Model, Paint, and Animate a Realistically Stylised Eye In 3ds Max – Day 1

Jul 3rd in 3D Art, Adobe Photoshop, Animation, Autodesk 3Ds Max, Game Art by Fabio Silva

This is a multiple part video tutorial on how to create simple, yet effective, 3d eyes that can be used in either CG illustrations, or animations. This series of tutorials will cover all of the steps that are necessary, from modeling and unwrapping, to texturing, to rigging, and eventually animating the eye.

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Author: Fabio Silva

My name is Fábio M. Silva and I am a 23 year old artist who lives in Portugal. I've had a passion for CG ever since I first discovered it while watching the making of Jurassic Park. Since that day, Ive tried to dive in into this fascinating world of computer graphics, and so far, it has been a very enjoyable ride.

This tutorial is Day 1 in a series - Go to Day 2, or Day 3

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The software that will be used are 3ds Max and Photoshop, but these principles can be applied to any other 3d modeling and painting packages.

Contents

  • 1. Creating the Model: 3ds Max.
  • 2. Creating the UVs and Texture 1: 3ds Max and Photoshop.
  • 3. Creating the UVs and Texture 2: 3ds Max and Photoshop.

1. Modeling the Eye

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2. Creating the UVs and Texture 1

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3. Creating the UVs and Texture 2

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    brepan July 3rd

    cooool :D

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    Rafael Guerra July 3rd

    Portuguese: Bom trabalho, pena que eu nao uso max.
    English: Awesome tut, shame its for max.

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    Dj July 3rd

    @fabio… There is no other way than a video tutorial that this type of info could be given. But, sorry, for me this was very difficult to understand and not at all clear.

    You apparently edited your video – did you speed it up as well? It seemed as though you waved the cursor around alot. Steps were retraced, windows opened and closed without explanation. Even at full screen it was impossible for me to follow. You must explain your steps better.

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    Diego SA July 4th

    Very cool, but I miss some more visible veins on the eyes’ corner. The rest is perfect! Como diriam aqui no Brasil como gíria para “você é muito bom”: você é foda!!!

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      Rafael Guerra July 4th

      hahahaha…porra, ainda bem que os gringos nao falam portugues.

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    Zinogg July 4th

    thanx Fabio
    I really appreciate the effort and time for making these tutorials it’s big help for me i hope to see more of them especially in the “face part” it’s for me the most difficult part so far

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    reece July 5th

    very real and very nice!
    great job

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    blenderman July 7th

    I like the Look. In real Life, between Irisl and eyeball is never a hard edge.

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    3d July 12th

    very cool dude nice one good stuff thumbs up mate

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    prateek mishra August 17th

    very good and cool work

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    Mortimerie August 20th

    Thank you for the tutorial!

    Just a quick note on other methods of achieving a darker iris outline:
    1. double clicking on a layer to open its’ layer style tab and choosing gradient overlay, then changing the mode to radial.
    2. in the same tab satin is also usable, but you have to make sure the ‘invert’ box is unchecked and you may also play around with the ‘contour’ curve a bit.
    3. its also achievable using masks and Im sure there are many other ways since Photoshop is such a versatile program, but the two mentioned above would work pretty quick here. (this is only based on my humble understanding of PS, Im not an expert by any means)

    Cheers!

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    Jaques August 27th

    Dude… Freaking helped me ALOT.. im busy trying to make a face but its SOOO hard… If you got any tutorials on how to do the mouth and nose please let me know.. Im Struggling.. been using max for a year. Got the basics… But this stuff is still i little hard..

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    marcanino September 1st

    muy bueno eres una persona con una imaginacion super este es mi correo
    egipto300hsi@hotmail.com

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    3desiner September 7th

    great tutorial and very important for beginers
    this is amazing job

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    chicheckchi September 22nd

    dear friend
    for first step lesson in3d
    I want pease

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    baby October 9th

    hi i am from ethiopia ,africa
    i am 12 years old
    and your tutorials are ggggggggg

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    cheshta October 10th

    its cool awsum best of luck dude

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