Introduce Yourself

[Wayne]

I thought it'll be a good idea if everyone introduces who they are, what experience level and if they work in the industry, where (that last one can be skiped if you work somewhere liable to get lots of fanboy IM's lol), age etc... Hopegfuly it'll help everyone to get to know each other a bit better.

Wayne...

[dmonk]

Hi!

I'm Tony aka dmonk. I've been on cg message boards for a while now (Before cgtalk was cgsociety and even before it was actually cgtalk.)

I'm a mudbox/xsi user and I make kick ass chilli. I'm also a mod here, so drop me a line if you need a hand with anything.

[TOXIC]

I'll introduce myself properly later but at the moment I'm keeping it a secret. I've messed around with a few of the applications not an expert but know enough to hold my own. Need anything feel free to yell at me.


And a Hi to Mr southern and Mr Robson ::)

[soulburn3d]

Hey there, my name is Neil Blevins, and I like making monsters aliens and robots. That should pretty much cover it.

- Neil

[southern]

Haloo...

Iam Glen Southern. I only own Mudbox v1 so I'm a little green with all the recent goings on. I've been using ZBrush since 1999 but have always struggled with the lack of camera movement and poor perspective. I've been working on non 3D related stuff for 18 months so it's nice to be back and modeling. I'm currently working on a full series of free SILO tutorials with the nevercenter team.

Like Doug I struggled with some of the registration questions. I got my number of arms correct but I was stumped with the 7 plus 20 question. I like `who wants to be a millionaire` where the questions start off easier...lol

Glen

[Bryan Silva]

What up, Bryan Silva here. Been doing 3d professionally for about 4 years now as a character artist. Character heads are what I enjoy most. I love doing blendshapes and seeing them come to life. Worked in games at first now in films. Working at Image Movers Digital at the moment on a retelling of Charles Dickens classic, "A Christmas Carol" starring Jim Carey as more than a few of the characters. He has such a wide range of motion and control with his face. Its been a blast working on his shapes. The movie'll be coming to a theater near Christmas of 09. Im a mostly self taught artist who really values a good forum while it lasts. So many become fanned out or deserted. I been a mudbox user since the beta of its 1st release. That, I have to say was the best forum I've ever participated in. Hopefully this forum will become reminiscent of that.

Cheers

[Wayne]

Thanks for taking the time to join the forum and help build things up into a good community. There seems to have been a rash of great forums either close or become a shadow of their former selves the last 12 months or so. Fingers crossed maybe we can capture a little bit of that magic here if all goes well. Feel free to post older mud images...mainly as I want to get those standin ones off top row on the front of the site ASAP lol.

Wayne...

[Ktaylor]

Hey all, Kris Taylor here, been using Mudbox since 1.0 beta. Mostly interested in characters and creatures, started out in the games industry in 1996, still there, recently Co founded RedFly Studio and am now developing games for Nintendo Wii. Started out as a character/creature sculptor, but we actually used clay and had to scan them into the computer with the good old digibot laser scanner, heh now I want to sculpt digitally and have it printed to a physical copy, we have come a LONG way!!!

Thanks for kicking this off Wayne!

[Whirlwind123]

Hey all! I wasnt aware of this forum, I hope it does well.

Looking over the the renders everytime I just think "God dam it I am bloodey well going to get this good!"

Hopefully it will come true :)

Si

[Wayne]

Hey all! I wasnt aware of this forum, I hope it does well.

Looking over the the renders everytime I just think "God dam it I am bloodey well going to get this good!"

Hopefully it will come true :)


Well technically the forum isn't open yet and still undergoing tests ,changes etc before public launch. But welcome and I hope your wish comes true.

Wayne...

[Whirlwind123]

not open?

should I refrain from posting until its official launch?

its kind of cool descovering a secret hidden forum lol

[Wayne]

not open?

should I refrain from posting until its official launch?

its kind of cool descovering a secret hidden forum lol


I'm a beliver that is someone has taken enough time and effort to discover something thats hidden then they deserve to be allowed to take part. ;) So feel free to post way.

Wayne...

[Whirlwind123]

hehe!

cheers Wayne

[dessi]

Hi all im karl just joined today.Being modling and sculpting for about 3 months now after spending years on 2d fancied a change.if you whant to know anything else just ask..lol .Great site guys keep up the fantastic work



Karl...

[ScudzAlmighty]

Hello, Kristian Davidson here, sometimes known as Scudz Almighty. love the simplicity of Mudbox over that other program and definatley hope to contribute around here. i've been looking for a good Mudbox forum for a while, so i just want to say thank-you for starting one ;D

p.s. the registration page kicks ass

[Freespace]

Hey there, fellow sculptors! :D

I'm Chris, or Freespace in some forums. I'm really excited to see Mudbox getting the respect and tender care it deserves after clearly prooving that you don't need a Subterranean Neputne interface to be able to do sculpting.

I'm sure this forum's got a long way to go, and there going to be some awesome work showcased here along with lots of crits and feedback for everyone to share. Let's get the ball rolling!

[hadouken]

Hey everyone. Wow, some power uesers here :o

I've beena mudbox fanboy since the beginning and I've been so happy to see it evolutioniaze over the years.

I hope to put in some good work here and gawk at the amazing models as well ;D

[sriramatrix]

hello everyone, I'm Sri Ram and I love making characters and creatures ;D

[Wayne]

Welcome to all of you that've joined since we opened at midnight. Hopefuly we can make this into a place everyone enjoys being part of.

Wayne...

[vfx]

Hey y'all.. just a quick howdie do... Lovely to see the Mud community growing - let's hope this place can offer the support that seems so difficult to dig out over on the AREA. I've been dabbling in Mud for over a year now and my new reel coming out shortly will showcase some of this.. will be active as I can here! Over and out.

