Advanced 3d Modeling and Texturing with Andrew Klein

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MAA 4435: Advanced 3d Modeling and Texturing The Purpose of this course is to introduce advance concepts for modeling and rendering through the combination of Maya, Photoshop and Zbrush. Focusing on various pipelines, this course covers concepts such as displacement mapping, normal mapping, Zspheres and their skinning processes, and 2.5 illustration.

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Week 8: Sculpting:

When sculpting for skin and clothing, I like to use a combination of 3 brushes:

here are some images representing finsihed versions of this techinque (click for larger):

Sculpting Techniques:

Sculpting a Cyborg, 14 part series from Scott Spencer and 3dWorld Magazine:

In part 8 of this 11 part series from Andrew Klein (http://www.andrewklein.net), we look at creating one of the sheets of armor for the War-Sloth. This is done using the retopologization tools. Here we look at creating surface thickness with the new adapative skin, and appending a subtool.

In part 9 of this 11 part series from Andrew Klein (http://www.andrewklein.net), I use zsphere chains to create a strap for the armour.

In part 10 of this 11 part series from Andrew Klein (http://www.andrewklein.net), I use the Subtool Master plugin for zbrush to duplicate the gauntlet from the left arm to the right.

In the 11th and final part of this series from Andrew Klein (http://www.andrewklein.net), I use the Transpose Master plugin for zbrush to create a TposeMesh, which is essentially a combined version of the level 1 of each of my subtools. This allows for easy posing with the transpose tool, quick masking, and action line.

The Making of No More Wine from Zclasroom (continued):

Watch ZBrush Reproject Higher Subdivision Level in How-To

Fabric can fold in several ways which will be important to us when we get into Zbrush:

Take a look at this video, which explains these concepts in greater detail:

Sculpting Cloth Tutorial (And Brush Downloads) from Selwey (click image below):

Additional Sculpting Cloth Tutorial (click image below):

WATCH THIS VIDEO... CLICK ON IMAGE BELOW:

Sculpting a Male Face:

Sculpting a Creature Face:

Sculpting Fur :

Sculpting Shoes :

Sculpting a Torso:

Digital "Squinting":

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JUMP TO A SPECIFIC WEEK:

week 1, week 2, week 3, week 4, week 5, week 6, week 7, week 8, week 9, week 10, week 11

	In part 8 of this 11 part series from Andrew Klein (http://www.andrewklein.net), we look at creating one of the sheets of armor for the War-Sloth. This is done using the retopologization tools. Here we look at creating surface thickness with the new adapative skin, and appending a subtool.
	In part 9 of this 11 part series from Andrew Klein (http://www.andrewklein.net), I use zsphere chains to create a strap for the armour.
	In part 10 of this 11 part series from Andrew Klein (http://www.andrewklein.net), I use the Subtool Master plugin for zbrush to duplicate the gauntlet from the left arm to the right.
	In the 11th and final part of this series from Andrew Klein (http://www.andrewklein.net), I use the Transpose Master plugin for zbrush to create a TposeMesh, which is essentially a combined version of the level 1 of each of my subtools. This allows for easy posing with the transpose tool, quick masking, and action line.