Sunday, December 8th, 2024Posted by Jim ThackerTutorial Modeling for Film & TV: Hard-Surface Vehicleshtml PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/loose.dtd"The Gnomon Workshop has released Modeling for Film & TV: Hard-Surface Vehicles, a best-practice guide to creating 3D models for use in VFX production, recorded by Josh Docherty.The workshop provides over two and a half hours of video training in Maya and the Arnold and Redshift renderers, plus PureRef, Photoshop and Lightroom.Create a detailed 3D vehicle model suitable for use in VFX productionAlthough VFX artists are often supplied with scan data to work from, there are also times when 3D assets have to be created from very limited reference material, often to very tight deadlines.In the workshop, which is aimed at junior-level modelers, ILM veteran Josh Docherty reveals how to model a high-resolution vehicle without scan data, relying solely on camera lineups.He sets out practical techniques for creating a clean, robust model using Mayas native modeling tools, focusing on producing a pipeline-quality asset in a limited amount of time.Docherty also discusses how to create a 3D model that meets the needs of artists working in other departments of a VFX studio, including look dev, rigging, animation, FX and lighting.According to The Gnomon Workshop, the tutorial reveals how to push [3D] models to the industry gold standard for visual effects production.It uses reference images available on Bring a Trailer, and a free HDRI from Poly Haven.About the artistJosh Docherty is a freelance Senior Visual Effects Asset Artist with over eight years of industry experience, working on over 30 film and TV shows and over 20 commercials. He has worked for VFX and animation studios including Industrial Light & Magic, Wt FX, The Mill and Blink Industries, and on cinematics for Gunzilla Games. Pricing and availabilityModeling for Film & TV: Hard-Surface Vehicles is available via a subscription to The Gnomon Workshop, which provides access to over 300 tutorials.Subscriptions cost $57/month or $519/year. Free trials are available.Read more about Modeling for Film & TV: Hard-Surface VehiclesHave your say on this story by following CG Channel on Facebook, Instagram and X (formerly Twitter). As well as being able to comment on stories, followers of our social media accounts can see videos we dont post on the site itself, including making-ofs for the latest VFX movies, animations, games cinematics and motion graphics projects.Full disclosure: CG Channel is owned by Gnomon.Latest NewsTutorial - Modeling for Film & TV: Hard-Surface VehiclesDiscover to create a truck model suitable for use in a VFX production pipeline with The Gnomon Workshop's best-practice guide.Sunday, December 8th, 2024Autodesk open-sources USD for 3ds MaxSource code for the USD add-on for the 3D modeling and animation software is now available under an Apache 2.0 license.Saturday, December 7th, 2024Get Epic Games' free Project Titan Unreal Engine sampleDownload an 8km x 8km UE5 environment created in a massive 10-week art jam, with custom plugins and world-building tools.Friday, December 6th, 2024Maxon releases Redshift 2025.2GPU renderer gets new non-photorealistic rendering options and a USD Command Line Rendering tool for use on render farms.Thursday, December 5th, 2024Maxon releases Cinema 4D 2025.13D animation and motion graphics software gets revamped Boolean modeling system, plus updates to simulation and USD workflows.Thursday, December 5th, 2024Maxon releases ZBrush 2025.1Digital sculpting software gets new Quick Polygroup Brush, updated Anchors Brush, tighter integration with the Redshift renderer.Thursday, December 5th, 2024More NewsMaxon releases ZBrush for iPad 2025.2Adobe releases After Effects 25.1Check out Substance 3D Modeler's new Primitives systemOtoy releases OctaneRender 2026.1 in alphaOtoy releases OctaneRender 2025.1 in betaiClone 8.52 adds new AI-assisted character posing systemDownload ActionVFX's 20 free stock VFX clips of asteroidsBlack Friday, Cyber Monday and Holiday 2024 deals for CG artistsNekki releases Cascadeur 2024.3Tutorial - Maya for Animators: Body Mechanics3DGS Render 2.0 now lets you edit 3D Gaussian Splats in BlenderNevercenter releases Silo 2025 and Milo 2025Older Posts