The Making of Totem 3 D World Cover, with Alex Alvarez

In this DVD, Alex Alvarez shares his workflow and techniques for creating Totem, a commissioned 3D illustration for the cover of 3D World magazine. Over six hours of lecture, Alex delves into all aspects of how the image was created. Beginning with the initial design brief of a stone head in a jungle, Alex began with a series of sketches for approval. The 3D development began with the head in ZBrush, moving to terrain layout and camera setup in Maya. The terrain was then sculpted in ZBrush to finalize t