[Vladislav Ivanov]

Hi all
My name is Vladislav Ivanov. I'm a character artist mainly. I've been using Mudbox since the first release. Accidentally found this forum and God how glad am I :)



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[spirit2029]

Ello Everyone,

Some of you may know me as spirit2029 from different forums, my name is actually Chris. I have been dabbling with 3d for over eight years now...wow just realized how long its been...last few years I havent been able to be as involved as I would like. But recently I have had a whole bunch of time spared up, so its back to hitting the learning curve hard and sharing my work and now finally trying to get into this industry as a professional. I have been using XSI since way back in the day when it was called Sumantra, anyone remember that?, and I used mudbox at first beta from skymatter after the king kong movie haha. Currently Im up to my neck in learning, studying a huge bible on mental ray so I can get it to do exactly what I want, re-examining techniques for character modeling and rigging, and also really pushing myself with mechanical modeling. Currently working hard on a fairly massive demo reel and a personal re-emergence. So very soon ill be posting some new work for everyone to pull apart here and on other forums, alot of character work especially as im learning mudbox. So ill see you all around, im going to support this forum as much as I can with critiques and possibly some modeling tutorials in a short while.

Thank you Wayne for setting the ball rolling on this forum, and for my love of character modeling again, your vids have been very helpfull please keep it up

Regards
Chris

[Wagner]

Hello everyone!

Wagner <--- name of my dog.

I'm CG artist, daily work in movie industry (vfx mostly) New to sculpting and mudbox, but I do want to learn it.
I find sculpting with mudbox very therapeutic :)

[Hulahuga]

Hia all!

My name is Oskar Kolmodin, though my alias is Hulahuga on the net and I'm probably the youngest member at this site.
I've been using Maya and Mudbox since spring 2008. Begun using PS actively lately.
I've been a trainee at Paradox interactive (only a short while since it was my so called PRAO, which we have here in Sweden).
I'm always trying to learn new things and I'm always open for constructive criticism and ideas.
I always find it fun to create stuff. Now with 3D I've finally been able to see it come to "life".

Oskar

[robkoni]

Hello everyone........Robin Konieczny [robkoni] here...ish well over here now....anyway robkoni , 3D Generalist ,but mainly modelling and texturing ,been in the industry for a long while ,working on Movies ,adverts and Pop promos.Congrats on the site Wayne ,realy nice,keep up the good work.
All the best Robin

[Norman]

Find that I should actually introduce myself as you may see my name come up now and again.. :D

My name is Dave Bates, I run a small Consulting business that does Web Development and Consulting..

More Personally tho, I've known Wayne for a while now and he's a good friend.. so I'm the monkey behind the keyboard when things need to be fixed.. I'm also for Hire if needed.. :) But mostly I work for friends..

Feel free to PM me with issues or whatnot..

[achmedthesnake]

Hi guys, glad to see a dedicated mudboxy forum for once

My name is alex robertson, and i'm an australia based aspiring 3d charcter artist primarily for games (rather that pure sculpting) -
so for the most part most of my sculpts go into normal maps...

I have a little portfolio at the moment www.achmedthesnake.com
And i also have a little background in web/design works as well...

[Darkghosty]

Hey guys, Darkghosty here (Ryan Morency over on the area boards). I've been working in the 3d industry for 6-7 years now, mostly doing a lot of photoreal renderings not as much modeling http://www.ryanmorency.com/gallery.html if you want to check out my portfolio. Been doing a lot of animations and after effects stuff in the last 2 years, but I wanted to get more into the sculpting/modeling scene.

We use zbrush here at the office, but after some frustrations I decided to check out Mudbox and just purchased myself a copy for home about a week ago. So i've only really been using mudbox for about a month and i'm still getting my chops with sculpting techniques.

Personally i'm glad to see the Mudbox community trying to come together and create a good place to share ideas and images, thanks to everyone involved with this. Hopefully when i'm done practicing and learning i'll be posting some stuff up here too :)

[pointpusher]

Hello, my name is Danny Williams, AKA pointpusher. Thanks to all involved with creating the site.

[onedeadpixel]

Hi guys, my name is Nello Caiazza, from Italy.
I work as a freelance and mainly i use Modo, C4D and i'm intensively testing Mudbox in conjuction....but everything seems to run fine.
Finally something completely for Mud..and...look at some names...this is going to be friggin - hot as i imagine.

Compliments to you guys. :)

[seon]

Hey,

My name is Seon Crawford, I'm a freelance animator and maya generalist. I'm a huge fan of Mudbox, the software is great, somethings can be improved, but the easy of use and interface are unbeatable. Looking forward to this new community.

[spybg]

Hi everybody my name is Valentin Yovchev ,i'm 20 years old from Bulgaria,I've ben a CG artist for 8 years now :D ya it sounds strange ??? but afther I become 12 years old I started working and making levels for Counter-Strike,on Valve hammer editor and 1 month later Tuched 3D Studio MAX for first time.I was zbrush user,when mudbox 1 come out I've used it but not like now,now I've texture my models and tweek anything in but I've used my mouse and that was disturbing..now I'm proud that i had enouth money to buy SlimTablet 600U Premium II and NOW I CAN KICK *ss

I work like a bathroom designer and I'm mainly a 3D render,Character artist and stuff like that but I think i'll be happy to help anyone who needs help so feel free to type if you need help in "ZBRUSH,3D Studio MAX,or exporting from Mudbox to max and stuff like that
even I'll record few movies that will help on many of you :) I'm shure :D if wayne wants afcourse
by the way
THE FORUM ROCKS ;D

[PeteWood]

Hi, my name's Pete Wood... shockingly lol.
Born and bred in England.. but would happily relocate for the right job.
I'm an Animation graduate who specialises in 3D work.
My software of choice is Lightwave, and i love all aspects of 3D.. well apart from rigging lol.

