Category Archives: 3ds Max

In the style of… Modelling the Tee Shirt and boots…

Posted on January 9, 2013 by recursiveworlds

Tutorials covering simple ways of adding details for clothing and other character details.

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Snowflakes…

Posted on December 20, 2012 by recursiveworlds

I was going for a christmassy Snow blizzard of flakes blowing towards the camera… unfortunately all I got was a hail of ninja throwing stars…ish, just shows you how wrong you can get it:)… Merry Christmas…  

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Steam Punk Chess Robot Student Work…

Posted on December 17, 2012 by recursiveworlds

These guys did really well with this project, so I thought it was worth sharing. This is their first ever animation project with a character in it and only their second ever project using 3d software, Oliver deserves special mention as he … Continue reading →

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Modelling the Head… In the style of part 2…

Posted on December 6, 2012 by recursiveworlds

A new set of tutorials to help answer a brief that is situated around the idea of rebooting an old children’s TV programme in the style of a more contemporaneous one… This is the second set covering modelling a head… … Continue reading →

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In the style of… Character Modelling…

Posted on November 29, 2012 by recursiveworlds

A new set of tutorials to help answer a brief that is situated around the idea of rebooting an old children’s TV programme in the style of a more contemporaneous one… The first 2 sets of tutorials cover basic character … Continue reading →

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Lip Sync… the tutorials…

Posted on November 19, 2012 by recursiveworlds

These are a blend of what to do and how to do some basic lip syncing using morph targets in 3ds Max…

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Lip sync stage 2…

Posted on November 19, 2012 by recursiveworlds

You’ve seen the sketches and you’ve seen the model… now here is the animation…   [vimeo vimeo.com/53854131]

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Stage one…

Posted on November 19, 2012 by recursiveworlds

Make in 3d and rig…

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My Last word on The Steam Punk Chess Robot…

Posted on November 14, 2012 by recursiveworlds

The Final re-render of the animation that I did in making the tutorials for this project, I raised the central Omni light a little to fix those pesky shadows and extended its far attenuation field so that its dimming light just … Continue reading →

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Beastie with antlers printed…

Posted on November 14, 2012 by recursiveworlds

Here is a 3D print of the long necked beastie with mondrian inspired antlers… [pre antlers…]

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