Adventures with Video Things

A blog dedicated to compiling resources for anyone trying to learn video software. Hopefully I will also be including some of my work and follower work.

[rtilrtil]

Late last year I wanted to start a series of short tutorials called Tip Jar, as a way of saying thanks to my fans and giving back to my patrons. This is the first of the series I have made, showing my technique on quickly filling in lineart so you can get to painting without coloring outside the lines faster. 

Someday I hope to turn these into video tutorials when I have the income and the time, but for now I hope that I will be able to share useful tips in this infographic format.

Full tutorial image

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[creategames]

1. Game Making Tools

[no coding required]

construct 2

gamemaker studio

stencyl

clickteam fusion

[some coding required]

unity

unreal engine

[more info]

…more game making tools

showcase of games that were created with these tools

2. Graphics

[create your own graphics]

photoshop

gimp

piskel

pixlr

…more graphics programs

[download graphics]

opengameart.org

[create your own models]

3ds max

maya

blender

…more 3d modeling programs

3. Sound & Music

[create own sounds]

bfxr

audacity

…more sound/music creation software

[download sounds/music]

freesound.org

incompetech.com

…more royalty free sounds/music

4. Distribution

[upload your game]

dropbox

indiedb

itch.io

gamejolt

newgrounds (only flash/html5/unity games possible)

kongregate (only flash/html5/unity games possible)

…more distribution options

info:

creategames.tumblr.com by @PixelProspector

icons by font awesome

[cgmeetup]

How to Create and Use Ornamental Alphas in Zbrush and 3D Studio Max

How to Create and Use Ornamental Alphas in Zbrush and 3D Studio Max

How to Create and Use Ornamental Alphas in Zbrush and 3D Studio Max In this video I will show you how to create and use ornamental alphas in Zbrush and 3D Studio Max. How to Create and Use Ornamental Alphas in Zbrush and 3D Studio Max, Zbrush and 3DS Max – Ornamental Alpha, Zbrush Tutorials, 3D Studio Max Tutorials, Autodesk 3ds Max (Award-Winning Work), ZBrush,Computer Animation (Industry),…

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Maya Explosion Tutorial using FumeFX

Maya Explosion Tutorial using FumeFX

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[drawingden]

Digital Painting

Autodesk SketchBook Copic Edition - This is the limited edition of SketchBook Pro with 72 Copic colours to choose from

Krita - Krita offers CMYK support, HDR painting, perspective grids, dockers, filters, painting assistants, and many other great features

GIMP - GIMP is a well known free alternative to Photoshop with similar features 

Mischief Free Version - With six essential brushes, a basic palette of colors and an infinite vector canvas, Mischief-Free is perfect for hashing out ideas, life drawing, and endless doodles

MyPaint - MyPaint is a fast and easy open-source graphics application for digital painters, and comes with 39 different brushes

3D Modelling  

Google Sketchup - Drawing-based tool for architects, designers, builders, makers and engineers who design for the physical world. SketchUp Make is a free version and SketchUp Pro is a paid version with additional functionality.

Sculptris - A free, introductory digital sculpting tool, a great stepping stone for digital sculptors, created by the makers of Zbrush.

Blender - A powerful application with full-fledged professional tools, Blender has a wide community and resources to help you learn.

Animation

Synfig - Synfig Studio is a free and open-source 2D animation software, designed as powerful industrial-strength solution for creating film-quality animation using a vector and bitmap artwork.

ToonBoom Animate PLE Edition - The free Personal Learning Edition gives you the opportunity to learn all the features of Toon Boom Animate and Toon Boom Animate Pro.

EmoFuri - EmoFuri is a new animation software that helps artists easily animate photoshop illustrations in a 2D-3D style! It uses PSD files of character illustrations to animate them.

Etc

Thisissand - An online fun and unique playground for creating colourful sandscapes, also comes in an app version

Flame Painter - A free demo of the full program, it allows you to try out the flame generator and change different brush settings and paint your own flame paintings

Silk - An online interactive generative art program that creates bright silk-like patterns, with options to change colours and rotational symmetry.

Bomomo - This interesting program has a group of dots that move around the screen in the pattern you choose, then paint the canvas according to when you click the screen.

[cgdiary]

ANIMATION FOR VIDEOGAMES (animation)

Today I watched this tutorials by James Marijeanne that explains how to animate for video games.

CONTENT

Break down animation tree.

How interactive animation works in video games based on button inputs.

How these animations relate to each other. 

Series intended to focus on practical tips.

Create a persona for the new character: general attitude and behavior.

Go through the process of creating an idle pose and explain what makes a good one. 

Create a default idle animation from the new pose. 

PART 1

PART 2

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ZBrush to Create Assets for Dragon Age: Inquisition

ZBrush to Create Assets for Dragon Age: Inquisition

ZBrush to Create Assets for Dragon Age: Inquisition by BioWare

BioWare character artists used ZBrush to create assets for Dragon Age: Inquisition.

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Maya and Vray Environment Fog Tutorial

Maya and Vray Environment Fog Tutorial

Maya and Vray Environment Fog Tutorial

A quick look at Vray volume environment fog and how we can adapt it to be used as clouds. Also a work around for fly through camera into the volume.

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[cgdiary]

RENDERMAN VS ARNOLD (render)

Today I watched this video where PixelBump compares Pixar’s RenderMan and SolidAngle’s Arnold Renderer in Maya.

Topics covered:

High Poly HDRI Scenes

Studio Style Lighting

Sub Surface Scattering

Maya Fluids Smoke

Maya Fluids Explosion

FumeFX

Maya Particles

RENDER COMPARISONS

Very useful if you are trying to decide which render engine is right for your workflow =)

[wannabeanimator]

Pixar Releases Free RenderMan

Animation Magazine:

Pixar his released its Academy Award-winning RenderMan software to use for free for noncommercial use. The program can be used for research, education, evaluation, plug-in development and any personal projects that do not generate commercial profits. Download here.

[felitomkinson]

okay I think this covers the basics of the way I do my lineart, hopefully it’ll be helpful enough! if something’s unclear don’t be afraid to shoot me an ask about it.

enjoy and dON’T GIVE UP it might get really frustrating at times with all the control z-ing and re-drawing lines but the more you do it, the quicker it’ll get to get them right the first time around and the better you’ll become at it so yes, good luck friends.

[adventureswithvideothings]

This tutorial goes over the basics of UV mapping and applying realistic textures to your models. 

Video created by youtuber Tales of Nalstone

[adventureswithvideothings]

Watch this short beginner tutorial to learn to model and texture a marble using Maya 2015 software.

Video created by youtuber Mike Hermes

[adventureswithvideothings]

I'm on break

So I'm going to be posting more regularly. Right now I'm mostly focusing on Maya, but if you'd like to see tutorials for different softwares I'm always open to requests.

[adventureswithvideothings]

This basic tutorial goes over a quick way to model and shade a lightsaber. A great starting point if you're interested in modeling a lightsaber or something similar. 

Video created by youtuber Mike Hermes

[adventureswithvideothings]

A great tutorial to watch if you'd like to learn the basic interface for Maya, and you have no prior experience with the program. The tutorial is a little over an hour long. Video created by youtuber AnimationMethods

[adventureswithvideothings]

This minute long tutorial teaches you how to make objects glow in Maya Autodesk! 

I used this tutorial to figure out how to make the window glow in my Mouse House. 

Video created by youtuber OneMinute Maya