My latest showreel and other works are here:
http://www.CoolerThanCake.com

Oh.. and i'm looking for work ;)

[m,kearney]

how do ppl .

just wanted to say hello since im probably going to be a bit of a lurker on here.
not that im in the habit of lurking around forums you understand lol
but because i don't actually use mudbox 2009 at the moment .

still think i will pick up some great tips both technical and artistic .
and you never know i may even get lucky and manage to pick up a copy some day.
already had a quick look round the forum .
and im sure it will grow into a thriving mudbox community very soon .

so all the best ppl and keep up the good work ;D

[Jawillut]

Hey! i´m Andreas aka Jawillut. Started with 3D two years ago and just started with Mudbox, and i´ve been pouring over Wayne´s tutorials on the Area for about a week now. :)

[RobinB]

Hi all.

My name is Robin Ball. I've been a videogame artist for something like 11 years.

I haven't so far worked on any high end games that required high res sculpts, but I've been getting into it in my spare time out of personal interest and a desire to expand my skillset.

I just bought my Mudbox license a couple of weeks ago and I'm thoroughly enjoying it so far.

I'm thinking of putting together a blog for my adventures in sculpting as I find updating my website a bit too much hassle for works in progress.

[irobert]

Howdy-do everybody.

My name is Robert Vignone and I'm 25 years old. I have been working in the VFX, Animation and Game industry for about 6+ years. Currently I am working on some personal projects (I should have some stuff up here soon), facial modeling for an upcoming animated short/feature and 1on1 model tutoring during my off hours. My main tool-set consist of Maya, Mudbox, UV Layout/Cyslice, Photoshop and Nuke.

I use to enjoy visiting the MB1 Skymatter forums and was sad to see the community get dismantled. I would love to see a new (and better) one form again here. Personally I frequent the ZB forum to see their top row stuff. Hopefully they will be coming here for the same reason!

See you all around!

Robert

[cali3d]

Hi all,

My name is Carsten Lind, I am 37 years old and from Denmark. I've been in the CG industry for 20 years or so. Started out with web, moved on to 3D with 3DS v2 for DOS, over MAX, Alias poweranimator and now maya as main app.

For some 5 years I had my own little freelance business in Copenhagen, worked on TV commercials, TV Game shows and more. I am educated as a Mechanical Technical Assistant, but went from straight lines of the CAD universe to the more curved and fun within 3D. I have been tutoring Maya and also been "the demo guy" for the danish distributor of Maya here in DK.

Now I work at LEGO Systems as a Senior 3D Artist, mainly doing 3D artwork for the boxes. So if you want to see some of my work, go to the local toy store and look at DUPLO :P

I do not currently own a copy of Mudbox, but I own Zbrush for mac. However as many others I am getting irritated over the UI and cant wait till the guys at Autodesk finish the mac version - and then I will buy it!

I sculpt in my spare time, and still need to learn a lot. Especially about anatomy.

[tonytrout]

Hi My name is Tony. I live in a tiny place at the end of the world so forums are the only connection with others who are interested in 3D sculpting, so I hope this community grows. Ive been learning 3D modelling for a few years now. Started with amapi and Hexagon, bought z brush (It fought me all the way) and then found mudbox and the light shone in. Basically I just like sculpting and one day hope to become really good. Thanks Wayne for starting this and hope to contribute.

[iwkya]

Hey guys,

My name is Lee and im from Liverpool in the UK.. I work freelance as a Games consultant and game modeler but im trying to learn a bit of animation and sculpting so im now to this stuff. I mainly use MAX, tried zbrush but there is a pretty silly learning curve and found Mudbox great as its pretty easy to navigate, and i love layers :).

[theleast]

Greetings all, my name's David and I'm currently studying animation at QANTM college in Sydney, Australia. This year we'll mainly be focusing on Maya and Mudbox, so I thought it would be a good idea to get involved in a community like the Hub :)

When not studying I spend most of my spare time working on Crimson Dark (http://www.crimsondark.com), my Sci-Fi Webcomic, writing my novel or playing computer games.

[Oscar]

I forgot to introduce myself :P

Big hello to all the MudboxHub users!:) My name is Oscar and I'm from Poland. I've been into 3d for 5 years now and started lately workin in mudbox:) In free time i model, listen to music or play games, tho gaming became less fun when i started to make them ...in a way :) So big Hi and once again, sorry for late introduction :)

[Angroc]

Yes! Finally a Mudbox dedicated community!

Hello people!

[MayaMan]

Hi all,
I'm Lee Medcalf I've been a hobbyist and professional 3D person for around 15 years on and off... Started off with Turbo Silvers Imagine 2.0 on the Commodore Amiga A500 from the front of Amiga Power. Since then I upgraded to an Amiga A1200 and got in to Lightwave. Used LW for about 10 years including professionally doing pre vis and design work for a in house FX unit at Elstree Film Studios in the late 90's. Then left to do Graphics support at Turner Broadcasting (cable company that has channels such as CNN, TCM and Cartoon Network in the building). Moved back to 3D full time for Cartoon Network and had to learn Maya as a consequence.

So now using Maya 7/ 8 / 8.5 / 2008 / 2009 (depending on workstation *roll eyes* ;))

I got myself a copy of Mudbox a couple of weeks back and bought Digital Tutors training CD's for it too (been an expensive month LOL) and now just want to get in to doing some stuff both for work and for personal stuff....

Probably going to ask a lot of dumb questions so apologies in advance... I've messed with Zbrush before and Mudbox looks similar (but less mad on the UI layout) so I hope it'll be fairly straightforward to pick up...

