Author Topic: 3d round head figure - what software (Read 17854 times)

bad to the bone · « **Reply #25 on:** February 07, 2011, 22:35 »

You can create this with every common 3d software. You need to learn how and you need to know how it looks the way it sells. Very easy...as everything what sells.
That's why everyone earns millions....very easy...

ayzek · « **Reply #26 on:** February 08, 2011, 03:14 »

Most of the people using 3ds Max, Maya, Blender, Lightwave and Cinema 4D.
Blender is a free software and you can find tutorials in their site. http://www.blender.org/education-help/tutorials/
In Cgsociety http://forums.cgsociety.org/ you can find all other aplications tutorials and more in software specific forums.

bad to the bone · « **Reply #27 on:** February 11, 2011, 18:54 »

...YES, and to make glass, you only need sand.
Or to make Steel, you only need ore.
Or to make big Fotos, you only need a good camera.
Or to paint famous pictures, you only need a pencil.
Or to make intelligence, you only need brain mass.

michaeldb · « **Reply #28 on:** February 11, 2011, 21:04 »

Quote from: bad to the bone on February 11, 2011, 18:54

...YES, and to make glass, you only need sand.

And also to make silicon chips.

Yes, it is right to point out that the 3D learning curve is long and steep.

If you know nothing about 3D, learning to make a good render with 3DSMax, for example, will take 20 times longer than it took to learn Illustrator, and a hundred times longer than to learn Photoshop. And 200 times longer than learning to use a DSLR. But maybe it will be worth it.

Morphart · « **Reply #29 on:** February 14, 2011, 11:53 »

Quote from: Magnum on November 29, 2010, 03:01

I´d say Maya or 3ds max. You need to be able to 1. make the model 2. rigg it ( for movement ) 3. animate it Not as easy as it looks. well, if you make only one image it´s easy, but you´d want to be able to use it in different scenes and in different positions.

You forgot 4. Create the good lighting vs shadow, white plane and background.
5. Use the right render engine (usually vRay for 3dsMax)
6. Use the rightcamera view.
7. Texture the model (pretty simple for those but... still need to be done).

Plus if you don't have the software, nor the renderer, nor the skills... Why would you take a week as a 3d newbee to create a picture to get .50$ a week for it?

Morphart · « **Reply #30 on:** February 18, 2011, 21:40 »

For your information, Round head and Sticks figures are no longer accepted on iStock, they had so many that they want to get more details on them now :p.

madelaide · « **Reply #31 on:** February 19, 2011, 15:04 »

I saw a gold human figurine with oval head on a store's window the other day. I suppose it would be much easier to have one and shoot it in many poses.

At least, for me.