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Blender 3D: Characters, Machines, and Scenes for Artists

By : Enrico Valenza, Christopher Kuhn, Pierre-Armand Nicq, Romain Caudron
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Blender 3D: Characters, Machines, and Scenes for Artists

By: Enrico Valenza, Christopher Kuhn, Pierre-Armand Nicq, Romain Caudron

Overview of this book

Blender 3D is one of the top 3D animation software available. As the Blender software grows more powerful and popular, there is a demand to take your modeling skills to the next level. This learning path is divided into three modules that will take you on this incredible journey of creating games. The first module will take you on a journey to understand the workflow normally used to create characters, from the modeling to the rendering stages, using the tools of the last official release of Blender exclusively. You will be making production-quality 3D models and characters quickly and efficiently, which will be ready to be added to your very own animated feature or game. The second module will help you develop a comprehensive skill set that covers the key aspects of mechanical modeling. You will create many types of projects, including a pistol, spacecraft, robot, and a racer. By the end of this module, you will have mastered a workflow that you will be able to apply to your own creations. The final module will help you to create many types of projects using a step-by-step approach. Each project in this module will give you more practice and increase your knowledge of the Blender tools and game engine. This learning path combines some of the best that Packt has to offer in one complete, curated package. It includes content from the following Packt products: ? Blender 3D Cookbook, Second Edition by Enrico Valenza ? Blender 3D Incredible Machines, Second Edition by Christopher Kuhn ? Blender 3D By Example by Romain Caudron and Pierre-Armand Nicq
Table of Contents (5 chapters)
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Index

Chapter 3. Alien Character – Creating a Proper Topology and Transferring the Sculpt Details

This chapter will be more technical than the previous one. We will see how to create a production-ready character with a nice topology, starting with the sculpture of our little alien. Of course, we can't go through all every possible techniques to reach our goal but you will have a solid understanding of what a good organic topology is. You will also learn how to retrieve the details of a sculpture with a normal map. Furthermore, you will learn how to enhance the look of the alien with an ambient occlusion. These maps could be a good starting point to create a more complex and rich texture later. As you learn more and more tools, you will be able to have more possibilities to express your imagination. What you really need to grasp in this chapter is the logical way of doing a good topology, because each object needs one topology according to your needs. So, let's dive...