Mudbox 2009: 'From the Ground up' Free HD tutorial series

[janus]

Mudbox 2009: 'From the Ground up'

'Wave 1'


Part 1 - UI and Navigation (26 mins) (http://area.autodesk.com/index.php/tutorials/tutorial_index/groundup_series_mudbox_2009_navigation_and_ui/)

Part 2 - Selections (8 mins) (http://area.autodesk.com/index.php/tutorials/tutorial_index/groundup_series_selections/)

Part 3 - Normal and Displacement maps (6mins) (http://area.autodesk.com/index.php/tutorials/tutorial_index/groundup_series_normal_and_displacement_maps/)

Part 4 - Layers (7 mins)
(http://area.autodesk.com/index.php/tutorials/tutorial_index/groundup_series_layers/)
Part 5 - Brushes (including hard surface sculpting tutorial)(45mins) (http://area.autodesk.com/index.php/tutorials/tutorial_index/groundup_series_brushes/)

[b]Part 6 - Hard Surface texturing (41mins) (http://area.autodesk.com/index.php/tutorials/tutorial_index/groundup_series_hard_surface_texturing/)




The aim of teh Mudbo 2009 'From The Ground up' series is to totally document in video tutorials mudbox in its entirety along with every popular pipeline. Its an ambitous project that will be ongoing as time and resources allow. I've broken into 'waves' each tackling a different group of things. So wave 1 is the very basics, wave 2 gets more advaced, wave 3 even more advanced...etc etc. This series is designed to work along side the QuickStart series so provide mudbox users with a free total tutorial solution for free...nada...nothing...all you have to spend is your time to watch them. Its costig a fair old wack of money for autodesk to host these (and hence they are not being released all at once lol.) Wave 1 and 2 are already recorded, with wave 3 being recorded ready to continue by the end of wave 2 being online.


Parts 1-4 are now up with the rest to follow every other day. To watch at full resolution press the full screen button and then the 1:1' button. I left off adding his as a thread until the early shorter parts were up. From this point things get a bit longer time wise now we're got most of the stuff I consider 'beginners' stuff out of the way.
Enjoy

Wayne...

[janus]

Mudbox 2009 'From the Ground Up' : 'Wave 2' (Character Detailing)


Part 1 - 11mins (http://area.autodesk.com/index.php/tutorials/tutorial_index/groundup_series_character_detailing/)

(other videos will be added to this list as they are released.)


Total time: 3 hours


Well theere's no time to have a rest for those watching these.... here's the start of wave 2 which includes the obj and Mud file for those who wish to follow along. I this wave we'll cover in real time the sculpting of a complete character that as part of wave 3 we'll texture and take into max, maya, xsi and maybe even a game engine or two.

You'll see a whole lot more of this character as he'll be used to demonstrate some of the new features of Mudbox as they arrive over time. I've kept the polygon counts down to a dull roar on this one so that everyone can keep up. providing your machine can run mud2k9 you'll have no problem with the polygon counts in this demonstration model.

No stamps or stenicls are used for the suit and we cover sculpting the entire thing by hand (although there's a good trick with the face detail later on.) This wave runs at 3 hours long in real time and I've made it as easy to follow as I can without being condecending. Things that were covered in wave one wont be recovered in this wave as it is expected that you have watched wave 1 before wave 2.
Enjoy

Wayne...

[janus]

Reserved for 'Wave 3'

[janus]

Part 5 : Brushes (45 mins) now up

Part 5 - Brushes (including hard surface sculpting tutorial)(45mins) (http://area.autodesk.com/index.php/tutorials/tutorial_index/groundup_series_brushes/)

This one covers brushes in depth and includes a hard surface sculpting tutorial. Well be using this a hard surface sculpt for the texturing section in the next few.
Enjoy.


Wayne...

[janus]

Hard surface texturing (last of wave 1) now up

Part 6 - Hard Surface texturing (41mins) (http://area.autodesk.com/index.php/tutorials/tutorial_index/groundup_series_hard_surface_texturing/)



Here's the link to the last videos of wave 1 of the Ground Up series..expect the start of wave 2 in a day or three.

Well it sben a helluva week and looks like someone has taken exception to this series and the QuickStart one. I hte last 2 week Ive had 2 attacks with drive killer taking out over 4 terrabyte of drives (and turning them into paperweights...along with the last year of work) and tonght my paypal account hacked.... is that going to stop the series? No chance ;) I don't give in to bullies.

Wayne...

[janus]

Mudbox 2009 'From the Ground Up' : 'Wave 2' (Character Detailing)


Part 2 - 11mins (part 1 next due to file naming mess up) (http://area.autodesk.com/index.php/tutorials/tutorial_index/groundup_series_character_detailing/)


Total time: 3 hours




No time to rest, as its time for wave 2 to start (yes already!) For more details about it see the 2nd post in this thread. As each video in wave 2 is released I'll add the links at the start of the thread and later on.
Enjoy

Wayne...

'free the Heinz 57' :)

[janus]

Quick heads up: due to a file naming mess up this is actually part 2 , part 1 will be up next asap I'd imagine. :) (Which is the only impact the recent problems wiht drive kiler have had on this series. :) )

Wayne...

[janus]

Part 1 Temporary Download Links

Run time for this part: 28 mins


http://www.dashdotslash.net/groundup/wave2-1-Desktop.m4v << Desktop version

http://www.dashdotslash.net/groundup/wave2-1-iPhone.m4v << Versions for iPhones etc...



OK here are some temporary LOW RES links for part 1 (running time about 1/2 hour) I did a quick job on he encodes so sorry for any issues. But it should tide you guys over. :) I'll keep them up until the high res versions are up in a day or so.

Wayne...

[freakmean16]

Wow, thanks man, they're gonna be downloaded right now!!!!

[janus]

From the Ground Up: Wave 2 video (full)

Link (http://www.vimeo.com/2509297)


For thos of you interested I uped a timelapse of the entire wave 2 modelling process, to whet your appetittes a bit till the rest of the vids get upped.
Enjoy

Wayne...

[beartraps]

So is this still available for download? the part 1 links just go to the area

[BigJohn]

yeah, but the links are wrong. Just go to the area and type in 'Groundup' in the search.

The links are just wrong in the first post. For instance, the one for layers should be:
http://area.autodesk.com/tutorials/groundup_series_layers

[TheQiwiMan]

Thank you so much Wayne. You truly are a huge help to your fellow Artists! :)

[janus]

yeah, but the links are wrong. Just go to the area and type in 'Groundup' in the search.

The links are just wrong in the first post. For instance, the one for layers should be:
http://area.autodesk.com/tutorials/groundup_series_layers

Thats due to the areas recent revamp...lots of links broke.


Wayne...

[beartraps]

Thanks Wayne, these are really great. And thanks to you BigJohn for pointing me in the right direction.