Creating Believable 3D Environments
The Making of "Unmystified" with Seth Thompson
Description
In this presentation, Seth Thompson shares many of the fundamental skills and insider tips he has learned during his professional career that can improve the speed of creation and the quality of 3D environments. He covers methods for controlling the viewer’s eye with strong composition, creating believablility, reference, modeling, sculpting, lighting, UVW mapping and how to quickly texture a scene with tileable and camera-projected materials. Numerous ZBrush sculpting demonstrations and explanations for 3ds Max plug-ins, including Tension Modifier, Ivy Generator, nonQuadSelector and Ultimate Painter, are provided. Software showcased in this lecture include 3ds Max, ZBrush, Adobe Photoshop and V-Ray, however, the majority of the techniques are applicable across all 3D packages. For those interested in improving their environment workflow, Seth’s years of experience and clear passion for the subject will help develop your skills, whether you are a student or professional.
Duration: 133 minutes
Format: HD 1280x720
Seth Thompson
Cinematic Environment Modeling Supervisor, Blizzard Entertainment
Seth Thompson has over fourteen years of professional experience in the video game industry as a cinematic artist and expertise in environment and set design, modeling, surfacing, lighting, and layout. Seth grew up practicing traditional art on a farm in Virginia with big dreams of one day working on video games at Blizzard Entertainment or Square-Enix. He has had the luck to see both of these dreams come true, working for over eleven years on the Cinematic Team at Blizzard Entertainment and for three years on Square-Enix’s Visual Works Team in Tokyo, Japan. Seth is currently Blizzard Entertainment’s cinematic Environment Modeling Supervisor in Irvine, and has created and supervised assets for various game Cinematics including Warcraft III, World of Warcraft, StarCraft II, Diablo III, Final Fantasy XII and Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children.
