3D Toon-Style Environment Art with Arnold
Setting Up 1
A course by Calder Moore , 3D Artist
About the video: Setting Up 1
Overview
“Let's go more in-depth! Here you will learn to build out the base shader that you will use in your scene using the node editor to build a more customizable setup for future additions. ”
In this video lesson Calder Moore addresses the topic: Setting Up 1, which is part of the Domestika online course: 3D Toon-Style Environment Art with Arnold. Learn to design, model, and render highly detailed sci-fi environments with a stylized look using Arnold, Photoshop, and Cinema 4D.
Partial transcription of the video
“ Setting Up In this lesson, we will go through and build our base shader that we are going to use as a template for the rest of our scene. I deleted everything and added in a new toon shader. You can do that by typing in "toon" and dragging that out. What I'm going to do is adjust some of these settings. In the Edge drop-down, let's take our Edge detection, Angle threshold down to about 15 or so. Let's turn on our Silhouette. Then let's drag our Base Weight down to zero because we won't actually use this for our shadows and stuff. We're going to drive everything through our Emission tab he...”
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Course summary for: 3D Toon-Style Environment Art with Arnold
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Calder Moore
A course by Calder Moore
Calder Moore is a 3D artist from British Columbia, Canada. Growing up, he loved the immersive worlds he saw in sci-fi and fantasy films. This inspired him to pursue 3D art, as he found it was the perfect tool for building his own. After graduating from CATO, he worked in the animation and gaming industries before making the leap to a full-time freelance career.
Since starting his professional journey, Calder has participated in a wide range of projects, from TV shows and video games to album covers and board game art. Thanks to this extensive experience, he’s developed an adaptable style and workflow that have led to collaborations with clients like Google, Wizards of the Coast, Atheris Entertainment, and The Royal Canadian Mint.
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