Oct 25, 2006

J “Modeling A Salsa Dress in Hexagon for Poser” by John D. Johnson Welcome to this beginners guide to modeling with Hexagon from Daz™.  I will be showing you how to use many of this programs tools to make a dress model for a Poser™ figure. If you have any questions or suggestions, please feel free to email me. We need a mannequin to build our...

Oct 24, 2006

“CHARACTERS USING PROPS in CAT2.5” by Tom Mooney This simple demonstration shows how to use Link Controllers and Helpers to make a convenient process which allows objects to follow the CAT bones and for IK controlled CAT bones to follow objects. It is a bit more complex than using direct links because it deals with cases where you want the objects...

Oct 21, 2006

“Shelby Mustang GT500 wheel” by Onno van Braam I was browsing Dieselstation.com the other day to look for some reference photo’s of silver cars (I am working on a project for a car manufacturer at the moment), when I came upon the following photo of a wheel of a Shelby Mustang GT500, the 2005 GT500 that is, not the ’67 one. I liked this...

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...