Oct 11, 2006

“Making of the fur ” by Dan LuVisi Step 1: Let’s begin; it’s really easy to create fur although it just takes patience. I will list what you need, a color for the fur, a small brush and to know how to use the burn tool. But I’ll walk you down the path. We’ll do a Lion’s fur in this tutorial, so first off look at the colors on the first image. Step...

Oct 11, 2006

“Modeling a Male torso” by Peter Ratner If you are modeling a male, then follow the illustrated torso steps. The technique is the same as the one used for the female. The big difference is that you will have to create more edges so that you can shape all the muscles. As with any human modeling, it helps to have an artist’s anatomy book handy for...

Oct 8, 2006

“Upside down ” by Mathias Koehler This making-of is intended for intermediate users. Beginners are welcome to read this as well of course, but don’t expect detailed descriptions of how I’ve modelled this special head part or that leg or something. There are about 50 pictures showing the process. I’m focussing mainly on the creation...

Oct 7, 2006

“Tiger Den” by Antonis Papantoniou Purpose There is a fundamental difference I think, between fine art and applied art: Fine art is created to serve itself or an abstract ideal, where applied art is mostly created to serve a practical purpose. I think that this is a distinction that forms the foundation for visual arts such as concept art, character...

Oct 4, 2006

“Rock ‘n’ Roll” by Rodrigue Pralier My Name is Rodrigue Pralier, I currently work for Electronic Arts Montreal. I will show you how I did my Rock n Roll image. For my last personal project I wanted to do an old rock and roll character. I will show you all the different steps, from modeling the pieces in Zbrush to the final retouching in...

Oct 1, 2006

“Modeling a Female torso” by Peter Ratner This tutorial is a continuation of the “Modeling A Female Head” lesson. I prefer to give the reader as much detail as possible and since artists are more visually oriented, I like to provide more images than words. If you like my instructions, please consider buying my books Mastering 3D Animation, 2 nd...

Sep 26, 2006

“Modeling with zspheres ” by Jason Welsh This tutorial shows you easy way of modeling in Zbrush. 3Dtutorials.sk recommendation: To maximise the realism of your 3D creatures we recommend to use high quality photo references from the #1 texture website www.3D.sk To see the nice tut for beginners click on the thumbnail below. To downlaod the video...

Sep 25, 2006

“Creature” by Cristian Patrasciuc The Concept The idea for this project came mainly because of the lack in organic model of my portfolio. After making many other things I decided to try this type of projects too. As I have not modeled an organic thing before, I decided to start with a creature. It should give the modeler a bit of freedom, in...