Cgtuts+ http://cg.tutsplus.com CG Tutorials Sat, 20 Mar 2010 05:09:29 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 http://cg.tutsplus.comhttp://envato.s3.amazonaws.com/rss_images/cgtuts_144.jpgCgtuts+Cgtutshttp://feedburner.google.com Create a Realistic Looking Mailbox using 3ds Max and UV Layout – Day 3 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Cgtuts/~3/iK5N5XoTeRE/ http://cg.tutsplus.com/tutorials/autodesk-3ds-max/create-a-realistic-looking-mailbox-using-3ds-max-and-uv-layout-day-3/#comments Fri, 19 Mar 2010 04:00:10 +0000 Chris Tate http://cg.tutsplus.com/?p=2548 In this detailed, three day workflow tutorial, you will follow the entire process of modeling, UV mapping, and texturing a lifelike mailbox using 3ds Max and UV Layout. Starting out in 3ds max with a simple box primitive, you will use poly modeling tools and techniques to build and shape our mailbox model. With the model completed, you will then move on to UV mapping using a combination of both 3ds Max’s unwrap uvw modifier as well as the demo version of Headus UVLayout. Finally, with the UV all packed away, you will learn some very useful techniques to build up the colors and materials of your texture.

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Pierre Bourgeot – Vlassic

Balázs Pápay – Guardian

Albert Feliu Gomis – Faves – Demon Abomination

Pablo Vicentin – The Hellmaker

Cheong Hoe Yi – BoB Alien

Cheong Hoe Yi – Gzhopper-Man

Cheong Hoe Yi – Roundeye Dragon

Cheong Hoe Yi – Wolf-man

Mariano Steiner – Boo!!

Mariano Steiner – Skinny Alien

Xiaoyu Wang – Pigsy

Damien Canderle – Gremlins

Damien Canderle – Le Neunoeil

Damien Canderle – We Are Not Alone 2

Anto Juricic – Frankenstein

Pawe; Brudniak – Fortress of Brugorth

Balazs Kiss – Goblin

Balazs Kiss – Orc

Marcin Klicki – Glutojad

Marcin Klicki – Jezyczek

Ian Joyner – Hellgate: Fiend Savage

Michal Suchanek – Mountain Patrol

NSFW Dmitry Kuzznetsov – Mongrel Girl

Jonathan Clark – Red Skull In His Trophy Room

NSFW Jonathan Roméo – Darkness Sulfure

Jeff Miller – Brute Chieftain #2

Alessandro Baldasseroni – Chaos

Sven Juhlin – Hammerhead

Sven Juhlin – Yeti

Sven Juhlin – Goblin

Sven Juhlin – Red Skull/a>

Eoin Rogan – Mean Machine Angel Portrait

Ahmed AL Barazengi – The Gangster

Ryan Dunne – Revenge of the Octopus

Ryan Dunne – Adaptation of the Malesquis

Ryan Dunne – Tako no Fukushuu / Revenge of the Octopus

John Kearney – The Fallen

John Kearney – Hunt of the Malesquis

Meats Meier – Praying Devil, Meats

Fred Bastide – The Chase

Fred Bastide – My Uncle Cthulhu

Marc Tan – The Vampyre

Philip Herman – Corak the Hunter

Chris Nichols – Cthulhu

Chris Nichols – Beast of Burden

Chris Nichols – The Gunslinger

Jason Findley – Crabman Shot01

Harsh Borah – Alien Queen

Guohua Xing – Dark Dancer

Guohua Xing – Orc Warrior

Guohua Xing – S-1214

Carl-Mikael Lagnecrantz – A Storm is Coming…

Carl-Mikael Lagnecrantz – Ring Of Many Connections, Rivendale

Sebastien Sonet – Mutant

Sebastien Sonet – Tortured Souls

Jan Jinda – Conall, The Werewolf

Pascal Raimbault – Wired Prisoners

Damir G. Martin – DinoMonsters, New Breed of Superheroes

Damir G. Martin – Biggest Smile in Galaxy

Marco Menco – Labirinth : the Homeless Minotaur

Ruben Darío Karamañites Arango – Tarantula Sorcerer

Krishnamurti Costa – Vampire

Krishnamurti Costa – Pumpkinhead – Stan Winston Tribute HMC 16

Krishnamurti Costa – Bio-Mechanic Allegory

Per Haagensen – The Avatar of the Great Enemy

Per Haagensen – High-Captain of Angband

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    Okay, full disclosure; I’m not saying that what I’m showing here is going to work for everyone. This is just how I’ve done design and dealt with clients during the years that I’ve been doing this, and I can only hope that you take away something when it comes to moving on and looking to do this as a career. Remember that this is just an example and a guideline on the “hows and whys” of project workflow and management, and not the final word. And if any of you seasoned pros out there have any of your own tips to add, please be sure to share them in the comments so the greenhorns can learn something!




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    Now in the fourth part of our mammoth series, we will follow Laurens as he completes the high poly mesh of his hot rod, all the while making sure that is will be suitable for baking onto a low poly realtime model.

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