- Rigging a biped character for animation - this link has a long list of tutorials for rigging characters to be animated, but the process is quite long and might get confusing for less experienced Maya users.
- 11 Second Club - a site with animation competitions to see which of the many entries each month is the best. A good resource to see how others animate their characters.
- Pre-rigged Characters - several characters that are already rigged and ready to animate, instead of having to model and rig your own for each animation.
Saturday, April 16, 2011
Animation
Game Engines
Game engines use assets (3D models, particles, 2D images, etc) to create games. Below are a few engines used in games today.
- Unreal Development Kit free with monthly updates
- UNITY free
- CryENGINE free student edition
- SOURCE not free
- UDK Tutorials a massive list of tutorials for working in UDK
Concept Art Galleries
When trying to concept out an idea, I find it helpful to look around at concept art on the web to get some inspiration or references. Here is a list of sites full of such references that I will try to keep adding to.
Friday, April 15, 2011
Texturing
A few of my friends and instructors have shown me several sites on the web that can help modelers and digital artists find textures for their work. As I find more sites, I will update this blog to include links on where to find them.
- CG Textures - A very helpful site with thousands of high-res images that can be downloaded for free.
- Brushes Download - Granted not a site specifically for textures, but offers a wide range of Adobe Photoshop brushes and tutorials for free.
- "Top Ten Tips of Texturing" - A helpful article with some tips on how to texture more realistically.
- "Worn, Painted Metal Surface" - Step by step instructions on making Halo-ish style armor or just worn down metal.
- Texture Mate - A site with hundreds of textures and Photoshop brushes.
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