Anyway glad to see a community for the app appear look forward to hanging around :)

Cheers

[Wayne]

If you had worked through the wave one 'Mudbox 2009: From the ground Up' vids on the area you could have saved money on the DVD lol. Watch those and the QuickStart vids on the main part of the site and they should get you moving a lot faster.


Wayne...

[MayaMan]

If you had worked through the wave one 'Mudbox 2009: From the ground Up' vids on the area you could have saved money on the DVD lol. Watch those and the QuickStart vids on the main part of the site and they should get you moving a lot faster.


Wayne...


LOL cheers Wayne, I think I'll do that and consider it a life lesson learned instead ;)

[Hulahuga]

Haha! Always check for free options first man ;P

[Zoeres]

Hi!

I'm Malcolm and I am soon to be 18 years old.
I've been practising some 3D for a while. I'm not that good at it yet but I hope I will be.

I recently got myself mudbox and have previously been working with Maya.
I am really crappy at modeling though I tend to get better at it. I've been working more with shaders.

Hugaluga tipped me about this site.

[Hulahuga]

Hia Malcolm!

All be nice to him okay? ;)

[Gregg]

Hello people...
I'm Gregg "T.Rex" and I recently got Mudbox and loving it!

I was never into sculpt modeling, mostly because i never got past the UI of that other software...
But, Mudbox feels like at home and it's a joy to use...

This is my first post on these forums; more will follow for sure... :)

Cheers everybody...
T.Rex

[a3dcreator]

hello all.
thought id join this site. to iincrease my mudbox network.
;)

my name is Steve. Im a proffesional Cg artist.
currently working on James Camerons AVATAR.
Animation and motion Capture Enhancments.

[Wayne]

hello all.
thought id join this site. to iincrease my mudbox network.
;)

my name is Steve. Im a proffesional Cg artist.
currently working on James Camerons AVATAR.
Animation and motion Capture Enhancments.

Welcome to the Hub steve. I hope everything is going well on avatar,I heard a few whispers but not saying a word. lol. I hope you enjoy yourself here and look foreward to seeing some mud art.


Wayne...

[olblue]

Hey all :) Im joining the site so I can learn more about organic skills in mudbox and to hone up my hard surface skills :) Im Cris and I teach at 3d-palace and Im pretty much 100% sure everyone here is better that me at organics ;)

[dmacb]

Hi!

I've decided to join the site so I can learn about a sculpting app... I'm a Max user from Portugal, and usually "hang around" 3D-Palace...

[coffeestains]

let me introduce my self , my name is franek , i worked past 2 years as a "3d animator" a.k.a. "maya generalist" , lately ( past month ;) ) been into chracter modeling ... decidet to learn mudbox... so here i'am ..nice meetin ya all , at the moment im developing my first 3d character , will post some work soon ...
thx

[wesm]

Hey Everyone,

My name is Wes McDermott. Just thought I'd say Hi. I'm glad I found this mudbox resource. I'm a multi-media developer for UPS. I use mudbox, maya and modo. I look forward to being a member of this community.

later,

Wes

[r4troot]

Hi ... My name is Mohannad Ratroot I'm 23 years old I'm from Jordan ... I have been working as modeler since 2005 I have been working on Maya ... and Z Brush ...I learn Mud Box from Wayne's Robson Mud box Quick Start Series ... I watched them all .. and I'm glad that I join This forum and I hope that I can help and get help from it ... thanks a lot . SHUKRAN ; )

PS: SHUKRAN in Arabic mean's thank you .

[Wayne]

It stil amazes me the ammount of interst from all over the world for the QuickStart series. At last count they hvae been seen in 97 countries. :) I hope allof you that have joined enjoy yourselves here and post lots of great art.

Wayne...

[cascious]

Hola Mudboxers! My name is Dennis Harroun and I love to play god...Sculpting things...Making em come to life and sometimes just mashing em all up...I have no real industry experience (yet) other than what I learn from the greats on forums like this one. Mudbox has re-inspired my overall love for CG art. I am glad to be a member here and I also want to acknowledge the great team who is helping put it together!

Beautiful!

[Darth Ziggy]

Greetings Earthlings.
I am Darth Ziggy. Real name....Tim. I got involved with 3D about 10 years ago and have been striving to get better and better at it. I gotta admit, I'm a fan of "Noggity" over on YouTube. Hey there, Wayne! I got a couple of your tutorials over the years and you are by far, "The Man". I have learned a whole bunch from you. Thanks. I am an artist and actor by trade and I am looking forward to doing some 3D creature design. I finally upgraded to Mud 2009 and I FRAKKIN' DIG IT! Great job on the site so far and good luck with it in the future. God, I'm just glad to be here! (giggle like a girl) DZ

[Tony2008]

Hey every one, my name is Tony also! :) I am a professional LAMP developer who studied Art at College and now jobless wants to return to making games or game art. I struggle with Zbrush and I've been to SIGGRAPH back in 2005 in LA and met many fine people there. But when I first saw and tried MUDBOX (after looking at Silo) I was hooked. Now I am no expert but love to learn and improve myself. One day I would like to make some money at this creative stuff!

Right now I am trying to make a game for the iphone using Mudbox for asset creation. Dunno how to make exports of my stuff to anything else yet! LOL!

I would like someone to start a thread on photoshop brushes already imported to Mudbox so that others like me can mess around with cool brushes. I am on a Mac and the PC import stuff don't work for me. HINT HINT! :P

I look forward to being productive in art and getting lots of inspiration from everyone!

Peace,

Tony

[Wayne]

Its pretty eay to convert phothop brushes into mud format... one of teh QuickStart videos covers it in fact. The only reaosn I dont share mine is that many are from specific sets and it would be a right royal pain in the arse to go asking premission to share them as stamps from each creator of each brush set.

