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Modeling a Character in

3DS Max

Paul Steed

Wordware Publishing, Inc.

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Steed, Paul.

Modeling a character in 3ds Max / by Paul Steed.

p. cm.

ISBN 1-55622-815-5 (pb)

1. Computer animation. 2. Computer graphics. 3. 3ds Max 4 (Computer file).

I. Title.

TR897.7 .S74 2001

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Contents

Introduction ..................................ix

Part I - Design

Chapter 1 Design Fundamentals ....................3

Limitations ................................4

Make It Cool ...............................7

Drawing Skills ..............................10

Proportions ...............................12

Reference Material ...........................16

Influences ................................17

Work Environment............................19

Chapter 2 Callisto Designed .....................21

Background ...............................22

Makeover ................................23

A Pose to Build By ............................24

Getting Her into the Computer .....................27

Step 1: Scan the Sketch ......................28

Step 2: Save It ...........................28

Step 3: Resize the Images in Photoshop ..............29

Step 4: Darken It..........................32

Step 5: Save it Again........................33

Part II - Modeling

Chapter 3 The Guide Objects .....................39

Step 1: Bring the Image into MAX .................40

Step 2: Create the Guideline Objects................42

Step 3: Attach the Lines ......................45

Step 4: Create the Rest of the Guidelines ..............47

Step 5: Scale the Guideline ....................49

Step 6: Make and Adjust the Head Reference Object ........54

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Contents

Chapter 4 The Head and Face.....................61

Step 1: Create a Geosphere ....................64

Step 2: Scale the Geosphere to Fit the Guide ............66

Step 3: Delete Half the Geosphere .................66

Step 4: Tweak the Shape of the Geosphere .............69

Step 5: Add Vertices By Dividing Edges ...............77

Step 6: Tweak the Shape Some More................82

Step 7: Switch Viewports and Tweak Some More ..........87

Step 8: Mirror the Head Half as a Reference Object ........94

Step 9: Shape the Mouth......................96

Step 10: Build the Eye Area ....................103

Chapter 5 The Hair .........................111

Step 1: Extrude Faces from the Head ...............114

Step 2: Move the Vertices to Match the Guide ...........116

Step 3: Add Vertices Using Edge Cut ...............121

Step 4: Weld Excess Vertices ...................126

Step 5: Just Match the Guide ...................128

Step 6: Weld the Two Halves Together...............129

Step 7: Make Final Face Tweaks .................130

Step 8: Shift-Drag Edges to Add the Bangs ............131

Step 9: Flip “Wrong” Facing Normals...............132

Step 10: Connect the Bangs to the Head .............134

Chapter 6 The Torso .........................139

Step 1: Create the Spline Cage Object ..............140

Step 2: Apply Surface Tools ....................145

Step 3: Move and Adjust the Vertices of the Spline.........147

Step 4: Delete Any Unnecessary Geometry ............150

Step 5: Create the Breast Shape .................154

Step 6: Boolean the Breast onto the Torso.............157

Step 7: Cap the Faces of the Torso ................157

Step 8: Perform the Boolean ...................158

Step 9: Clean Up the Boolean Result ...............160

Step 10: Add Some Clothing ...................166

Step 11: Use Soft Selection to Reduce the Chest Size .......173

Chapter 7 The Legs .........................177

Step 1: Make a Cylinder .....................178

Step 2: Shape the Cylinder to Match the Guide ..........179

Step 3: Boolean the Leg to the Torso ...............188

Step 4: Clean Up the Vertices of the Boolean Seam ........192

Step 5: Shape the Hip Area....................198

Step 6: Shape and Position the Rear for Attachment ........205

Step 7: Attach the Rear and Complete the Shape .........215

Step 8: Copy and Mirror the Lower Torso and Leg.........220

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