2D Artwork and 3D Modeling for Game Artists

David Franson

720 pages, parution le 07/01/2003

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Résumé

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

Contents

The History of Game Graphics

Part One 3D Modeling with trueSpace

Getting Ready to Model: Concept Art
Modeling the RF-9 Plasma Gun with TrueSpace 6
Modeling the Slogre Character with TrueSpace

Part Two Unwrapping the UVs with DeepUV

U-V Mapping the RF-9 Plasma Gun with DeepUV
U-V Mapping the Slogre with DeepUV

Part Three Unwrapping the UVs with DeepUV

Game Texturing
Inorganic Texture Tutorials with Photoshop
Advanced Texturing Examples
Organic Texture Tutorials with Photoshop
Skinning the RF-9 Plasma Gun with Deep Paint 3D and Photoshop
Skinning the Slogre with Deep Paint 3D find Photoshop

Part Four Preparing Assets for Games with 3D Studio Max

Making the RF-9 Plasma Gun Game-Ready with 3D Studio Max
Making the Slogre Game-Ready with 3D Studio Max and Character Studio

Part Five Bringing It All Together

Bringing your Work into the Torque Game Engine
Finding work as a Game Artist

Part Six Appendices

Appendix A A 3D Modeling Primer
Appendix B A 2D Graphics Primer
Appendix C Photoshop 6 Keyboard shortcuts
Appendix D Glossary of 2D- and 3D-Related Terminology
Appendix E Related Web Sites and Links
Appendix F What's on the CD-Rom ?

L'auteur - David Franson

David Franson has been a professional in the field of networking, programming, and 2D and 3D computer graphics since 1990. In 2000, he resigned his position as Information Technologies Director of one of the largest entertainment law firms in New York City to persue a full-time career in game development. Between being distracted from flying remotely control airplanes and teaching tae kwon do, artistry for games has now become the new passion in David's life.

Caractéristiques techniques

	PAPIER
Éditeur(s)	Premier Press
Auteur(s)	David Franson
Parution	07/01/2003
Nb. de pages	720
Format	18,8 x 23
Couverture	Broché
Poids	1175g
Intérieur	Noir et Blanc
EAN13	9781931841337
ISBN13	978-1-931841-33-7