Welcome to my Third tutorial. In This one I will be texturing the head of the character I made in my modeling tutorial.

After writing the Tennisball Modeling tutorial I got requests on how to set up the fur to make it look more like a real tennisball. This is more of a Step by Step document on how I did it than a tutorial. ... more

This tutorial will cover the basics of nodes in Maya, the Hypershade and finally how to use the Multiply-Divide node to control the intensity of a displacement map. It assumes you know the basics of Maya, ... more

In this tutorial we will create a 3D Eye utilising Maya’s Nurbs Technology. I will be showing you some extra tips and techniques that aren’t usually shown when creating an eye, these tips will make sure ... more

When MentalRay users talk about ’physical correctness’, in most of the cases the usage of DGS (diffuse, glossy, specular) shaders is discussed. Some people say you should use them at least as photon shaders, ... more

There are lot’s of tutorials on the web about modeling a human head, so I won’t go over the merits and differences of methods again. There are a few things worse of mentioning - you will get a more successful ... more

This is an overview of creating high polygon realistic 3D characters ( with a particular leaning toward the creation of the above model ). My inspiration for writing it, was that as a long time videogame ... more

For this one I needed a scenery that looked like from a children’s drawing so I drew all this little houses and storefronts and even street lamps were just simple planes with alpha chanel. There for I ... more

If you want to put textures on to your polygonal 3D model, then you need to create a UV texture map to make sure the textures line up correctly, otherwise they will appear stretched and blurred. It is ... more

Though not vey keen on pipes, you`d still want to know how do they make it. Don`t hesitate. Go for it. This might seem like an odd thing to find online and even its tutorial, but trust us-it has much ...