Modeling Tutorials

From Cogswell Game Dev Club

This section has tons of resources to help 3D Modeling students learn techniques for creating models, proper mesh flow, and good texturing techniques. Use these as you wish, and add to the collection if you find anything that would go well here.

Modeling Tutorials

Mike Roberts JPEGs

These are the reference JPEGs Mike Roberts hands around, showing the steps he goes through to model a humanoid character and a dragon in Luxology modo. This technique applies to most modeling packages, and is a quick way to block out a character or creature.

Modeling a Human
Body and Foot
Head
Hand and Ear

Modeling a Dragon
Dragon Body
Dragon Head
Dragon Wing and Claws

Blender

Modeling a Fly in Blender (Sebastian König)
VIDEO: Modeling a Low-poly Character (Jonathan Williamson)
VIDEO: Modeling a Human Eye (Jonathan Williamson)

General

Racer445 Tutorials (Evan "Racer445" Herbert)
PoopInMyMouth Tutorials (Ben Mathis)
Modeling Joan of Arc (Michael Roger) (3DS Max)
Modeling Ears in 3D (Carlos R. Bisquertt)
Basic Deformable Geometry (Jonathan Rush)
Cholden's Tutorials (Chris Holden)

Texturing Tutorials

Hard Surface Texturing Tutorial (Stefan Morrell)
High Poly Material Rendering Tutorial (Artem Volchik)
Cannon Texturing Tutorial (Sam Roberts)
Photoshop Painting Tutorial (Ancient-Pig)
Jonathan Fletcher's Tutorials
Normalmapping for the Technical Game Modeler (Ariel Chai)

Modeling Timelapses

Wasp Model in Blender (Sebastian König)
Male Head in Blender (Jonathan Williamson)
Jet Car in Blender (Js Guillemette)

Image Tutorials

Modeling Tutorial JPGs
Proper Face Loops	The 'Strip Modeling' technique	How bevels affect lighting for normal maps	Minimizing your UV seam cuts	Using contiguous geometry vs. overlapping	How to save tris when using spheres
Modeling eye lashes and gloss	Locust from Gears of War (Hi Poly)	Locust from Gears of War (Lo Poly)	Anatomy edge loops vs. "bendy straw"	An arm and hand from ZSpheres in ZBrush.	Wireframe of a female figure study.
Hand Wireframes	Starting a sculpt from a quick base.