Digital Mayhem 3D Machine Techniques: Where Inspiration, Techniques and Digital Art meet

321 Pages·2015·44.271 MB·English

by  Evans, Duncan

DIGITAL MAYHEM: 3D MACHINE TECHNIQUES
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DIGITAL MAYHEM: 3D MACHINE TECHNIQUES
WHERE INSPIRATION, TECHNIQUES, AND DIGITAL ART MEET
EDITED BY DUNCAN EVANS
First published 2015
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Notices
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Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data
3D machine techniques : where inspiration, techniques, and digital
art meet / edited by Duncan Evans.
pages cm — (Digital mayhem)
1. Machinery—Pictorial works. 2. Computer-aided design. 3. Three-
dimensional display systems. 4. Commercial art. I. Evans, Duncan.
TJ211.15.A124 2014
006.6’93—dc23
2014014436
ISBN: 978-0-240-52599-0 (pbk)
ISBN: 978-0-240-52607-2 (ebk)
Typeset by Alex Lazarou
THIS BOOK IS DEDICATED TO ALL THOSE ARTISTS FACED
WITH UNINTELLIGIBLE SOFTWARE INTERFACES, RANDOM
BUGGY BEHAVIOUR, COMPUTERS THAT CRASH OR SPEND
THE BEST PART OF A WEEK RENDERING, YET STILL MANAGE
TO PRODUCE SOMETHING WONDERFUL, CREATIVE AND
INSPIRATIONAL.
CONTENTS
SECTION 1 Get started with
creating 3D machine
images by considering
PREVIZ FOR
what influence colour
temperature has on
MACHINES
an image, how to use
depth-of-field creatively
and the effect that
different focal lengths
have with render
camera lenses. These
are the things to know
before you start.
Chapter 1
16 Software choice
Get the right software tool for the job
18 Composition
Present the objects for maximum impact
20 Render camera lenses
Different focal lengths change the image
22 Using depth-of-field
When to go shallow for creative effect
24 Colour temperature
What temperatures suit which machine types
26 Stereoscopic imagery
When you really want to enter the third dimension
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SECTION 2 The main body of the
book with showcase
images to inspire and
MACHINE
workflow tutorials to
inform. Each chapter is
MASTERS
dedicated to a different
type of machine and has
AT WORK
one or more tutorials
related to that subject.
Chapter 2
CARS
30 TUTORIAL 44 1927 Duesenberg
Creating the ALEKSANDR NOVITSKIY
Lamborghini
48 Blitzen Benz
Aventador

JAN RAMBOUSEK
MICHAEL HIRSCH
50 TUTORIAL
38 Morning Glory
How to animate
FREDERIK TENNHOLT
an Audi R8
42 Corvette Stingray ANDRE KUTSCHERAUER

ISAIAH TAKAHASHI
Chapter 3
INDUSTRIAL
AND
AGRICULTURAL
62 Diesel Generator 68 Spider Crane

IGOR KULKOV TIM DIAZ
66 EGR-8 Mob Welder 70 TUTORIAL
DANIIL ALIKOV Industrial power

MARCEL HALADEJ
3P-87
Chapter 4 Chapter 6
POWERED TRAINS AND
FLIGHT TRAMS
82 Boeing 747 88 Antoinette 130 Street Davis 136 Baldwin Steam Train

ANDREW PRICE STEVE KERRY GILVAN ISBIRO KRISTÍN SNORRADÓTTIR
86 MiG-21 92 TUTORIAL 132 Gagarin 140 TUTORIAL
ANTOINE MOREAU Model and texture ANTON TURKIN Building the
the Space Shuttle Lisbon Tram
134 Monorail
NICHOLAS MCELMURY OMER MESSLER

ULI STAIGER
Chapter 7
Chapter 5
GROUND-BASED
MOTORBIKES
MILITARY
104 Suzuki RMZ450 112 TUTORIAL 150 TUTORIAL 164 Abrams MBT
ZBYNĚK HLAVA Creating a Café Racer Building the ALEXEY KONZELKO
ANDREA LAZZAROTTI military machine
108 Moto Lito 166 V1 Tiger
GIANPIETRO FABRE
VYACHESLAV ZAYIKA 126 BONUS IMAGE VITALII MISIUTIN
Alarm Clock 162 Tank!
170 TUTORIAL
ALEXANDER VANIEV FLORIAN RENNER
Heavy duty action with
the HEMMT-M1075

GURMUKH BHASIN
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