CG Useful Tutorials (modelling, technics, tips, ...)

[micheus]

From CGmascot by niko:

• Low-poly Tips
• Low-poly Tips 2 – Game Art Asset Optimization
• Low-poly Tips 3 – Game Art Asset optimization

From the site Muranon.com

• Low-Poly Modeling Tutorial for Beginners
• UV Mapping by Wings 3D

[micheus]

Good basic tutorials:

• Introduction to Zbrush - The App that Started it All by Tyrus Goshay
• Planes of the Face - Understanding Facial Structure as a Sculptor by Doris Fiebig

[micheus]

Build a CAGE for XNormal in Wings3D by Arg Arg

[micheus]

The Allegorithmic is sharing The Comprehensive PBR Guide - a documentation about the PBR. By now, they just release the first of two volumes - Volume 1: the Theory of PBR.

[micheus]

Create a Game Ready Fire Extinguisher by Soni Kumari

Tha's a excelent tutorial about how to create a game ready fire extinguisher. It was made for 3ds Max, but there is many informations/tips that can be applied to our Wings3D projects - mainly the unwrap/texture tips.

• Part 1 (creating the high poly model of the fire extinguisher)
• Part 2 (optimizing the high poly model to create a low poly model)
• Part 3 (unwraping the low poly fire extinguisher model)
• Part 4 (how to bake a Normal and AO map using 3ds Max)
• Part 5 (how to texture our asset - it discuss the basic rules and pipeline of the texturing with the help of Photoshop and xNormal)

[sophiajohn]

These are interesting, I can say that each of the link you have shared is worth..

[denis012]

I used them! Thanks

[micheus]

Hard surface textures by Stefan Morrell


How NOT To Make Normal Maps From Photos Or Images at KatsBits


Top Ten Tips of Texturing by Jeroen Maton

[micheus]

1st part) Low poly game character hair by Paul Tosca
1.Hairstyles
2.Game models approach
3.Example of hairstyle
3.1.Tools used
3.2.Painting the hair texture
3.3.Hair geometry
3.4.Using normal maps
4.Varga

2nd part) Making of Varga by Paul Tosca
1.Intro
2.Game modeling workflows
3.Tools used
4.Workflow used for Varga
4.1.Low poly cage
4.2.Detailing in Mudbox
4.3.Transfer maps
4.4.Further tweaking of normal maps in photoshop



The second one has a lot of interesting information/tips about normal maps - very useful.

[micheus]

Tiling rock texture by Arif Pribadi
An entire workflow about to create a tiling rock texture. From the model sculpting to the maps creation.