Pen of the Avatar 3D Modeling

Shroud of the Avatar

On the last Pen of the Avatar Stephen Daniele, the Concept Art lead for shroud of the Avatar, and Isaac Oster, one of the digital artists at Portalarium, give us a brief overview of how to do 3D modelling.

Watch the Tutorial!

Stephen introduce the basics of normal mapping, and Isaac shows off how to use Zbrush. As always, the community chimed in with some additional questions. The full video runs just over an hour.

Find Out More

Here are the resources noted in the video:

• Wikipedia article on Normal Mapping
• nVidia Normal Map Tool
• 3D Tutorials by Issac (his tutorials are the numbered ones)

Enjoy!

Thanks to Stephen, Isaac, and all of the developers at Portalarium for Pen of the Avatar, and their involvement with the SotA community!