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Better Programmer Art

Tue, 30 Dec 2008 18:53:25 GMT

Joel Davis thought he'd share a set of tips for making better programmer art. These tips are intended to be useful to anyone, regardless of artistic ability or experience. While tips like "practice sketching everyday" or "visit an art museum" might be useful for the aspiring game artist, this document is meant for the non-artist, how to trick people into thinking that you--the left-brained, code-writing, math-loving programmer--have some artistic ability. In addition, none (mostly) of these tips require "practice", because, while practice is useful and even essential to being a true artist, it always seems like the your deadline is coming up with the sunrise and you just need some damn sprites.

Orphaned Polygons in Torque - Part 3 of 3

Fri, 06 Jun 2008 01:43:20 GMT

Part 3 of 3 - A guide to Understanding, Finding & Fixing Orphaned Polygons in Torque.

Orphaned Polygons in Torque - Part 2 of 3

Fri, 06 Jun 2008 02:51:56 GMT

Part 2 of 3 - A guide to Understanding, Finding & Fixing Orphaned Polygons in Torque.

Orphaned Polygons in Torque - Part 1 of 3

Fri, 06 Jun 2008 03:57:09 GMT

Part 1 of 3 - A guide to Understanding, Finding & Fixing Orphaned Polygons in Torque

3D Studio Max Links and Resources

Fri, 23 May 2008 20:08:02 GMT

Mykre has posted a great list of 3D Studio Max links and resources.

Turbo Graphix r.53 Released!

Tue, 29 Apr 2008 15:23:02 GMT

New Features in Turbo Graphix r.53: - Support for Maya 8.0 has been added. - Photoshop *.PSD file support has been improved. - Default high quality settings are now more efficient. - Quick Cylindrical and Spherical Billboarding shortcuts. Turbo Graphix is a powerful image processing system built directly into Autodesk Maya. Using Turbo Graphix you can convert complex sets of layered images into highly efficient 3D models and textures.

Seamless Texture pack 3 has been released.

Fri, 18 Apr 2008 17:27:12 GMT

TexturePortal has released a new collection of seamlessly tileable textures for game development, 3d animation and other photo realistic artwork. It contains 300 high resolution (up to 2048x2048) textures with normal, bump and specular maps.

Blender 3D - Are you looking for Support

Wed, 16 Apr 2008 14:16:00 GMT

Mykre has collected a small collection of Links and resources where budding new Blender 3D Artists can go to find all the support that they will need.

Exis Exchange 2.0 Open Beta

Mon, 14 Apr 2008 16:03:51 GMT

Exis Inc has launched the Exis Exchange version 2.0. The Exchange is a streamlined marketplace with social networking elements for it's community and visitors. The site features moderated 3d content from artists all around the world.

Introducing the Blender 3D Modelling Environment

Wed, 02 Apr 2008 13:40:19 GMT

From the basic terms employed in the field of 3D modelling to the creation of complex scenes, Glen Moyes guides you gently through Blender's wonderful world.

Building an XNA Skybox with Blender

Mon, 31 Mar 2008 22:06:23 GMT

StormCode has posted a tutorial on how to build a skybox in a few minutes in Blender.

Using Blender 3D to Create a Star Field

Sun, 16 Mar 2008 04:34:38 GMT

One of the simple systems that you need for almost all of the XNA Applications is the ability to display a nice clean background. For one of Mykre's projects, he needed to draw a simple star field for the background. To do this he could have used one of the 2D drawing applications like Photoshop or the free Paint.Net, but he chose to use the 3D rendering system of Blender to draw his scene and render out the Background.

Modelling for XNA with Blender Part II

Wed, 12 Mar 2008 13:54:19 GMT

Stormcode has posted part II of their Modeling for XNA with Blender. In part II, they'll show you how to build a more complicated mesh, unwrap it, and build a UV map to map the mesh's vertices to a custom texture. They'll look at some basic Blender modeling techniques along the way as well.

Blender 3d - Video Tutorial on Creating a Sword

Fri, 07 Mar 2008 02:39:01 GMT

Mykre has found a small video that shows you a simple method of creating a sword using the Blender 3d System.

Quick N Dirty Tutorial: Making Nice Explosion Sprites

Fri, 15 Feb 2008 16:31:12 GMT

Etayrien has a quick and dirty tutorial on how to create a Sprite for an explosion particle. He talks with his good friend and gives some steps on how to create a nice looking sprite.

TexturePortal - Seamless Textures Vol. 2

Thu, 14 Feb 2008 12:54:50 GMT

TexturePortal has released a new collection of seamlessly tileable textures for game development, 3d animation and other photo realistic artwork. It contains 420 high resolution (up to 2048x2048) textures with normal, bump and specular maps. Free samples can be downloaded from the product web page.

3D Studio Max - Repetitive Animation Tutorial

Sat, 05 Jan 2008 04:10:00 GMT

Didik has created a great small tutorial on Repetitive Animation in 3D Studio Max. He uses an example of how to show rotor rotation of Apache helicopter model to make it look like the chopper is actually flying/hovering/etc.