Evans - 3D machine techniques: where inspiration, techniques, and digital art meet

DIGITAL MAYHE M: 3D MACHINE TECHNIQUES

DIGITAL MAYHE M: 3D MACHINE TECHNIQUES

WHERE INSPIRATION, TECHNIQUES, AND DIGITAL ART MEET

EDITED BY DUNCAN EVANS

First published 2015
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Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data

3D machine techniques : where inspiration, techniques, and digital art meet / edited by Duncan Evans.

pages cm (Digital mayhem)

1. MachineryPictorial works. 2. Computer-aided design. 3. Three-dimensional display systems. 4. Commercial art. I. Evans, Duncan.

TJ211.15.A124 2014

006.693dc23

2014014436

ISBN: 978-0-240-52599-0 (pbk)
ISBN: 978-0-240-52607-2 (ebk)

Typeset by Alex Lazarou

THIS BOOK IS DEDICATED TO ALL THOSE ARTISTS FACED WITHUN INTELLIGIBLE SOFTWARE INTERFACES, RANDOM BUGGY BEHAVIOUR, COMPUTERS THAT CRASH OR SPEND THE BEST PART OF A WEEK RENDERING, YET STILL MANAGE TO PRODUCE SOMETHING WONDERFUL, CREATIVE AND INSPIRATIONAL.

CONTENTS

Get started with creating 3D machine images by considering what influence colour temperature has on an image, how to use depth-of-field creatively and the effect that different focal lengths have with render camera lenses. These are the things to know before you start.

Software choice
Get the right software tool for the job

Composition
Present the objects for maximum impact

Render camera lenses
Different focal lengths change the image

Using depth-of-field
When to go shallow for creative effect

Colour temperature
What temperatures suit which machine types

Stereoscopic imagery
When you really want to enter the third dimension

SECTION 2
MACHINE MASTERS AT WORK

The main body of the book with showcase images to inspire and work flow tutorials to inform. Each chapter is dedicated to a different type of machine and has one or more tutorials related to that subject.

Chapter 2
CARS

TUTORIAL
Creating the Lamborghini Aventador

ISAIAH TAKAHASHI

ALEKSANDR NOVITSKIY

JAN RAMBOUSEK

TUTORIAL
How to animate an Audi R8

ANDRE KUTSCHERAUER

Chapter 3
INDUSTRIAL AND AGRICULTURAL

IGOR KULKOV

DANIIL ALIKOV

TIM DIAZ

TUTORIAL
Industrial power

MARCEL HALADEJ

Chapter 4
POWERED FLIGHT

ANDREW PRICE

ANTOINE MOREAU

STEVE KERRY

TUTORIAL
Model and texture the Space Shuttle

NICHOLAS MCELMURY

Chapter 5
MOTORBIKES

ZBYNK HLAVA

VYACHESLAV ZAYIKA

TUTORIAL
Creating a Caf Racer

ANDREA LAZZAROTTI

BONUS IMAGE
Alarm Clock

ALEXANDER VANIEV

Chapter 6
TRAINS AND TRAMS

GILVAN ISBIRO

ANTON TURKIN

ULI STAIGER

KRISTN SNORRADTTIR

TUTORIAL
Building the Lisbon Tram

OMER MESSLER

Chapter 7
GROUND-BASED MILITARY

TUTORIAL
Building the military machine

GIANPIETRO FABRE

FLORIAN RENNER

ALEXEY KONZELKO

VITALII MISIUTIN

TUTORIAL
Heavy duty action with the HEMMT-M1075

GURMUKH BHASIN

Chapter 8
NAUTICAL

REINER JORDAN

ALEXANDRE TREVISAN

TERRY ALLITT

TUTORIAL
Lost at sea

DON WEBSTER

Chapter 9
STEAMPUNK

ROB WATKINS

RICHARD JUSUF

TUTORIAL
Creating a steampunk air fleet

GLEB ALEXANDROV

Chapter 10
ROBOTS

TUTORIAL
Sculpting a glamorous android

JAMES SURET

LUIGI MEMOLA

NEIL MACCORMACK

RAFAEL AMARANTE

VICTOR HUGO DIAS DE SOUSA

JAMES SURET

TUTORIAL
Mixing nature and robotics