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LightWave 3D 9.x Advanced Cartoon Series:
Head Modeling

Advanced Cartoon Series - LightWave 3D Modeling a HeadThis is the first video in a large series on Advanced Cartoon Character creation.   This video series from KURV studios is unlike any training ever done for LightWave 3D.  We started with a character from PushPen Studios.  An extremely professional character just like one you would be handed at studios like Dreamworks or Pixar Animation Studios.

Then we take the character and professionally model, texture, rig, animate and work a little LightWave 3D magic with dynamics.

In this video, we show you how to model Chris Phoenix's head from his chiseled chine to his extreme hair.  This video is more than 9 hours of instruction. In true splinegod style, Larry shows you more than one way to model the head and hair.  He also goes into detail on polygon flow and the importance of the flow especially on a character like this.

 

Artist Profile

Larry Shultz - has been involved with computer graphics since the mid-1980s. He began using LightWave 3D in its early days for TV commercials and other projects at a CGI company he co-founded during the early ’90s called The Animation Factory in Albuquerque.

Since those days Larry has worked for such companies as American Laser Games, Sony Development, Discovery Channel, Netter Digital, Foundation Imaging, Amalgamated Pixels, and Squarehouse Entertainment, as well as working on a freelance basis for many other companies. Larry is very experienced in almost every aspect of LightWave, working as lead artist, technical director, and in many other positions on a variety of projects.

He brings all that experience to these videos. Larry is also heavily involved with LightWave training. He has taught seminars all over the United States and several schools including Newtek Inc., Albuquerque Technical Vocational Institute, Video Symphony, Foundation Institute, and 3D Exchange. Larry is known the world over for his training and vast knowledge of LightWave 3D. Since then Larry has contributed to the LightWave 3D [8] content CD and is a published artists on the LightWave 3D [8]: 1001 Tips and Tricks book by Wordware Publishing.

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