Modeling a Character in 3DS Max

Although 3ds Max is highly popular, there is currently a lack of thorough, instructional material specific to game art development. Beginning Game Art in 3ds Max 8 will teach by example, showing how to create art that could be used in a real game and explaining why it needs to be created in a specific way. It will include many step-by-step exercises enabling readers to practice what they are learning along the way. After learning the fundamentals of 3ds Max 8, readers will cover everything from building game objects, worlds, and characters, to rigging characters and animating for games....

**How to Cheat in 3ds Max - updated for latest rev of Max**Need to get results with 3ds max fast? Why take months to learn every button in 3ds max when you can create great visuals with just a few key tools? Learn to create quick yet stunning special effects, and animated characters with the fastest techniques possible. Need convincing grass, trees, water, shadows? You can use the memory-hogging methods that choke your display and take forever to render, or you can get it done bing-bang with this book. When you need an animated character you can spend days fiddling with polygons, or you can use this book to put it together in minutes and get the entire project done in a day. How to Cheat in 3ds max includes a host of time-saving techniques as well as...

Game Character Design Complete Using 3ds max & Photoshop CS2 teaches everything involved in creating a video game character for popular game engines. The practical techniques explain how to sketch, create, texture, animate, and export a game character.Written for those interested in becoming a game character artist and those who want to expand their existing digital art skills, the book uses a step-by-step tutorial approach. It covers the powerful mesh creation technique of Box Modeling and UV mapping, and it provides a brief introduction to using Right Hemisphere's Deep UV', texturing with Photoshop CS, and creating bones and biped installation. There is also important coverage of animation, lip syncing, motion capture, and game engine preparati...