Wayne...

[po2lony1]

Hi I'm new to Mudbox but liking it much better than i did zbrush.
I have been workin with 3dmax for over 6 years now.

Hoping to learn alot here [ i mean alot more ;) ]

[Lohramus]

Hey everyone, I'm Reilly. Currently I'm a texture painter/mudboxer working in LA at Rhythm and Hues Studios. I really enjoy both Z brush and Mudbox, and really just sculpting in general. Personally, I think the coolest thing about Mudbox is how simple it is to pick it up and run with it. MB has a simple and easy to understand interface and workflow which help you stay focused on whats important, SCULPTING!

All of us at R and H are very thankful for Mr. Robson's quickstart tuts and for this forum. I've heard several people talking about needing a place to post cool MB work, and now we have it! I'm really looking forward to seeing work from all the awesome artists out there!

[Bryan Silva]

Welcome Reilly. So how long you been at R & H? I work with someone who used to work there. Ann Sidenblad. Dont know if you know her or not but anyway. Great to have you here. I saw your wip thread. Keep up the great work! Love the avatar.

[Wayne]

Welcome Reilly. Its good to know the stuff from the quickstart series keeps getting some production use. I look forward to seeing some more work from you.

Wayne...

[Lohramus]

- Bryan
I've been at R&H for almost a full year now. Thanks for the favorable comments. I saw your Danny Trejo sculpt, very nice.

-Wayne
Thanks for the welcome. Look forward to seeing some more of your stuff as well!

[spindraft]

o/ all. I see a lot of old names in here.......old farts the lot of ya ').

Anyway, I'm Shea. Been in architecture about 10 years now, and during that time have managed to shove myself into a 'rendering artist' role (didn't feel much challenge in drafting/design after enough years & got bored). Been kind of drunkardly stumbling my way around 3d since. Most of my off time work in the recent past is decidedly not architectural related, & w/ some luck hope to make a push out of it in the not so distant future.

Anyway, good to see everybody.....happy sculpting.

[mahi3d]

hi everyone
my name is mahipal reddy.K iam a 3D modeler i use Maya for modeling
right now iam learning Mudbox.

[BJTKILLA]

hey everyone, my name is Ben. Im work in drafting/design and would like to make a transition into this field at some point, but im not rushing. I was originally looking for a drawing program (sketchbook, painter 11) and i came across mudbox and was instantly hooked. I installed the program last week (5/15/09) so im still tryin to learn all the advanced and non-advanced techniques for the program.

anyway, have fun "Boxin"

[pepnoi]

Hi everybody my name is Josep Mª . Actually I´m working in Barcelona (Spain) as lead CG artist in EDDA Design. We are working about 2nd season of Sweesters a 3d serie for TV. I hope learn a lot of digital sculpture tricks. Thanks ;) !

[aphexx]

hello there,
my name is sascha henrichs, and i'm working as an environment artist at piranha-bytes, doing everything but characters :)..
we make role playing games. so when i sculpt, i mainly sculpt stones (http://saschahenrichs.blogspot.com/2008/11/new-games-academy-stuff-to-come.html)and other props and stuff like this. (http://saschahenrichs.blogspot.com/2009/05/result-ga-course-arti07.html)

@wayne: thx for the presentations at utrecht. it was a pleasure to watch them!

[Wayne]

@wayne: thx for the presentations at utrecht. it was a pleasure to watch them!

Hi sascha, good to see you on here after Utrect. :)

Wayne...

[griml0ck]

Hi, my name is Johan Vikstrom. I work for Swiss International AB in Stockholm Sweden. We where approched by autodesk to test the new beta for mudbox 2009 and after that I've been hocked! At Swiss I work with both comp (shake) and 3d (maya, xsi).
Good work on the site I must say, really good quality stuff here.

[noktek]

Hi, my name is Raffaele, im a 24 years old game design student at the academy of arts in zurich.
I am trying to learn things that are not covered at school on my own. I would say i am focusing on becoming competent in creating a character from the beginning to the end, from the concept, throught the sketching, modeling, highres modeling, texturing mapping etc etc to the game engine. I decided to focus on mudbox because i have some experience with 3dmax and i assume the interoperability is better between 2 programs of the same company (autodesk).
also, the chatotic and totally noob-unfriendly interface of zbrush was a huge turn-down.

I will be asking a bunch of newbie questions in dubious english, please be patient!

Raffaele

[flamingbeast]

Hi my name is cedric aka flamingbeast and i love creating concept characters and creatures,i like to think its the best way for an artist to reflect and express the very demons and angels in all of us. ...ive been using mudbox for over 3 months now,creating base mesh with maya...

[montypython]

Greetings,
I'm Mont. I am just starting into the 3D modeling world and have found Mudbox to be, easily, the best tool available to launch from.

I am interning in a VFX shop in the midwest US, and I am trying to expand my skill sets. I am particularly interested in character modeling and sculpting.

As I'm a novice, you'll most definitely be hearing from me in the future, searching for tips and suggestions.

As a side note: Mr. Robson, your "Groundup" videos are incredible. They have helped me get a handle on the UI and have provided valuable insight into modeling approaches. Keep up the good work!

[Wayne]

As a side note: Mr. Robson, your "Groundup" videos are incredible. They have helped me get a handle on the UI and have provided valuable insight into modeling approaches. Keep up the good work!

Well your in very good company..you'd be suprised the people and companies who have copies of the ground up and quickstart series. ;) Its on the shelves of some very high profile firms....not sure how that exaclty happened mind you....it just sort of took off lol. I'm glad they helped you out.

You dont have to call me Mr...when people call me that its usualy my bank manager trying to get more cash out of me. :) I like to feel that we're all on 1st name terms here on the hub.


