3d creature workshop

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3d creature workshop


in this issue we are doing a Dual book review. We Will be looking at Bill flemings 3d creature workshop and the updated 2nd edition he co-wrote with Richard h. Schrand. Both books cover the same great steps and techniques, with the 2nd edition containing four new chapters highlighting Fantasy creature creation and the animation of single Mesh models. A variety of new creatures are used todo Illustrate techniques in this edition as well twhether you have a copy of the first or second edition, you are holding an invaluable resource on creature/character modeling and creation. Each book starts of with a tho rouge discussion of creature design. Then you work th rouge the elements of creating a creature biography that Will help you with your design decisions. There is a los a great section on the value of source material and how it fits into designing your creature tthe next major sections contain chapters that cover modeling in various software programs. And while that might put you of buying this book, dont let it. The tutorialesare well written and while slanted toward specific programs, can be applied very easily todo Blender techniques and tools tonce you have finished modeling your creature of choice, there is a rather in depth section covering texturing. Bill Fleming shows some great techniques for adding realistic detail todo your texture maps twhile both editions are somewhat older, nothing new has hit the market that can surpass or replace the amount of información available in these books. If you want your creatures/characters todo be realistic and appear todo be as lifelike as posible, then you ned todo chek at least one of these books out.



If you follow the following enlace, you can download a sample chapter of the 2nd edition from Charles River media.

Http://www.charlesriver.com/books/proditem.aspx?Id=1758.
3d creature workshop.

By Bill Fleming.

Paperback: 450 pages.

Publisher: Charles River media, bk&cd rom edition (may 199
Language: english.

Isbn: 1886801789.
3d creature workshop, second edition (graphics series)
By Bill Fleming and Richard h. Schrand.

Paperback: 441 pages.

Publisher: Charles River media; 2 edition (february 1, 2001)
Language: english.

Isbn: 1584500212
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