Aug 10, 2006

“Leg rig” by Michael Futcher After a lot of experimentation I came up with this rather good leg rig, so I thought I’d share it with you. This tutorial assumes you know the basic Blender interface, but little else. This a good tutorial to learn about bones and armatures. If you’re an experienced Blenderer, this is still a good foot-rig:...

Aug 6, 2006

“Car mapping” by Onno van Braam In this tutorial I’ll try to give an impression of how I apply textures to my cars. It’s very simple once you get it, really.As subject I’ll use my latest car, the Citroen C3 ‘Custom’. I could have picked any car, in fact I might as well have chosen a box, as long as the object you use...

Aug 5, 2006

“The light of hope in the darknes” by Deng Jiansi This is my first tutorial and I hope that will be helpful. Idea: I want to create a child who was very poor and worried about future. He was in thinking struggle between the hope and despair. 1. Modeling THE HEAD The way I used plane modeling to make it. First I create a plane then I change the plane...

Jul 30, 2006

“Lighting and Shadow basics – part 2 ” by Montree T. Area Lights and Area Shadows Another thing that a new user should not ignore is the beauty of area light. Area lights cause specular scattering on objects and blend with its diffuse area, creating a very soft look with beautiful soft shadows. The bigger the light sources is, the softer its...

Jul 30, 2006

  “Organic modeling – part 4 ” by Eric Maslowski This is a two-part tutorial which exploits a little known capability of Max to create a head. I personally find this technique easier than box modeling for heads since your topology and edge flow are there from the beginning. With box modeling, there’s a lot of division, connecting,...