WILLIAM VAUGHAN

Professional modeling is the foundation of every aspect of the 3D production pipeline and is essential to the success of any 3D computer graphics project. [digital] Modeling is unlike any other modeling book you''ve seen-it gets to the core of what it takes to create efficient production-ready models and demystifies the process of producing realistic and jaw-dropping graphics. Taking a software-neutral approach, it teaches you the essential skills and concepts that you can apply to modeling in any industry 3D software, such as 3ds Max, LightWave 3D, Maya, Modo, Silo, XSI, ZBrush and other leading programs. Modelers, animators, texture artists, and technical directors can all benefit from the valuable information covered in this jam-packed guide containing years of industry knowledge. Simply put, if you work in 3D, you must have this book.

El modelado profesional es el fundamento de todos los aspectos de la producción tridimensional, indispensable para el éxito de cualquier proyecto gráfico 3D. Modelar implica mucho más que empujar puntos por el espacio virtual, modelar en 3D es crear todo un mundo conceptual en tres dimensiones.Adoptando una posicion neutral en lo que al software se refiere, esta obra desbroza un talento que va mas alla de las aplicaciones. Adquiera habilidades y aprenda los conceptos esenciales que se pueden aplicar a cualquier modelo en la industria, utilizando software como 3ds Max, LightWave 3D, Maya, Modo, Silo, XSI, ZBrush y otros programas esenciales.Es evidente que Vaughan tiene cosas que decir y se vale de su experiencia para ofrecer a modeladores, animadores, artistas de texturas y directores tecnicos una valiosisima informacion para sus proyectos. En resumidas cuentas, si trabaja en 3D, este es un libro imprescindible. El DVD que se adjunta incluye mas de seis horas de videos formativos en ingles y material de ayuda para algunos de los temas que vamos a cubrir.

Caspar David Friedrich (17741840) is now recognized as a leading artist of the German Romantic movement of the early nineteenth century. He is known as the painter of images of a strange and compelling beauty: mysterious landscapes with barren trees, figures silhouetted against the evening sky, and gothic ruins in wintry mists. The meaning of these pictures has long been disputed, but William Vaughan argues that Friedrichs aim was to convey the spiritual experience of life. For Friedrich, the contemplation of nature can lead us to understand the deeper meaning of things. In this stress on feeling, and focus on landscape, Friedrich was very much the product of his times. In this captivating book, William Vaughan discusses all aspects of the artists life and career, from his childhood as the son of a soapmaker in Pomerania, to his adulthood in Dresden, where he achieved such fame that his paintings were bought by the Prussian royal family and the Russian Tsar. Friedrichs radical political sympathies, however, were to affect his reputation and, as the author reveals, it was only in the late twentieth century that the enigmatic quality of his paintings began to be fully valued and he gained truly international recognition.