Dec 16, 2005

“Human Skin – the Mental Ray Subsurface Scattering Fast Skin shader” by Philippe Le Miere Subsurface scattering is light passing through and diffusing within a thin translucent material. Human skin is an example of such a material as it is made up of many thin translucent layers. A Subsurface Scattering material is ideal for re-creating skin...

Dec 12, 2005

“Modeling A Female Head ” by Peter Ratner Over the years I?ve written many human modeling tutorials for my books 3-D Human Modeling and Animation, 1 st and 2 nd Editions, Mastering 3D Animation, 1 st and 2 nd Editions and various magazine articles as well as online tutorials. As a full-time Professor I?ve taught human modeling at James Madison...

Dec 10, 2005

“Cow” by Matt Dixon “This image was painted in Adobe Photoshop. I’m often asked about my brushes and painting technique; I hope the steps below go some way to explain how I approach a painting. I use my own custom brushes, but there’s nothing particularly unusual or clever about them – most of the painting is done with...

Dec 8, 2005

“How to compose shadows provided by a HDRI lighting” by Gerardo Estrada This tutorial assumes you have acquired your light-probe in location and you have already made your HDR map. One thing we need to keep in mind when we are integrating CG elements with live action plates is that a shadow provided by a HDRI lighting is not a shadow properly, is a...

Dec 7, 2005

“Queen ” by Lorenzo di Mauro A few month ago, Kevin Eastman, owner and publisher of Heavy Metal Magazine, asked me to do some sketches for a cover. Obviously I was so honored and thrilled for this! Many ideas were milling around in my mind and I was looking for enough image reference. Among the sketches I submitted to him, he chose the one that...