Create – 3D

3D​ Art

Express Yourself in 3 Dimensions

3D Digital Art

Resources and Guides to get you started making Digital 3D Art

– Guide Overview –

  1. Required Tools
  2. Resources
  3. Workflows
  4. Share your Work
  5. Guided Tutorials

1. Required Materials

In order to create Digital 3D Art, you’ll need the following materials:

  • PC Or Laptop With High Functioning Graphics Card
  • Mouse
  • Programming knowledge and A Decent Understanding of Math (Optional)
  • 3D Modeling Software (I use Blender)

PC Graphics – Creating 3D Renders are Extremely Taxing on your Graphics Processing Hardware (Graphics Card) I reccommend you have something a Reasonably fast graphics card in order to create quick renders

Mouse – Mouse of The Software I Recommend for this will require a 3 button mouse in order to work efficiently

Programming and Math – One of the most powerful things you can do with 3D Graphics Rendering is Programming Shaders. This is a language that lets you talk directly to your Graphics card and tell it what to display on the screen. This requires some knowledge in Vector math as the graphics card is a very fancy calculator.

Software –

Free Tools

Blender

Powerful Program for 2D and 3D Art

  • Free
  • Extremely Powerful, Mix 2D & 3D
  • Lots of tutorials to learn from
  • Pen and Tablet Support
start using blender

Paid Tools

  1. Autodesk Maya – A powerful software for 3D modeling and animation.
  2. Cinema 4D – A 3D modeling, animation, and rendering software.

2. Resources

3. Workflows

4. Share Your Work

5. Guided Tutorials

Free Tools

  1. Blender – A free and open-source 3D creation suite.
  2. TinkerCAD – An easy-to-use app for 3D design, electronics, and coding.
  3. FreeCAD – An open-source parametric 3D modeler.

Resources

Share Your Work/ See other’s Work

Resource Sharing Site:

Guided Tutorials

Additional Guides

Free Models for Use

Characters + Animation
Scenes + Props
3D Print Models

Free Models for Reference

Posing Tools
Model Reference

Free Textures + Materials

Textures + Materials
HDRI’s

Shading + Graphics

Shader Tools
Color Palettes
Shading Tutorials

Models

Reference Characters + Animations

https://www.Mixamo

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Scenes + Props

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Textures

3D Physical Art

Create Geometry in this Mortal Realm

– Guide Overview –

  1. Required Tools
  2. Resources
  3. Workflows
  4. Share your Work
  5. Guided Tutorials

1. Required Materials

Going from a 3D Model to a Physical Model Doesn’t take as long as it used to thanks to modern technology like 3D Printing and CNC Machining, but it does still require lots of things:

  • 3D Printer Or CNC (and Materials)
  • Slicer Program
  • 3D Model
  • CAD Software
  • SD Card and Storage Device
  • A Ruler or Other Measurement Tool
  • Patience

All you really need to get started is a Computer with a decent enough Graphics card to Render 3D Objects, if you don’t have that, you can plot out dimensions of something you’d like to design on a piece of graph paper or cut it out of cardboard!

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