Welcome and I hope you and the other new members enjoy yourselves. You may find it a little quiet until the next release as some of us can't show anything we've been working on yet...although you wont have long to wait. ;)


Wayne...

[Shawry]

G'day Guys,
Adam Shaw here.. Ive been a Character Artist / 3d Animator for about 4 years now, tho just descided to take some time off and get back to my modelling roots and learn how to use mudbox properly to improve my characters.. any type of fantasy characters are what i enjoy, everyone loves a good monster lol ..ive only played around in Mudbox for a short time and found it soo much better to use and understand than the other apps out there..

Im still beginning when it comes to sculpting, even tho i can model well enough, never really needed it untill now. so hopefully being around everyone on this forum, and with the help of Wayne's coming book and Wave 1 dvds, i'll be able to improve!

Thanks Guys, nice to meet you all.

[montypython]

[QUOTE=Wayne;2717= You dont have to call me Mr...when people call me that its usualy my bank manager trying to get more cash out of me. :) I like to feel that we're all on 1st name terms here on the hub.
[/QUOTE]

I merely addressed you as such for first-contact rapport; I wouldn't want to offend by assuming comraderie. But thank your for your warm welcome. This forum is great! Thank you for the effort you put into keeping it rolling.

[mackaroonie]

A quick introduction then - my name is Marcus Landen, 33 years and resides by the southern shore of Lake Vanern in Sweden, in a small town called Skara- a small difference compared to my earlier livings in larger cities when I worked for Ubisoft Massive for example .

I've been into 3D professionally the last 5-6 years, and a Mudbox user since version 1. Some guys on this forum I met during the beta test of Mudbox 2009, and I must say it's a great initiative by you Wayne to keep this tiger on fire.

Nowadays I'm employed as a 3D teacher at Skovde University, and I am looking forward the release of Mudbox 2010.

Cheers!

Marcus Landen

[Wayne]

A quick introduction then - my name is Marcus Landen, 33 years and resides by the southern shore of Lake Vanern in Sweden, in a small village called Gotene - well, yes, it's on the country side - a small difference compared to my earlier livings in larger cities when I worked for Ubisoft Massive for example - but on the other hand - here I find calm and nature, and most important above all - my girlfriend and family.

I've been into 3D professionally the last 5-6 years, and a Mudbox user since version 1. Some guys on this forum I met during the beta test of Mudbox 2009, and I must say it's a great initiative by you Wayne to keep this tiger on fire.

Nowadays I'm employed as a 3D teacher at Skovde University, and I am looking forward the release of Mudbox 2010.

Cheers!

Marcus Landen

Welcome, older mud guys are always most welcome. (It seems a lot of the older mud guys never did forgive me for putting the 1st dvd out lol. So its good to see that guys like yourself join.)


Well from mudbox 2010's release we'll be stepping things up in a unique way here on the hub. (I can promiss it'll be in a different way topeople assume.....new release... new playbook ;) ). Whats coming has been months in preperation so lets hope it warrants the effort thats been put in lol. (Its also why I've been a bit quieter online that usual. ;) )

Wayne...

[aphexx]

hello marcus, nice to have a new veteran here.

[Didier]

Hi all, i'm Didier and a newbie on sculpting tools. I'm very passionate for all the job i see here and there. It took me a long time to decide which tool i decide to use, and after playing around with zbrush and mubdbox, i decide to take mudbox because i feel more confortable with it. I just bought your DVD Wayne but i don't receive any links to download, just an email from paypal informing me that the product will be ship to me.
Will i receive any extra ;ail with the links to download?

thanks for your reply

[Wayne]

Hi all, i'm Didier and a newbie on sculpting tools. I'm very passionate for all the job i see here and there. It took me a long time to decide which tool i decide to use, and after playing around with zbrush and mubdbox, i decide to take mudbox because i feel more confortable with it. I just bought your DVD Wayne but i don't receive any links to download, just an email from paypal informing me that the product will be ship to me.
Will i receive any extra ;ail with the links to download?

thanks for your reply

Did you buy the hard copy dvd fomr here on mudbox hub of the download version that 3d palace still have active (I belive)? If it was the download for 3dpalace I'l lgive them a shout if you forward your details to me.


Wayne...

[Didier]

Did you buy the hard copy dvd fomr here on mudbox hub of the download version that 3d palace still have active (I belive)? If it was the download for 3dpalace I'l lgive them a shout if you forward your details to me.


Wayne...

Yes, i've ordered from the mudbox hub and sent you a private message with all the details of the order

Thank you

[polybuilder]

Hi all... the name is James Sinnot, 36, living in Ireland, and I have been interested in 3d for almost 8 years now.... kinda by accident really, as I first wanted to get into coding.... then found a demo of a 3d app and the rest is history :).... Would love to work in the games industry

Mostly into creating game characters...

anyways... thanks for setting up what seems to be starting off to being a great place for "mudders" Wayne....

looking forward to seeing great stuff from all it's members and hopefully get some stuff on here my self.


Cheers,
James

[Hulahuga]

Nice to see another swed here Marcus

Edit: and all you other new members too ;):)

[-TOXIC-]

Welcome to all the new members hope you enjoy your stay here with us ask many questions learn to the best of your ability from the more experienced sculptors and post your art work.

[Rashnul]

Hey guys looks like you got a cool group together. Hi my name is Burt and I'm new to mudbox but not to 3d animation. I recently was part of a two person team that took first place at SkillsUSA nationals for 3d animation and visualization. That's how I got mudbox. So, I'm still in the learning curve for it so please bare with me

[Wayne]

I'd just like to say a big welcome to everyone who has joined of late (sorry Ive not been around as much but lifes been nuts ....seemed to always be on a plane or about to go on one lol.)


