2D Artwork and 3D Modeling for Game Artists is the perfect stepping stone for beginning or intermediate game artists entering the gaming industry. No other book on the market provides coverage of both 2D artwork and 3D modeling for artists. The CD-ROM in this book also provides brief tutorials on two of the most popular art and modeling tools, trueSpace and Photoshop, used in the game industry. Explore your creativity and design high-quality game textures and models using the numerous tools that are included on the CD, including trial versions of Caligari trueSpace 6, DeepUV and Deep Paint 3D, Adobe Photoshop 6.0, 3D Studio Max 5, free textures, and much more! This book also includes an 8 page 4-color insert.
Features
* Introduces an aspiring game artists to the tools and techniques used in the game industry
* Does not assume any previous knowledge of graphics software
* Assists the user in step-by-step how-to tutorials for real world game design on the CD
* The book is complete by covering all key 2D and 3D operations commonly used by game art professionals
Table of Contents:
3D modeling with truespace
DeepUV
Unwrapping the UVs
Preparing assets for games with 3D Studio Max
Bringing it all together
CD contains demos |
