Texturing: False Geometry

[DAKLOL]

I just came across this website and this little tutorial really stuck out to me, I suggest everyone semi new to look at it and I'm sure you will learn a lot. It will probably interest some experienced people as well.

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Part 1

Part 2

[flynn181]

wow that was in depth
i suggest everyone to read it

[dragonassasin]

its ben mathis the dude is a god (added him to my favorite artist list long ago )so is john fletcher Jonathan Fletcher - Online Portfolio

[mashiach]

iv read the 1 part ill read the 2 later but since im still new to 3dmax i dident got to the bottom of this article hope i will when ill get more exp with the program.

[DAKLOL]

hope i will when ill get more exp with the program.

Well, you are in the right place keep trying and take your time and it will come to you soon enough.

[ExTaZ]

Help me understand one thing here http://www.artpanda.co.uk/images/gallery/reptilian.jpg at first it´s a normal polygon model but then WOW he does something and it get realistic body does he use zbrush or something? :O

[Stephael]

Thats an easy one
He will probably have done a high poly model from the low poly (edited in max, zbrush, mudbox or whatever) and afterwards he baked out the normal map(Normal mapping - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia). And afterwards he applyed the normal map to the low poly model

[dragonassasin]

Jon uses 3ds max photoshop and zbrush, you should watch his Texturing Florpk videos in the tutorial section, but he is quite impressive with makeing the normal maps from the high res they really pop out of the geometry

[DAKLOL]

I tried to download some of his videos none of them downloaded at all, I think because no one was seeding?

[dragonassasin]

they are youtube speed throughs not downloads