CG Useful Tutorials (modelling, technics, tips, ...)

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Making of "CLOSE UP PORTRAITS" by David Moratilla Amago (Spain)

link for full image in CGArena

Modeling Aircraft by Lech Sokolowski (Poland)


Creating an Old Farm by Daniel Vijoi (Bucharest)

Creating Next-Gen Environment Textures by Daniel Vijoi (Bucharest)


p.s. thread copied from the old forum

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Creating Facemaps with Photoshop (video) from Noesis Interactive

Edge loops for human faces


Some pictures with tips about it (including this one above):
- Edge Loop (CG Warrior forum)
- Head modeling help (GameArtisians forum)

Someone already put a link for this article in some place here in the forum, but I will put it here again:
- How to Apply the Principles of Traditional Sculpture to Make Stunning 3D Characters (by Bay Raitt and Greg Minter)

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Yoda head tutorial (Mirai/Wings3d) by Ken Brilliant

Loggerhead Sea Turtle Tutorial by Michael Grote (17 videos to watch)
... and there are lots more in the Tutorials link in his home page.

How to create character models for games: 18 top tips by Antony Ward

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Low Poly Game Character Hair by Paul Tosca
also, take a look at the 2nd approach: Painting the hair in Photoshop (it starts in the middle of the page)

13 tips for modelling 3D spaceships on Creative Bloq tutorials.

[povmaniac]

Very useful links.. Thanks!!

[micheus]

The new Kerkythea site is ready.

I noticed that download page doesn't make reference to the Echo Boost version (a release candidate) that is faster than previous one and also includes a 64bit version of the program. You can find the it here.

Some useful links:

• Kerkythea 2008 tutorials Master Listing
  
• Material Packs Master Listing - a collection of links
  
• Kerkythea – DoF using Depth Map and GIMP from Studiorola tutorials.
  Obs: The only thing I noticed was that the Depth map had needed to be inverted before use it.

[micheus]

These days I found these interesting tips about topology in the Pedro Alpiarça do Santos blog:

- Shifting Grid Topology Keys v0.3i (interactive)
Shifting Grid Topology Keys v0.3i
- Moving Poles and Polygon Table for 3D Modeling
- 5 Common Pitfalls of Beginning Modelers by Justin Slick
- Why Topology Matters in Modeling and Learning Mesh Topology Collection by Jonathan Williamson

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- How to make a HDRI Sky-Dome by Glyn Davidson

[micheus]

Here is some links for the Game Character Creation Series by Antony Ward
Even it have been made for Maya users I found it a excellent source of information that can be applied to any other 3d model tool. I'm linking only the chapters related to modelling and texturing, but you will find the link for the other chapters in the site.

• Kila Chapter 1 – High Resolution Modeling
  
• Kila Chapter 2 – Low Resolution Modeling
  
• Kila Chapter 3 – UV Mapping
  
• Kila Chapter 4 - Texture Baking & Building
  

[micheus]

Not exactly GC, but it can be related to.

• 25 Outstanding Matte Painting Tutorials
  
• 40 Matte Paintings To Push You To Real Photoshop Artistry

pictures of the Making of 'The Decline of Babel Myth - Jacobsen War'