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Create believable CG character models with this unique book and DVD package. The stunning color images show just what you can achieve, and the detailed step-by-step tutorials show exactly how to achieve them. Every technique and tip is backed up with practical tutorials, using the models, textures and video on the companion DVD to offer a crash course to this vital skill. Jason Patnode takes you from low to high-resolution modeling - helping you span the gap between game and film industry skills. This title is based on Maya 2008 and ZBrush 3.0. You'll learn: Pipeline and modeling guidelines; overview of Maya; introduction to ZBrush modeling; concept art; anatomy; creating a video game character; creating a hyper-real character; creating a photo-real character; UVs and texturing; and how to create a demo reel. Master professional techniques and workflow processes with clear, easy to follow tutorials. The companion DVD contains video tutorials, plug-ins, models and texture maps as well as high quality art from participating artists. Interviews with professionals connect the concepts to real world workflow and applications.
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Jason Patnode teaches modeling and animation at The Academy of Art University, he has worked in both game and film production and was previously Lead 3D Technical Artist at LucasArts, a division of LucasFilm, California, USA.
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Format:Paperback
As with all written tutorials on 3d modeling, you end up getting stuck, because you cannot replicate what is being shown in the tutorial, this is usually down to poor explanation, missed details, or software version differences.
Unfortunately the first two "tutorials" in this book suffer from the tutorial wall, it's not severe as the first one is irrelevant, but the second one you're supposed to model an eye shape using curves, loft the surface with nurbs, then convert the nurbs to polygons.
Even following the book exactly, it just doesn't come out anything like it, what's more is the convert nurbs to polygons command didn't even work, so either something was missed out, or the version difference changes the way it's meant to be done.
The rest of the book looks ok, it's well laid out and written, you can definately get something from this book if you have the tenacity to ignore the bits that just don't work out.
the quality of the work isn't exactly high, it explains at the end of the book that once you've finished you can start building your portfolio, higher level training and practice will be needed to land a job after this book.
Unfortunately the first two "tutorials" in this book suffer from the tutorial wall, it's not severe as the first one is irrelevant, but the second one you're supposed to model an eye shape using curves, loft the surface with nurbs, then convert the nurbs to polygons.
Even following the book exactly, it just doesn't come out anything like it, what's more is the convert nurbs to polygons command didn't even work, so either something was missed out, or the version difference changes the way it's meant to be done.
The rest of the book looks ok, it's well laid out and written, you can definately get something from this book if you have the tenacity to ignore the bits that just don't work out.
the quality of the work isn't exactly high, it explains at the end of the book that once you've finished you can start building your portfolio, higher level training and practice will be needed to land a job after this book.
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6 of 7 people found the following review helpful
An Invaluable Source for ZBrush and Maya!
29 Jan 2008
Format:Paperback
This is the first book I found that deals with ZBrush. As a new user of the program, I found this book invaluable in getting started with ZBrush. The tutorials are well laid out and there are tons of supplemental videos to help, too. I've been using Maya for a while, mainly for vehicle modeling, and I found this foray into organic character modeling to be very helpful in building my skills.
3 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Excellent Intermediate Book
17 April 2008
Format:Paperback
I found this book to be one of the best intermediate books out there for both Maya and Z-Brush. Be sure to read the recommendations at the beginning of the book. Great stuff with easy to read tips that can be applied immediately. There are lots of things about this book that I like better than the Autodesk books. This gets to the point quicker, instead of spinning you around with overview or "Before you begin.." or "Conventions used in this book.." type of junk. If you've made it through one of the beginning Autodesk books and want to expand out a little, this book works great.
2 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Amazing maya and zbrush book
16 Jun 2008
Format:Paperback
This is a great book for creating characters in maya and refining them in zbrush. It is written by a pro (the guy was Lead 3D Technical Artist at LucasArts) so he definitely knows what he's talking about. He covers the whole art pipeline process and gives a great overview, but also goes into great detail. It's the best 3D book I own, and I own many!
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