow are not very classical but it is my procedure.

How to Animate the Inception Totem with Cinema 4D and Dynamics

In this tutorial, I show you how to animate, light and texture the totem top scene from Inception. I show you how to use the Lathe Nurbs, Dynamics and noise in your textures to build and texture the scene. Then I show you how to light the scene with the HDRI Light Kit Pro. Stay tuned for part 2 of this tutorial where we head into After Effects and do the texturing and compositing.

Part 1

Part 2 Making of Angel

Concept – I didn’t create this model with the purpose of making a real time character; I wanted to represent a modeling and concept exercise. That’s why, the low-poly phases of this model are missing from the working process.

The idea of this project was based on a portrait I’ve made in ZBrush, and this portrait inspired me to create a whole character. I didn’t have a specific idea of how this character will look like, I just wanted to attach him an interesting body and a pair of wings.

An Introduction to Texturing, Lighting and Rendering Architectural Exteriors

In the field of Architectural Visualization, realism must always be the 1st goal that we strive to accomplish. In this 3 day tutorial series, you will gain a solid introduction to valuable lighting and texture mapping techniques that can be used to achieve realistic architectural renderings.

Part 1

Part 2

Part 3 How to use Volumetric Lighting in Cinema 4D

In this short tutorial, I show you how to use Volumetric Lighting in Cinema 4D. You can use Volumetric Lights for glows, Shine effects and also for dramatic backlighting.

Making of a Formula 1

I’ve looked in the Internet for the official documents of formula1 in order to have the right dimensions to model my own car.

Procedural Modeling with MEL Scripts in Maya

This tutorial introduces the exciting possibilities for modeling using Maya’s MEL scripting language. In this first part, we will learn the basics of MEL commands, and create two procedural model scripts that could be useful in your own workflows.

Part 1

Part 2

Cel Shading in Maya with Christophe Desse

admin — Tue, 01 Jun 2010 17:14:09 +0000

We’re very fortunate to have Christophe Desse, who is working at Naughty Dog in Santa Monica, stop by Gnomon to create a tutorial on Cel Shading in Maya.

Stylized Character Modeling in Maya 2010

admin — Fri, 14 May 2010 18:18:52 +0000

Introduction:

This tutorial is designed for beginners, who are attempting to make their first “cartoony” or stylized characters. It was created in Maya 2010 in conjunction with the Animation Workshop school in Denmark. The tutorial is recorded in real time, with no ‘skipping ahead’ or double speed, so you can follow along as we go, and hopefully by then end of the series you should have the basic knowledge for creating your own character head in Maya.

Making of The Princess

admin — Fri, 30 Apr 2010 19:07:28 +0000

Introduction & Refrences :

Hello guys, my name is Marcos Nicacio and I’m here to show you the process I used to create my recent work: The Princess.

This project was requested by Nitroglicerina studio, and they provided to me a sketch I was then free to create my vision of a classic princess in a white and gold detailed dress.

Create a Logo Dispersion Effect using Particle Flow and After Effects

admin — Tue, 20 Apr 2010 16:25:36 +0000

As you may know, when you get a grasp on particles in CG, the possibilities of what you can accomplish are nearly limitless. In this 3ds Max based Particle Flow tutorial, you will learn an easy method of dispersing a logo into particles using materials.

Making of Deep Water Marine

admin — Sat, 10 Apr 2010 17:53:58 +0000

Software Used: XSI, ZBrush and Photoshop

Concept:

The first thing I needed to do was to pre-plan my project. This was important because my main focus was on my character modelling reel, and so I wanted to make the image work from all angles and be able to move. With these goals in mind, I firstly needed to create a rough concept drawing. I used a lot of references and research materials, which I found from the Internet and books, and watching documentaries was also useful. I left the concept (Fig.01) rough and simple, so that I had the freedom to modify it later on.

How to Create an Incredible Typographic Illustration

admin — Thu, 08 Apr 2010 09:50:56 +0000

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy. In this two-part tutorial, we’re going to learn how to bring a simple proverb into a complex typographic illustration that achieves a level of realism without actually using any photos. Yes, we’re going to build this idea from the bottom up. In the first part, learn how to model your own objects in Cinema 4D and prepare them for isolation in Photoshop.

Introduction

A random sighting of the famous proverb “All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy” is what sparked off this idea. Rather than seeing work and play as two separate activities, I sought to reconcile the idea in a single typographic treatment, while still exposing their peculiarities. Eventually, I settled on creating a work environment in a very playful way. To do this, I used a variety of contrasts. For instance, the rather plain perspective and frontal camera position makes this a very plain, static environment. This however is broken by the two words that float around the scene and add a sense of motion. There is also a contrast of light. The work side is somewhat dark, while the play side is well lighted. All in all, this is typically organized working environment that has somehow lost control of itself, in a good, entertaining way.

