CGWorkshop – Modern Game Art - Weapons
CGWorkshop – Modern Game Art - Weapons
English | Video: .mp4 | 3.5 hours | Resolution: 1280x720 (H264) | Audio: AAC 1411kbps | 486.2 MB
Course Overview
Fresh from 5 years of working on Star Wars: The Old Republic, EA Bioware%27s Jon Rush helps you hone your sculpting skills on a piece of awesome weaponry in this short 3 week online workshop. Building a great weapon can be different to creating a character or creature. EA Bioware%27s Jon Rush helps you hone your sculpting skills on a piece of awesome weaponry. Bring your passion for 3D and perfect your weapon creation skills. This workshop is open to all 3D modelling applications (Max, Maya, XSI, etc...), and takes advantage of ZBrush to push the work to the next level.
This course is suitable for artists of all levels. Different concept weapons will be available for students of Beginner, Intermediate and Advanced ability, so you can work to a level that suits your experience.
As you create your own model in the class, we%27ll cover the principles of hard surface modelling, and how to deal with hard surface shapes in Zbrush. We%27ll look at detailing and low-poly modelling, baking, texturing and finally viewing your work in Marmoset.
So if you%27re short on time but you want to get the most from the time you have, let Jon help you create a great piece by giving you constant information, feedback and encouragement.
"I think I%27ve learned more about 3D for games in the last three weeks than I did in a year at college."
- Kevin Fawcett, student July 2011
Week by week outline
Lesson Outline (28 lessons)
Introduction
The basic principles of hard surface modeling
Week 1
01 Low poly basics
02 how to see results
03 Poly structure for smoothing
04 reinforcing edges for smoothing
05 creating indentations in sub-D
06 Sub-D poly model to ZBrush
07 Reference planes in ZBrush
08 Shadow Box in ZBrush
09 Cut Brushes in ZBrush
10 Cut Brushes and Shadow box to sharpen edges
11 Extract geo and ad edge loops to extruded in ZB
Concepts introduced
Basic principles of hard surface modeling
Homework - Students pick a concept weapon, and begin modeling
Week 2
Week 2 Lesson Notes
01 Remesh in ZBrush
02 Alphas in ZBrush
03 Projection Master in ZBrush
04 positiong alpha on pistol grip
05 Conform or wrap one object to another in ZBrush
06 Dents and dings and weathering in ZB
07 MORE Dents and dings and weathering in ZB
08 Retopolizing in Topogun
Modeling continues
Detailing introduced
Hard surface shapes in ZBrush
Principles of low poly modeling
Homework - Finish your high and low poly models
Week 3
Week 3 Lesson Notes
01 Unwrapping and editing UVs in Max
02 UV Master in ZB
03 Cage Adjustments
04 xNormal No.1
05 xNormal No.2
06 Specular component in Photoshop
07 Diffuse Map in Photoshop
08 Marmoset
09 Normals Map details Photoshop+xNormal
Principles of UV mapping
Principles of creating bakes
How to turn bakes into textures
How to view your work in Marmoset
Homework - UV the model, finish textures, and post at least one beauty shot from Marmoset
Student requirements
Poly modeling app (Maya, Max, XSI, etc...)
ZBrush 3.5r3 or higher
Photoshop
XNormal (free app)
Marmoset (free app)
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