Wayne...

[Hulahuga]

Hey guys looks like you got a cool group together. Hi my name is Burt and I'm new to mudbox but not to 3d animation. I recently was part of a two person team that took first place at SkillsUSA nationals for 3d animation and visualization. That's how I got mudbox. So, I'm still in the learning curve for it so please bare with me


We always welcome people new to mudbox ;).
Welcome to the club..

[podstyle]

Hey there!

First of all: Please excuse my bad english, I hope you understand, what I'am trying to say ;)

I'am a 25 year old Media-Designer from Münster in Germany and my core skills are webdesign and -development and this is what I mainly do in a advertising agency.
Because I always where interested in arts I wanted to get back in that area because my work is mainly design and design is more a handcraft then art ;) I started with the 3D stuff. One year ago I started with Maya and tried out a lot and learning a lot about 3D in general. I think this is very interesting because there is a big bunch of technical stuff to know and you can do art with it.

Character design is most interesting for me and so I wanted to get started with zBrush ... but after a few weeks of trying around and looking for some good tutorials I decided to give it up ... not that I think zBrush is bad or something but it is not the right tool for me because I spent more time on using the tool then doing artwork.
Two weeks ago I stumbled over Mudbox and I have to say it is GREAT! Easy to use and very intuitive. And after viewing of some videos by Wayne Robson I really get in to it and started my first character after trying out this and that ... i think in one week or so I can post my first work und hope for some good tips and a lot of critics to learn more and more ...

Since I learn everything concerning my job or 3D and so on by myself and with the help of tutorials, books and videos I'am happy with finding this forum.

And I talk/write to much ... so let's just make some art! ;D

Peace!
podstyle

[Rashnul]

Welcome! From what I've seen this is a great place to have stuff reviewed!

[Lareieli]

Hi folks, my name is Laurie Morgan. I'm a recent grad working to launch a career in game environment and prop modeling/texture soon. I've been using Mudbox for about a year now (using version 2009 now) but still need plenty of practice and tips.

http://www.laurieannismorgan.com

[Hoborg]

Hey all,

I'm a student wrapping up my undergraduate degree in "Digital Media", sort of an all-too-broad program that tries to encompass fine art and 3D and interactivity and web... it's sparked in me a great interest in 3D, but it has also sparked a realization that I absolutely won't find any work in 3D unless I look for resources beyond the class and work for myself (and then it'll still be really tough!). So I'm here to pick up what I can, get inspired, and maybe offer a critical eye where I can from a design perspective.

I'm most interested in eventually applying my skills to interactive 3D worlds, whether with game rules or simply for artistic reasons, or both. People say the age when one or two people in a basement could make a successful computer game is gone with the age of high-poly 3D worlds and AAA blockbuster games, but many independent creators have denied that lately. I feel like with the release of tools that are more sophisticated but easier to use, more and more 3D games will be able to be created by artists with a singular vision. Of course, it will probably be many years for me to acquire the skills to find out...

Anyway, Wayne, I really appreciate the tutorials for mudbox '09 you put up on The Area, they're helping me out a lot.

[Jamesons Viggen]

Hi everyone. I figured I would introduce myself and hope to not make this too long.

My name is Jameson, I am in the US-living in New Jersey. I am not even 30(soon though) and already making a pretty big career change.

I have a degree in Industrial Design from CCS(College for Creative Studies) Detroit. So of course my specialties have always been cars, but I have been doing toy design for the past few years.

I was always drawing, from a young age, it was always cars. I only knew of pencil sketching until I tried getting into college a decade ago and needed to diversify my portfolio.

After a couple of years of basic foundation computers were introduced to me. First the basics like Photoshop and 2d like Cobalt Velum. Then came 3d Studio Max. I liked it quite a bit.

Then I tried taking Alias. The instructor was an Alias god and even he said it was a bitch of a program to learn. I just never put in the time. Next came Rhino 3d-Nurbs modeling. Man I took to that.

I began playing in Rhino in my spare time at work, making things like cars and motorcycles from scratch, inside and out, hundreds of pieces all bolted together. I like working from manipulating basic primitives. I see things from what I can carve or sculpt out of them using booleans and the like.

So what brings me here?

Well after a few years of being a designer, I found myself sort of being a product manager. Less drawing, less 3d modeling, and more mundane crap. I really miss being an ARTIST. So I would get a kick out of working in Rhino on my own. I always yearned for something a bit more organic than the kind of stiff world of Rhino's Nurbs modeling always provided.

So after a shitty economy killed 4 of the past toy companies I worked at, and paying hundreds to commute to a job that was making me ILL, my wife begged me to quit. I did.

In the meantime a friend with a well seated production company had hounded me for years saying I am good at 3d, if only I would learn something like Maya and animate.

So talk is cheap. I signed up for Maya classes. That led to the instructor showing a demo on Mudbox.

Wow.

Sold.

So I just bought Maya/Mudbox/3d SMax as a combo thanks to being a student again. Before it gets here I bought a new PC to run it, which needs upgrading and a new Wacom tablet. In the mean time I have been watching countless Youtube demos. I thought Waynes were some of the best and following a few links brought me here.

I am a bit scared. I have second guessed my talents and abilities and feel like I forgot what being an artist was like. You guys and all these speed sculpts make it look so easy. I am hoping with some time invested I get some confidence up.

I hope to absorb all that I can from being here. There are a lot of things with wheels in my portfolio. But I remember being younger and making my own monsters and characters and even making my own cartoons. I am looking forward to that loose creativity again.

