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Creature Factory 2
01 - First steps
  1. 01

    Introduction

    Free
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    A Quick Concept

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    Fine Details and Finalizing

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  1. 01

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  2. 02

    Blocking Out the Body

  3. 03

    First Detail Pass

  4. 04

    Veins and Blood Vessels

  5. 05

    Baking the Final Color Map

  6. 06

    Specular Map

08 - Material Setup
  1. 01

    Body

  2. 02

    Eyes

09 - Final Render
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Andy Goralczyk
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Rigged creature model, rigged creature from the first CF (converted to Cycles), and the turntable scene.

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10 comments
Gemma María Rull
Gemma María Rull
March 11th, 2019

This tutorial is just mandatory to follow!. I set myself to do it with no more delay! thanks a lot for showing every step like this ! I can do it and have my dragon too! :)

Vinod
Vinod
Oct. 1st, 2017

Thank you very much, very nice workflow.

william warner
william warner
Aug. 22nd, 2016

Thanks Andy..you know your stuff...When I watched the first toot,I was beginning to fall asleep,but by the 3rd one, i was hooked..Awesome!!

Forgotten Fantasies
Forgotten Fantasies
April 9th, 2016

Hi Andy! There is a gap in the textures along the whole creature. See it here http://i.imgur.com/AUfyFHx.jpg

It looks that is easy to fix with the UV's. I've experienced the same once with a model of mine. I think it's because the Blender version.

Andy Goralczyk
Andy Goralczyk
April 11th, 2016

@Forgotten Fantasies: thanks for reporting the error, I totally missed it. Today I even reported it as a bug, but it seems like it's a drawback of some other fixes that were made after 2.73: https://developer.blender.org/T48110

Anyways, I have fixed the file and replaced it, it should be better now! Cheers, .andy

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Andy Goralczyk
Andy Goralczyk
April 11th, 2016

@Forgotten Fantasies: nothing fancy, I just moved all the vertices along the seam inwards, that's all!

.andy

Forgotten Fantasies
Forgotten Fantasies
April 11th, 2016

@Andy Goralczyk: Thanks Andy! How did you fix it? I have the same issue with an old model.

Jose Antonio Molinero
Jose Antonio Molinero
April 6th, 2016

Good!

Jose Antonio Molinero
Jose Antonio Molinero
April 4th, 2016

Cannot download. Broken link.

Andy Goralczyk
Andy Goralczyk
April 4th, 2016

@jose.antonio.molinero.reina: the issue has been fixed.

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