3D Texture Workshop: Painting Hollywood Creature Textures Volume One [Paperback]

Bill Fleming (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: March 1, 2002

In Volume 1 of the 3D Texture Workshop you’ll learn the realistic 3D creature painting techniques pioneered by master texture artist Bill Fleming. In this 116-page volume Bill walks you through every step in recreating the head textures of his famed Freaky Frank creature, from the minute skin pores, and creepy scars to the intricately detailed iris texture that brings this monster to life. No detail is overlooked. You’ll even learn Bill’s technique for making skin appear soft and pliable. It’s truly amazing. You’ll learn techniques that Bill has previously only revealed to Hollywood studios.

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About the Author

Bill Fleming is the CEO/Creative Director of Komodo Studio, a leading CG studio specializing in photorealistic 3D creatures and characters for broadcast and film. Bill is widely recognized as being responsible for leading the ‘Photorealism’ revolution, setting the standard for photorealism with his inspirational art and animation, and then educating the industry on how to achieve photorealism through his many 3D books. Of course Bill doesn’t limit himself to only realism. He is also Creative Director of TJ Toonz, a division of Komodo Studio that develops and produces 3D cartoon animated television shows, videos and features. At TJ Toonz Bill and his Partner Jim Piraino are defining the future of 3D cartoons, having created no less than fifty 3D animated television and film projects that will be developed over the next 10 years. In addition, Bill serves as Vice President of Development for Aston Entertainment, Inc., a leading animation studio producing a number of Bill’s computer animated television, video and film projects.

Product Details

• Paperback: 116 pages
• Publisher: Cromland (March 1, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1930725000
• ISBN-13: 978-1930725003
• Product Dimensions: 9.9 x 7.8 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,240,080 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Realistic texturing class for the rest of us, November 27, 2002

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L. Amarakoon "Lee A" (Raleigh, NC) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: 3D Texture Workshop: Painting Hollywood Creature Textures Volume One (Paperback)

Where was this book, when I needed it for my thesis. lol

The whole book is a do-it-yourself class on its own. The steps are laid out very clearly, how you use photoshop for doing textures. I really like the how the book included the character files in obj, dxf, c3d, lwo and 3ds. So that anyone could view the model in any program they use. The book covers the face, the eyes, the gums, the tongue and the teeth in excellent detail. I went throught the book twice with every page being extremely helpful.

What did this book do for me as a Maya user, it broke me away from methods I had learned at RIT and suggested more simpler ones without making bumpmaps in the hypershade. Now you can do it all in one texture, and it looks amazing.

This book has been a great edition to my 3D collection. I look forward to more of his work in the future. Whats volume 2 going to be about?

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars GET IT, YOUR MODELS WILL THANK YOU!, June 23, 2003

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Peter Sussi (Huntington, New York United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: 3D Texture Workshop: Painting Hollywood Creature Textures Volume One (Paperback)

This is a fantastic book for getting you started with realistic skin texturing. Over the years, I've collected numerous books on the fine art of skin texturing. This is one of the finest and complete book around. Though I do combine this with some other techniques, this book brought a lot to the table. It also has a great section on eyes! The book is easy to follow with tons of big pictures with short paragraphs. My biggest let down was the fact that they were going to come out with a book on clothing painting. Unfourtunatally, it was cancelled.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars finally a book that covers organic textures step by step, August 31, 2002

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"bluefable" (Australia) - See all my reviews

This review is from: 3D Texture Workshop: Painting Hollywood Creature Textures Volume One (Paperback)

With a million and one books on 3D model creation its good to finally see one that covers the other half of the equation -textures!

Bill takes you step by step through the process of texturing his Freaky Frank model, unravelling the mystery of organic texture creation with ease.

All required files are included (unlike the first print release)
although I found it a little strange that the cover photo was created in Deep Paint, while the tutorials use Photoshop and the CD includes a demo copy of BodyPaint. Not that it matters I suppose as any paint program can be used with the book provided you have a basic understanding of your software.

Its a great read and offers lots of hints and tips for realistic textures. I look forward to volume two of this unique series.