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How to model and render a basic mobile phone using 3ds studio max

Wednesday, February 9, 2011

Archived; click post to view. Excerpt: Hello again! I have been recently experimenting and working with mental ray and v-ray renders in both 3ds studio max and Autodesk Maya. For this tutorial I will be teaching you guys some basic modeling, easy rendering techniques using mental ray and creating textures in Photoshop to be used [...]

Tutorial: Killer 3D Poster Design with 3DS Max & Photoshop

Wednesday, October 21, 2009

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Tutorial: Killer 3D Poster Design with 3DS Max & Photoshop

Archived; click post to view. Excerpt: Introduction Hello again! I was recently asked to do a flyer for a promotions company by the name of inFamous Productions; a very popular promotion movement in Western NY mainly stationed in Buffalo. My main objective was to create something unique that would serve as a creative campaign for [...]

Create a 3D Vector Labyrinth

Wednesday, October 7, 2009

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Archived; click post to view. Excerpt: A Square Foundation Let’s start off by creating a new document that’s 1024×768. Name this first layer “Maze.” Then, take the Rectangle tool and draw a 50×50 square. Give this square a 10px black outline and no fill. Then align it to the center of the canvas. Repeat this [...]

Retro Modernist Poster Design with 3D Typography

Wednesday, September 9, 2009

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Retro Modernist Poster Design with 3D Typography

Archived; click post to view. Excerpt: What you will learn In this tutorial, you’re going to learn how to create a vintage, retro-modernist poster in Photoshop. You’ll also learn some vintage coloring techniques, retro photo effects, and some cool 3d typographic effects. You’ll also need Adobe Illustrator to create vector paths that will then be [...]

How to Create Explosive Typographic Effects in Cinema 4D

Monday, October 27, 2008

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How to Create Explosive Typographic Effects in Cinema 4D

Archived; click post to view. Excerpt: In this tutorial I will walk through the steps I used to create this illustration to bring alive the word “collide.” While you may not find yourself needing to recreate the word “collide,” I hope you will find useful the techniques I will cover: – extruding text in Cinema [...]

Computer Arts Projects: Typography Feature for Jeff Finley

Saturday, June 21, 2008

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Computer Arts Projects: Typography Feature for Jeff Finley

In addition to the feature in Advanced Photoshop this month, I was blessed with a feature in Computer Arts Projects. Issue #111 Typography to be exact. They highlighted some of my 3D typography and ornate lettering techniques. Here are some photos. You can buy this magazine at any major book store.

Rebuild

Tuesday, November 6, 2007

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Archived; click post to view. Excerpt: Some random artwork I created for a poster that we never finished. It was the worst looking poster you can imagine! Just thought I’d post this. Edit: This artwork is modified from the original poster. The “worst poster you could imagine” came from the idea that everyone in the [...]

Ornate Lettering Process

Thursday, November 1, 2007

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Archived; click post to view. Excerpt: I’m going to show you the process as to how I do my ornate lettering. This is a new design I did for Stone Sour that utilized this technique. Now right off the bat, this is not a step by step tutorial. It’s more of a look behind the [...]

Create 3D objects in Cinema 4D from vector art

Tuesday, October 9, 2007

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Create 3D objects in Cinema 4D from vector art

Archived; click post to view. Excerpt: This is a video tutorial on taking vector art and importing it into Cinema 4D to create a 3D object that can be animated, textured, and manipulated in 3D space. In this tutorial, written by David from filmmakingcentral.com he shows you exactly how to do this. David was nice [...]