Aug 10, 2006

” Render To Texture – Baking Textures” by Wojtek “Buddy” Starak I do suggest to read my UVW map tutorial first 🙂 I usually used Render To Texture to bake nice skylight shadows on my model, but from some time I also using it when texturing (thanks Robert Briscoe). When my mesh is done I uv certain parts of it separatly, in most cases each...

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...