Ear Modeling

One of the most difficult part of a human body to model is the ear.

It is very intricate. You will end up with a lot of edges and then you have to connect it back to the head using as few edges as possible.

The only solution is practice and looking at a lot of ears until you can see how it looks using only your imagination.

Modeling the Human Ear from Jonathan Williamson on Vimeo.

3D Hand Modeling

This video will teach one possible way to model a hand.


(3D) Hand Modeling from Carlos Bisquertt on Vimeo.

I've been looking for a nice 3d hand topology and I think this one is very good.

The Importance of 2D Concept Art in 3D Modeling

It is very important that you do 2D concept art or better yet have model sheets before you actually construct your 3D models.

Having one could mean the difference between creating a 3D model in a one day to doing it for a week.

In 2D, you could freely draw your props, environment, or characters. Meanwhile if you work in 3D, you will quickly run against a lot of rules like you should keep everything quads (four sided polygons) and you should keep in mind your edge flow.


If you are just practicing your 3D modeling skills, here are sources of concept arts you can use:

www.anime-model-sheets.com

www.celshading.com/gallery

Blender Hair Particle Tutorial

This hair particle tutorial was made for Blender 2.46 but I think it is still usable for Blender 2.48a.


Blender 2.46 particle hair from Dipingo on Vimeo.

Blender 3D Review

There are a lot of capable 3D software out there but why do I recommend Blender?

Let me cite its features to give you an idea.

1. Modeling
2. Sculpting
3. Texturing
4. Animating
5. Rendering
6. Compositing
7. Game Developing

Some of the other 3D package will give you some of these features. But I have not seen one who has all of them built in.

And it's also rare for a 3D software to have a built in sculpting and game development capability.

You can practically do everything in Blender and you won't need another software.

The last reason why you should use Blender is

8. It's completely free for personal and commercial use.

If you are still not convinced, check out these movies made with Blender.