Creative 3D Characters with 3ds Max

Finalising Reference Image

A course by Laurie Rowan , Animator, Illustrator, and Director

Animator, Illustrator, and Director. Worthing, United Kingdom.
Joined May 2020
100% positive reviews (37)
1,185 students
Audio: English
English · Spanish · Portuguese · German · French · Italian · Polish · Dutch

About the video: Finalising Reference Image

Overview

“Here’s where we take what we’ve done in the second lesson, no matter how seemingly insignificant or strange, and try to find what’s working for us and distill it into a compelling image that will inform the rest of our process.”

In this video lesson Laurie Rowan addresses the topic: Finalising Reference Image, which is part of the Domestika online course: Creative 3D Characters with 3ds Max. Convert hand-drawn sketches into playful 3D characters and discover your own unique style.

Partial transcription of the video

“Finalising the Reference Image Now we'll take our sketches and we'll use them to refine our reference image. In the previous lesson, I did some sheets of drawings, I'm now gonna select maybe two of those and take them into Photoshop to work on our final image. This stage is still not precious about your aesthetics, so I'll photograph with my phone, and once we get into Photoshop we'll start to be precious. Let's take the picture. Do that for each sheet that you've produced, because it might not look like you've got something of substance there, but as you pick and build your composition, yo...”

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Course summary for: Creative 3D Characters with 3ds Max

  • Level: Beginner
  • 100% positive reviews (37)
  • 1185 students
  • 5 units
  • 29 lessons (6h 39m)
  • 9 downloads
  • Category

    3D & Animation
  • Software

    3ds Max
  • Areas

    3D, 3D Character Design, 3D Design, 3D Modeling, Animation, Character Design

Laurie Rowan

Laurie Rowan
A course by Laurie Rowan

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Animator, Illustrator, and Director

Laurie Rowan is an animator, illustrator, and director specializing in creating fun and vibrant 3D characters. For over thirteen years, he has been animating in a technical capacity, and has developed his signature style more recently over the past few years.

His client list includes Oppo, MTV, Pictoplasma, and Microsoft, as well as direction work on behalf of Nexus Studios. His projects have been screened and exhibited internationally and he is a frequent speaker at universities and creative design events.


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Creative 3D Characters with 3ds Max. 3D, and Animation course by Laurie Rowan

Creative 3D Characters with 3ds Max

A course by Laurie Rowan
Animator, Illustrator, and Director. Worthing, United Kingdom.
Joined May 2020
  • 100% positive reviews (37)
  • 1,185 students