3D Design For Production With Vitaly Bulgarov
Duration: 148 minutes | Format : .mov | project files | .ZTL | 2.05Gb
Software Used: Softimage XSI, Adobe Photoshop, Pixologic ZBrush, Keyshot


In this lecture, Vitaly Bulgarov shows his process of creating a fully rendered 3D design for production-oriented pipelines. Using the example of an alien bust, Vitaly goes through the main steps of creating a sci-fi character design from scratch. He begins by making a quick bust sketch in ZBrush?. He then creates a detailed suit design in XSI? using the block-out as a guideline for the proportions of the alien bust. By doing this, Vitaly shows the techniques and tools he uses to create complicated surfaces like multi-layered metal plates, rubber pads, tubes, and attachments. Solving design on the fly, without making any preliminary sketches, he builds a fully detailed mesh for the helmet and suit, explaining why certain design decisions are made. Once the model is complete, Vitaly takes it into KeyShot? for raytrace rendering and then brings the renders to Photoshop? to finalize the design, push the overall look and bring more personality to the character by adding final textures and detail enhancements.

The Gnomon Workshop - Building Creatures in ZBrush
English | DVD-ISO | 355 mins | SVQ3 1024x768 15 fps | MP3 128 Kbps 44.1 KHz | 3.35 GB
Software Used : Pixologic ZBrush, Softimage XSI
Genre: eLearning


Continuing his Tethered Islands series, Aaron Sims shares his techniques for building a creature in ZBrush. Using ZSpheres to design the initial body structure, Aaron develops the character from scratch. He then demonstrates how to skin the ZSpheres and add details, color and lighting. In XSI, Aaron discusses the basics of rigging, weighting, and animating the imported creature from ZBrush. Finally he covers how to pose, light, and render the creature in an XSI scene.

Mechanical Character Design with Joe Peterson
English | 200 mins | AVC1 1280x720 15 fps | AAC 96 Kbps 44.1 KHz | 2.08 GB
Genre: eLearning / Digital Painting


In this tutorial, concept designer Joe Peterson breaks down the process of creating a mechanical character using only a story outline as the starting point. With the initial premise being a believable sci-fi future world, Joe sets out to design an appropriate mechanized unit for a high-tech SWAT team. He begins by discussing how this initial idea influences the entire design process, beginning with reference gathering and following all the way to the final detailing and rendering phases.
Joe demonstrates how, once a level of technology is decided on, the appearance and features of the mechanics are much easier to design. Throughout the tutorial, he discusses the balance between using imagination over using real-world design elements and the importance of building up a visual design vocabulary to help make informed design choices, leading to appropriate mechanical designs. By walking through every step, from initial sketch, to refinement, detailing and final rendering, Joe shows his process of balancing imaginative features with real-world design to deliver a convincing, yet unique and creative mechanical design. He also discusses how to frame your mechanical design around the needs of the story or setting, ensuring that the context will help drive your creative decisions along the way. This tutorial offers various techniques and processes for creating and refining a mechanical design that is intended to not only look cool, but also communicate its function at a glance.

Gnomon Workshop - Robot Design with Josh Nizzi
Duration: 256 minutes | Software Used: 3DS Max, Photoshop, Bunkspeed, HyperShot | 2.5 GB

G3DSMAX TRAINING DVD CHARACTER MODELING FOR PRODUCTION | 4.31 GB


Description: Instructor: Ian Joyner
In this DVD, Ian shows you the tools and techniques he uses to quickly create a full character model in 3ds Max, leading you through the basic character production pipeline used at Blur Studio. He takes you through the process of building clean geometry using Max's built-in toolset as well as using the PolyBoost plugin. Ian shows how to easily enhance objects with ZBrush, and how to quickly find the form and detail of your character. From there he demonstrates how to bring the geometry back into Max to make it animation friendly by retopologizing. After the model is finished, Ian covers how to set up hair using Hair FX as well as how to set up lights, cameras and a simple rig using Biped to pose and render the character. Finally, using Adobe Photoshop ®, Ian discusses how to present the character in a professional manner. This DVD is intended for artists with a basic under-standing of polygon modeling in Max, but is useful to anyone regardless of skill level or software.
In this DVD Ian uses: Max, PolyBoost, ZBrush, BodyPaint and Photoshop ®.

High Dynamic Range Imaging for Live Action VFX
English | AVC 1280x720 24 fps | AAC 96 Kbps 44.1 KHz | 1.00 GB
Genre: eLearning



In this lecture, Phil Holland will be discussing the various techniques and camera rigs required to accurately shoot and process High Dynamic Range (HDR) images for live action visual effects, image based lighting, and creative print use. Beginning with the acquisition of the imagery, Phil discusses terminology and camera equipment necessary to accurately capture 360 degree spherical HDR images. Once the imagery is acquired, the next phase is processing. Phil covers a variety of approaches to processing imagery using a variety of off the shelf software packages including PT Gui, HDR Shop, Adobe® Photoshop and Adobe® Camera Raw. Along the way, Phil will be sharing many of the techniques and camera rigs he has created for use on movie sets and in post-production houses over the last several years.

Anatomy Workshop Volume Four
Anatomy of the Human Head with Charles Hu, 8.35GB

Gnomon Training - Anatomy Workshop Volume Three
Skeletal Structure, Mechanics and Proportion with Charles Hu | 4.08 GB

Gnomon Training - Anatomy Workshop Volume Five
Structure and Anatomy of the Human Torso with Charles Hu | 5.38 GB

Gnomon Training - Anatomy Workshop Volume Four
Anatomy of the Human Head with Charles Hu
English | 8.34 GB