While there are several methods for creating a character, patch modeling can yield the cleanest results. It allows for high amounts of localized detail, clean parameterization for texture mapping, and the use of stitching tools. O.M.2 continues from where O.M.1 leaves off, where once the overall form of the head has been defined, and the detail surfaces modeled, one begins unifying them into a cohesive surface network.
- Curve Tools
- Align Curve
- Rebuild Curve
- Detach Surface
- Rebuild Surface
- Project Tangent
- DXF Paramterization
- Stitch Edges Tool
- Global Stitch
- Introduction
- Curves on Surface
- Editing Curves
- Boundary Surfaces
- Fixing the Pole
- Patching in Elements
- Credits
- Product Code: ORG02
- ISBN: 1-930878-11-7
- UPC: 805366001230
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Alex Alvarez
Founder, Director The Gnomon Workshop
Gnomon School of Visual Effects
Alex is founder and director of The Gnomon Workshop and of the Gnomon School of Visual Effects in Hollywood. Having dedicated the last decade to educating students and professional artists around the world, Alex has helped change the face of computer graphics and design education. He has been published in industry magazines, websites and books - plus he has taught courses at several major trade conferences. Alex is president of the Los Angeles Maya Users Group and sits on the Advisory Boards for Highend3D.com and CGsociety. He continues to work on personal and professional projects, recently as a creature development artist on the James Cameron film Avatar. Prior to Gnomon, Alex worked for Alias|Wavefront as a consultant and trainer for studios in the Los Angeles area. Alex is an alumnus of the Art Center College of Design and the University of Pennsylvania.
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- Andy Chen
Effects Animator
Dreamworks Feature Animation
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