Digital Sculpting with Mudbox

Mike de la Flor

ISBN 10: 0240812034 / ISBN 13: 9780240812038

Verlag: CRC Press Apr 2010, 2010

This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Digital sculpting is the use of tools to push, pull, smooth, grab, pinch or otherwise manipulate a digital object as if it were made of a real-life substance such as clay. Mudbox is the premier sculpting solution for digital artists, allowing them to naturally and easily sculpt detailed, organic characters and models in a way that feels like traditional sculpting.This book guides CG professionals through the process of creating amazing digital sculptures using the Mudbox arsenal of ground-breaking digital sculpting and 3D painting tools, and porting the models into their Maya or Max work.Artists will explore tried and true, traditional sculpting techniques and learn to apply them to digital sculpting. A series of in-depth tutorials are incluced, each challenging them with progressively more complex models as they go on.Fine art sculptors transitioning from traditional sculpting to digital sculpting will benefit for uniquenever-before-publishedguidance on how to successfully integrate digital sculpting into their workflow.Associated web site with: support files, models, materials, and textures for completing the tutorials in the book. 264 pp. Englisch. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 9780240812038

Inhaltsangabe:

Digital sculpting is the use of tools to push, pull, smooth, grab, pinch or otherwise manipulate a digital object as if it were made of a real-life substance such as clay. Mudbox is the premier sculpting solution for digital artists, allowing them to naturally and easily sculpt detailed, organic characters and models in a way that feels like traditional sculpting.

This book guides CG professionals through the process of creating amazing digital sculptures using the Mudbox arsenal of ground-breaking digital sculpting and 3D painting tools, and porting the models into their Maya or Max work.

Artists will explore tried and true, traditional sculpting techniques and learn to apply them to digital sculpting. A series of in-depth tutorials are incluced, each challenging them with progressively more complex models as they go on.

Fine art sculptors transitioning from traditional sculpting to digital sculpting will benefit for unique never-before-published guidance on how to successfully integrate digital sculpting into their workflow.

Associated web site with: support files, models, materials, and textures for completing the tutorials in the book.

Über die Autorinnen und Autoren: Mike de la Flor, Bridgette Mongeon

Mike de la Flor is a freelance medical illustrator/animator, instructor, and writer. He's the author of several CG titles including the popular The Digital Biomedical Illustration Handbook. Mike has written dozens of articles for 3DWorld, Computer Arts, and MacWorld among other magazines.
Bridgette Mongeon is a master sculptor with over 20 years experience in figurative sculpture. She is a sought-after sculpting instructor and enjoys speaking on a variety of topics, such as art and technology and marketing in the arts. Bridgette is a contributing writer for Sculptural Pursuits and Sculptural Review and has written numerous articles on the arts.

Bibliografische Details

Titel: Digital Sculpting with Mudbox
Verlag: CRC Press Apr 2010
Erscheinungsdatum: 2010
Einband: Taschenbuch
Zustand: Neu