Introduction to 3D art class

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Welcome to game art 3D

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8 weeks and a lot to do..

3D Studio MaxDrawingBuildingMaking it beautifulGetting it in your own levelTheories behind game art

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3 times every 2 weeks.

For every model you are going to make, sketch!

Even for the first assignment, a crate.

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The products:CrateBarrelPalm treePost apocalyptic carYour own scene or models

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What am I going to teach you:How 3D studio max works.How to make lowpoly models.How to make textures.How to place them on your models.Some theory behind game art.

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You are designers.

So, I aspect a great looking portfolio in style with your products.

Every model you make; Think about style, texture and story.

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It’s all about presentation.

If you present yourself and your work professionally it can get you a job at Crytek.

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The techniques we are going to use are:

Box modeling – starting from a basic shape and mold it into something else.

Plane modeling – starting off with a plane and extrude and mold it into another shape.

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We use a lot of terminology during this course.

We will be talking about, vertices, edges, borders, poly’s, uvw unwrap and loads more.

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Vertices

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Edges

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Face or Polygon

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Every face consists of two or more triangles

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Take a good look.

Every shape has a simple base form, start with that to make it into whatever you want.

Keep it simple.

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And the most important thing of all:

Have fun doing it and don’t hesitate to ask questions, that’s where I am here for.