When I started modeling my first environment at VanArts, we had some problems with the ZBrush licenses so I ended up downloading a trial of Mudbox instead. This program totally saved me as it was the perfect tool for what I wanted to do. I wanted to create a cave environment for my demo reel and Mudbox was a perfect fit for me. I loved how similar Mudbox was to Maya, so I was able to learn it very quickly.
The other day I found this demonstration on Mudbox 2009 someone did for Autodesk. It shows a crazy feature at the end of the video that is truly special, you have got to see it. I found this on a forum on some site I had never seen before, 3DM3.com. Ever heard of it? I wanted to make sure I give this site credit and to tell you that this site is frackin‘ amazing!
There are so many awesome free tutorials for you to learn from. Tutorials for Maya, 3Ds Max, ZBrush, Lightwave, XSI Softimage and some other programs I haven’t heard of. Definitely bookmark this site because I think this site is on the level of Polycount, and CGSociety. Very well made, incredibly useful content and a enthusiastic community of CG artists. I don’t know why I didn’t know about this site before. I thought I had found just about every site I could and then this one comes out of no where. But it’s a good find so I’m happy to share it with you.
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