T0374 - Digital Tutors - Modeling Next Gen Characters in XSI

Learn production modeling techniques and an innovative workflow to creating clean topology, working within polygon restrictions, and building assets from reference art. Contains over 7 hours of project-driven training for artists learning the creative and technical processes of character creation for next-generation games.Popular highlights include:

• Rotoscope Preparation


• Building to Reference Art


• Blocking-in Forms


• Working with Polygon Budgets


• Adding Muscle Flow


• Modeling with Symmetry


• Reducing Model Resolution Manually


• Merging and Welding Geometry


• Creating Efficient Geometry


• Strategically Adding Detail


• Extruding Geometry


• Splitting and Adding Edges


• Extracting Geometry


• Simplifying Shapes


• Proportional Modeling


• Adjusting Pivot Points


• Creating Useful Topology


• Modeling from Primitives


• Checking Character for Appeal

Lesson Outline:

1.	Setting up Rotoscopes in XSI	8:56
2.	Creating initial geometry for the head	7:52
3.	Building and modifying geometry for the eye	7:30
4.	Creating additional geometry for the face	7:32
5.	Building out geometry for the nose, cheeks and forehead	12:03
6.	Symmetrizing geometry for the face	10:33
7.	Making final adjustments to the face geometry	11:44
8.	Creating base geometry for the face mask	12:31
9.	Adding finishing details to the face mask	9:01
10.	Beginning the process of building the hair	6:28
11.	Modeling additional detail into the hair	9:55
12.	Finalizing the modeling of the hair	11:38
13.	Creating the pony tail for the hair	15:27
14.	Building geometry for the neck and ears	16:19
15.	Finalizing construction of the head and neck	7:53
16.	Creating initial geometry for the torso	10:59
17.	Blocking in the shape of the torso	9:37
18.	Modeling geometry for the pelvis and hips	8:59
19.	Building and merging geometry for the legs	8:20
20.	Beginning the process of modeling the boots	9:21
21.	Blocking in shapes for the foot and heel	7:09
22.	Finalizing construction of the boot	7:03
23.	Building out the shoulders and arms	9:24
24.	Refining the geometry for the arms	8:44
25.	Blocking out the shapes for the hands	5:51
26.	Connecting the fingers to the hand	12:08
27.	Attaching the thumb and smoothing the hand	7:47
28.	Joining the hand to the rest of the body	6:41
29.	Building out the chest area	9:39
30.	Making additional modifications to the chest geometry	9:29
31.	dding final adjustments to the upper body geometry	9:31
32.	Modeling the abdomen armor plates	7:36
33.	Constructing the armor around the waist	7:42
34.	Creating the chest armor	6:22
35.	Building the chest armor strap	9:28
36.	Refining the chest armor geometry	9:14
37.	Adding final adjustments to the chest armor	8:04
38.	Adding detail to the elbows and knees	10:25
39.	Creating the geometry for the leg armor	9:37
40.	Building the back armor	12:00
41.	Modeling the collar of the armor suit	10:28
42.	Refining the geometry for the hair	11:06
43.	Constructing the leg strap and buckle	9:24
44.	Making various refinements to the body	8:41
45.	Building out the shoulder armor	6:10
46.	Adding hair strands to the pony tail	8:46
	Total Run Time:	7:11:25