Learn the "Hand-Painted" texturing style for video games (Udemy.com)
How to texture weapons and assets for your game props in the classic hand-painted texturing style!
Created by: 3dmotive LLC
Last updated September 2016
What you will learn
- Learn the basics of modeling and unwrapping a low poly sword
- Learn the fundamentals of creating beautiful "hand-painted" textures in Photoshop
How it compares
Against the other 281 rated Udemy courses in Game Development Fundamentals on CourseDuck:
- Rating4.7 out of 5higher than 69% of them
- Reviews594#65 of 282 by number of reviews
- Length5.5 hoursshorter than 63% of them
- Last updatedSeptember 2016earlier than 96% of them
Course Description
In this tutorial, we'll show you the creation process for modeling and texturing low poly weapons, with a strong emphasis on hand-painted texture maps. We'll start by modeling a sword in Maya, show the unwrapping process, and take you step-by-step through creating the hand-painted stylized textures for both a sword and a shield asset.
(Students - please look under Section 1 / Lecture 1 downloads for the source files associated with the lesson.)
About the Instructor:
Tyson Murphy attended the animation program at Brigham Young University. He's since worked for Disney Interactive (Avalanche), Chair Entertainment, and currently works as a Senior Character Artist on World of Warcraft for Blizzard Entertainment. Who this course is for:
Absolute beginners who have an interest in texturing game props with the hand-painted styleBeginners to MayaBeginners to PhotoshopAnyone interested in learning the basics of prop modeling and texturing
Instructor Details
- 4.7 Rating
594 Reviews
3dmotive LLC
3dmotive is High Quality 3d and Game Art Training by Industry Pros! Whether you are brand new to the world of Game Art, 3d, Architecture or Film - or maybe just interested in brushing up your techniques for intermediate or advanced levels of 3d with a focus on video games, 3dmotive is your one-stop-shop for all your 3d and Game Art related tutorials! Got questions? Interested in a new course topic? Let us know!
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Reviews
By Tommaso Mari on 11/19/2020
si molto buona
By K S on 8/19/2020
This is THE BEST tutorial I have ever watched/spent money on. Thank you so much for this!
By Kyle Horne on 7/24/2020
The Content was good, however It was missing the shield Modeling and UV portion. The technique was very in line for industry expectations, however there was a lot of content to sit through to get to the actual tools used, and specific settings to use. The instructor was very well knowledgable and talked about art He made it seem easy.
By Steve Hunt on 6/17/2020
Yes. Great job explaining why you take each step in the modeling process.
By Serenity Collins on 4/18/2020
Im an intermediate 3D modeler and thus far, Im enjoying learning the process and the way the instructor explains everything is clear and simple enough for me to follow along so far.
By Andrea Maahs on 4/8/2020
It went over a bunch of stuff I'd learned in school, but also some texturing things I hadn't considered. It was great to get to see the process start to finish.
By Jennifer Stevens on 3/18/2020
I really enjoyed this course. The way in which the lecturer explains why he chose the colours, shading, highlights that he does is very detailed and I found translating that teaching to other art projects with different materials very logical and rewarding. I still come back to this course to refresh my understanding of the hand-painted technique now and then. Great course.
By Georgia Procpio de Oliveira Tolotti on 11/24/2019
I really enjoyed the course and i learned a lot when it comes to Hand Painted textures and some tricks on modeling as well. I just think there should be some exercises, but overall i recomend it!
By Emily Furniss on 10/16/2019
I have a good skill in modelling in 3ds max so this is a very basic intro into modelling and this has helped me get use to Maya. Once you get an idea of the basic software it is easy to model. The texturing element is very informative and isn't to hard to follow. You do need a basic knowledge around photoshop but nothing more. He goes through some good points about lighting whilst texturing
By Madeeha Ahmed on 8/23/2019
I learned a lot! I appreciated that there was both modelling and texturing of stylized game assets. Thanks for this course!
By Steve MacIntyre on 7/13/2019
Wow! What a great course! Admittedly I bought this course a few years ago but never went through it in spite of always wanting to learn how to paint textures in this style but I finally decided to get serious and this course did not disappoint!
While this course teaches how to model a low poly sword in an older version of Maya, I was able to easily follow along in Blender. If you have a good grasp of your 3d modeling program, the instruction will be a piece of cake.
When it came to the actual texturing videso, right after the first example video on how to paint the sword, it felt as if I was handed a gift of the digital painting Gods where things finally clicked and I thought 'so that's how they did it!'. The instructor does not hold back and shows you step by step his techniques to produce what you see in the preview.
I am extremely pleased with this course and would highly recommend it to anyone who wants to learn how to create textures in this style.
By Gabriel Carlos de Araujo on 6/6/2019
Very good
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