Model, Paint, and Animate a Realistically Stylized Eye in 3ds Max – Day 2

Fabio Silva on Sep 14th 2009 with 6 comments

In this multi-part tutorial, you will learn 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.

This tutorial is Day 2 in a series – Go to Day 1, 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. Resizing the head to a correct size.
  • 2. Creating the 1st eye shader, and using the Scanline rendering system.
  • 3. Creating a Bump texture map from the pre-existing diffuse texture.

1. Resizing the Head

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2. Building the Shader

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3. Creating the Bump Map

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This tutorial is Day 2 in a series – Go to Day 3 or

Start at the beginning – Go to Day 1

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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.  

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Discussion 6 Comments

  1. Mimo says:
    September 14, 2009 at 5:25 pm

    Very well presented. And nice tut

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  2. John Doe says:
    September 14, 2009 at 9:01 pm

    I dont remember when day one was

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  3. Fábio M. Silva says:
    September 15, 2009 at 4:34 am
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    Thanks for the kind words.

    It has been a while so here’s the link to day 1

    http://cg.tutsplus.com/tutorials/3d-art/create-a-realistic-hand-painted-eye-in-3ds-max-and-photoshop/

    cheers

    Fábio

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  4. João Nogueira says:
    September 15, 2009 at 9:23 am

    Parabéns fábio!
    Está muito bem conseguido…

    WELL DONE!

    abraço

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  5. CefVil says:
    September 19, 2009 at 11:01 pm

    Thank you very much Fábio, your tutorial was explicit, clear and effective, proof to that is the fact that I actually made my first usable eye!

    Keep up the fine work.

    .C.

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