Mudbox 2013 Cookbook

261 Pages·2012·7.32 MB·English

by  Jeremy Roland, Sagar Patel

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Mudbox 2013
Cookbook
Over 60 recipes to sculpt digital masterpieces
like a modern Michelangelo
Jeremy Roland
Contributions by Sagar Patel
BIRMINGHAM - MUMBAI
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Mudbox 2013 Cookbook
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Credits
Authors Project Coordinator
Jeremy Roland Sai Gamare
Sagar Patel
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Reviewer
Sergey Danchenko Aaron Nash
Acquisition Editor Indexer
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About the Authors
Jeremy Roland is a 3D Environment Artist who has worked for over 10 years in industries
such as architecture, film, television, game design, and education. While studying at Virginia
Commonwealth University, in both Computer Science and Communication Arts and Design
with a focus in Kinetic Imagery, he began his career through an internship at the local ABC
television station. Once the internship was over he moved on to the local NBC television
station where he worked as a Production Assistant, a Motion Graphics Artist, and an Art
Director for two years.
Once he left NBC, he moved out to the Bay Area in California where he began working in
Architecture as a 3D Consultant. While continuing his consulting work as well as doing some
side work creating logos for websites, he became a Lab Technician at the Academy of Art
University in San Francisco. Jeremy soon began teaching modeling, texturing, and lighting
classes at the academy and is currently the Lab Supervisor as well as a Teacher for the Game
Design Department at the academy.
During his time at the academy he took off a few semesters to travel the world for eight months,
as well as work for Golden Era Productions where he worked on films and other projects as both
a 3D Artist and a Compositor. This contract job lasted about six months. On another semester
off, Jeremy worked as a Visual Effects Supervisor on a music video for James Perry. While writing
this book Jeremy was also juggling a full time job at the Academy of Art, a contract position as
an Environment Artist at Rocket Ninja game company, and working as the Lead Technical Artist
at a start up game company called Press Start. Throughout his career he has taken on many
side projects, including writing this book.
My thanks go to my ever loving parents who I could never thank enough
for what they've done for me. I would also like to thank Stine for putting up
with my long hours of working. To all my colleagues and friends who I have
learned from and enjoyed working and playing with. I would also like to
thank myself for not giving up on anything I commit to.
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Sagar Patel is currently a 2D and 3D Artist in the games industry. After working on multiple
mobile games with Tall Chair, Inc. and CG related art with Aatma Studio, he became an Art Lead
at Whitemoon Dreams, Inc. in Los Angeles, CA. Sagar is currently responsible for managing art
and working with teams to maintain the vision of various properties in production.
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About the Reviewer
Sergey "Treidge" Danchenko is a Digital Artist with a strong passion for 3D graphics
and game development. He has worked for a number of game development studios and as
a freelance 3D Artist since 2007. With a strong understanding of the technical side behind
used technologies and tools, Sergey used his skills to discover non-standard solutions for
using tools and his work as an artist. His other activities include partnership with NeoAxis 3D
Game Engine developers and requested reviewing of relevant software products and books.
More information about his work and latest news, tips, and tricks in 3D graphics, and game
development is available in Sergey's blog at http://3dg.me.
I would like to especially thank my mother for her invaluable support in all of
my endeavors.
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Table of Contents
Preface 1
Chapter 1: Ready? Set... 7
Introduction 7
Installing Mudbox 2013 documentation 8
Setting up hotkeys 10
Increasing the resolution on your model 12
Bookmarking the camera view 17
Downloading and enabling stamps, stencils, and base meshes
from the Internet 19
Adding and adjusting your image planes 22
Sculpting on different subdivision levels effectively 25
Recording a movie while you work in Mudbox 26
Setting up colors and other preferences 30
Setting up your Wacom tablet 37
Working in expert mode 39
Chapter 2: Heads Up 43
Introduction 43
Revealing the wireframe for edge location 43
Setting up a basic three point lighting scheme 45
Organizing your tabs for smoother navigation 52
Locking down the camera for reference matching 53
Creating a stone tile by adjusting brush properties 55
Using the object list to manage multiple objects 61
Setting up layers for easily adjusting sculpt details 65
Setting up stamps, stencils, and image planes using image browser 67
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