PART 1

PART 2

Making of Batman Desertstorm

admin — Thu, 01 Apr 2010 09:07:59 +0000

Hello everyone, here I will explain the few steps that were involved in the making of Batman Desertstorm for the Comicon Challenge ‘09.

First I made the base mesh for all the parts separately. I usually make the head, torso and hands as one basemesh, but sculpting hard surface means subdivision levels go really high, so I decided to divide and sculpt all the parts separate, which is really helpful for focusing on details and also keeps some RAM of the system free.

I imported all the base mesh to ZBrush and one by one started sculpting on them. I went for the head first and making this a warm-up excercise, when I was all set, I started adding details and made sure this is going to be the most iconic part of the model. I wantedthe head to be more like the one from darknight. I also do a bit of coloring to the model to remove the flat look of the high-poly model.

Matte Painting: Making of Barbarossa

admin — Thu, 01 Apr 2010 09:00:59 +0000

This is a matte painting that I have realized for the “Barbarossa” movie directed by Renzo Martinelli in 2009. The request of the director was for a singular version of the High Middle Ages Rome set in a river with a church in the background. I’ve been inspired from an old painting of Rome with Castel Sant’Angelo. The painting settings have been very helpful to me to realise this scene and it has allowed me to create a portrayal of Rome’s sunup in the year 1000

ParticleFlow, TreeProxies tutorials

admin — Sat, 27 Mar 2010 09:50:23 +0000

Download project File

Evermotion ParticleFlow TreeProxies from evermotion on Vimeo.

http://www.evermotion.org

Making of Garage

admin — Sat, 27 Mar 2010 09:04:54 +0000

Introduction

Hi all! It’s a pleasure for me to give you an overall view of this project! This image started last summer… Due to vacation I decided to take a model from our short in development and use it to study lighting and shading with a cartoony look. I wanted to create an ambient with an alien look… The principal character is from another world (the one with the big foot outdoor) and Iwanted to communicate that with little details here and there. As usual I asked Giovanni Lo Re (a really good friend I used to work within Italy) to make a little sketch of the scene and to design the objects.

Making Of German Soldier Bust

admin — Fri, 26 Mar 2010 09:43:21 +0000

Introduction

Hello my name is Rafael, I’m from Brazil and I’m here to show soon on this personal project that German Soldier Bust developed. The idea of creating a bust of a soldier, came the need to not have seen anything of this digital character so controversial. I maturing the idea of seeking references and finally ended up setting the project staff. I like a lot of issues related to war, I decided to create a little history to have a successful outcome. The image you’d like to pass this work is only one small decorative elements adorning the table of a veteran and survivor of World War II. In no time the intention is to boast Nazism. So let’s start creating!

Inspiration

The coolest part of the project, develop a functional and cool idea for this research is very important. We have to look for artists, stories, books, movies, everything you can bring a direct relationship with you wanted to develop. I sought in such films (Saving Private Ryan, Medal of honor, call of duty, The Secret Life of Hitler Adolp) and many others. I researched everything that related to the spectators of the time as furniture, colors, structure, clothing and so on.

Making of Worker Robot

admin — Fri, 26 Mar 2010 09:38:40 +0000

Software Used:

3ds Max, VRay & Photoshop

Introduction:

The first time I watched Brazil by Terry Gilliam, I was so excited that I wanted to life in that town. I was affected by the technology that people were using, the difference in computers, transport, weapons, architecture and even dress styles. This technology, despite its gravity, made me laugh sometimes and I enjoyed all of the components which I’d never experienced in other movies. For me this style and level of technology was so lovable and amazing that I watched it several times.

Since childhood I’ve been crazy about robots and I’ve always wanted to design one. This movie motivated me a lot and gave me some cool ideas.

Creating Depth Of Field With 3DSMax & Photoshop

admin — Thu, 25 Mar 2010 06:38:07 +0000

Software Used :

3ds Max and Photoshop

Depth of Field is a cool effect that lets you bring focus to particular objects in the scene and blurring the rest of the background and foreground. Depth of Field (DOF) works according to Z, so distance is one of the important settings.

In this tutorial I am not going to talk about DOF technique in mental ray or Scanline. I’m just going to show the compositional way for simulating this effect with 3ds Max and Photoshop. In this way you just need to render your scene and then you can try out different distances for DOP. This way can be useful for style rendering and save a lot of time if you want to show different distances to your client.

Please Note: While I used the mental ray renderer for this tutorial, you can use VRay or Scanline as well.

So let’s start!