Modeling the Human Head

This DVD takes you through the artistic and technical process of sculpting a human head from a polygonal cube. In this DVD, Kevin Hudson shows why character modelers are moving away from Nurbs modeling and toward Polygon/Subdivision surface modeling, which allows more freedom to localize detail and work with texture. Follow along as Kevin considers and sculpts the various features of the face - nose, mouth, eyelids and ears - as he transforms this simple structure into something as complex as the human head.

• Edge Looping
  
• MJ Poly Toolset
  
• Extruding Faces
  
• Extruding Edges
  
• Split Polygon Tool
  
• Artistic Modeling Thought Process

Chapters: Disk One
1. General Theory
2. Special Tools
3. Getting Started
4. The Polygon Layout
5. The Mouth
6. The Eye Area

Chapters: Disk Two
1. The Nose
2. General Touchup
3. The Ear
4. The Interior Mouth
5. Mirroring the Second Half
6. Conclusion

• Product Code: KHU01
• ISBN: 1-930878-38-9
• UPC: 805366003937
• Duration: 170 minutes
• Formats: DVD-ROM

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Kevin Hudson

Supervising Character Modeler, Animator
Sony Pictures Imageworks

Kevin Hudson has worked at Sony Pictures Imageworks for 10 years, contributing to such films as Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, Stuart Little, Stuart Little 2, Contact, Anaconda, James and the Giant Peach, The Polar Express, and the Academy Award winning animated short film, The ChubbChubbs. Before the Digital Age, Kevin created traditional effects for over eight years, working on many films including Star Trek 6, Predator 2, Edward Scissorhands, Addams Family, Darkman, Batman Returns and Congo.