Game Character Design Complete: Using 3ds Max 8 and Adobe Photoshop CS2 - Softcover

Franson, David; Thomas, Eric

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1598632701 ISBN 13: 9781598632705

Publisher: Course Technology Inc, 2006

Synopsis

A game is only as intriguing as the characters that inhabit its world. Game Character Design Complete demonstrates each step of modeling, texturing, animating, and exporting compelling characters for your games. You'll learn how to model in 3ds Max from sketch references, texture in Adobe Photoshop, rig bones, and animate a character back in 3ds Max. Game Character Design Complete covers all aspects of character creation-from the technical to the artistic. Don't worry if your artistic ability isn't awe-inspiring. You'll cover every aspect of the design process in easy-to-follow steps, including texturing and animating your character. If you have a working knowledge of 2D and 3D graphics, then you have all of the skills you need to begin creating cool characters for your games.

About this title

Synopsis

"Game Character Design Complete" is an intermediate-level book designed to help you develop your existing digital art skills to create and export 3D character models, textures, and animations for modern game engines. It focuses primarily on 3DS Max 8 to create and animate a game character, and Photoshop CS2 to texture your character. The book's CD-ROM contains demo versions of both programs. You'll cover everything that is needed to create a video game character for most popular video game engines, including the Xbox platform.

Edition details

• Publisher: Course Technology Inc
• Publication date: 2006
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1598632701
• ISBN 13: 9781598632705
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 216