In the mean time here are a couple of work samples showing my foundations in sketching/modeling etc. Thanks!
www.coroflot.com/jamesonbn

Traditional media-canson+guache+markers+chalk
http://s3images.coroflot.com/user_files/individual_files/43640_HG0Ob5bZnkBHOu4xnlbDamWkN.jpg

This is my first attempt at 3d modeling for fun, I didn't even know how to make a spring lol.
http://s3images.coroflot.com/user_files/individual_files/43640_n2Tvftjq6HlHMtvJ6U_VMKljO.jpg

I got the hang of making a spring by the time I tried a motorcycle.
http://s3images.coroflot.com/user_files/individual_files/43640__laIKZ6H5Zf3XABkpKonJGzZL.jpg

[AnimationMonkey]

Hey everyone, I'm Paul a 25 year old student in New Zealand. I started out using lightwave 3d and doing other digital video work. Just about to finish up on my second diploma using maya and will soon be starting my bachelor of design in multimedia. I just started playing around recently with mudbox and zbrush and found this forum while looking to find the solution to my displacement map issues. Now that im hear ill try and add or help where i can.

Mostly interested in the game industry although there is only a couple indie game studios in my country.

[Hulahuga]

Jamesons Viggen - I must say I'm sold on that Ferrari drawing! :O. Edit: awesome!---> ;) http://www.coroflot.com/public/individual_file.asp?from_url=true&individual_id=43640&portfolio_id=1109621&

AnimationMonkey - Hope we can help :).

Good to have you both here!
See you around,
Hula

[beelzeboss]

Hi my name is Malc. I am a game artist originally from Manchester, UK. I have spent the last year working in Montreal unfortunately on iphone games at the moment and I am about to see my second winter there bbbrrrrrrr......

I got mudbox when 2009 was launched but found myself using Zbrush more. I recently went back to mudbox to do some texture work and remembered why I got it in the first place and it is fast becoming my favourite sculpting tool all over again now some of the original kinks have been ironed out.

[kolson]

Hey!

My name is Kevin and I am in Massachusetts USA. I'm a character animation student, current demo reel can be found at http://www.kevinolsonanimation.com

I'm a Maya and modo user and I love 3D characters and after much debate ( comparing zbrush and mudbox ) just recently obtained Mudbox 2010 wich I am excited to learn.

Animation school takes up most of my time at the moment so if i'm scarce here for the next several months that is why.

[polybuilder]

Welcome to the hub Kevin... had a little peek at you reel. very impressive!... looks like you have the timing and weighting fairly well nailed... thanks for sharing!

... and I'm sure you will have a lot of fun with Mud too!!



cheers
James

[Pat]

Hi All,

I'm a VSFX Student at the Savannah College of Art and Design, minoring in Animation. Our school just picked up a hundred or so seats of Mud and for my first Senior Project (aka VSFX Studio 1), I was asked to test it out and write a couple of tutorials before it's released to the rest of the school; which is how I wound up here at Mudbox Hub.

My strengths are in poly-modeling and I have a great fondness for digital materials and textures. As of now, I've been strictly trained in Maya but as soon as I get bootcamp running, I plan to see what the big deal is about MAX.

Artistically, I've grown weary of reality and have started dipping into the realm of hyper-realism and horror/fantasy subjects. Honestly, I live in reality; I don't feel the need to recreate it but to enhance it. I recently met Rick Baker of Hollywood monster-makeup fame, at a little conference, here in Savannah, and have been charged with all kinds of energy since learning that he's also been delving in digital sculpture.

My animation history has basically led me to the necessary evil that is rigging and has taught me many neat and interesting tricks. From a modeling standpoint, I think of my characters as digital maquettes and I don't see them as being "complete" until they're sculpted, painted and movable.


I'm excited to be a Mud sculptor and to unveil my first, complete Mud character, next week in the Quarterly VSFX show for our school. Along with my work and a few lectures that I've been asked to do, I'm proud to be bringing Mud to my community :)

Cheers All and thanks to those of you who have already shown me your support :D

-and Wayne, I've been trying to thank you but your PMbox is full : P

-P

PS- Does anybody know where I can get an Autodesk T-Shirt to wear for my lectures? I have seen them but I've never been able to find them for purchase.

[Hulahuga]

Hi All,

I'm a VSFX Student at the Savannah College of Art and Design, minoring in Animation. Our school just picked up a hundred or so seats of Mud and for my first Senior Project (aka VSFX Studio 1), I was asked to test it out and write a couple of tutorials before it's released to the rest of the school; which is how I wound up here at Mudbox Hub.

My strengths are in poly-modeling and I have a great fondness for digital materials and textures. As of now, I've been strictly trained in Maya but as soon as I get bootcamp running, I plan to see what the big deal is about MAX.

Artistically, I've grown weary of reality and have started dipping into the realm of hyper-realism and horror/fantasy subjects. Honestly, I live in reality; I don't feel the need to recreate it but to enhance it. I recently met Rick Baker of Hollywood monster-makeup fame, at a little conference, here in Savannah, and have been charged with all kinds of energy since learning that he's also been delving in digital sculpture.

My animation history has basically led me to the necessary evil that is rigging and has taught me many neat and interesting tricks. From a modeling standpoint, I think of my characters as digital maquettes and I don't see them as being "complete" until they're sculpted, painted and movable.


I'm excited to be a Mud sculptor and to unveil my first, complete Mud character, next week in the Quarterly VSFX show for our school. Along with my work and a few lectures that I've been asked to do, I'm proud to be bringing Mud to my community :)

Cheers All and thanks to those of you who have already shown me your support :D

-and Wayne, I've been trying to thank you but your PMbox is full : P

-P

PS- Does anybody know where I can get an Autodesk T-Shirt to wear for my lectures? I have seen them but I've never been able to find them for purchase.

Welcome man!

Make sure to show us the character when it's done (and the progress if you want some pointers ;) ).

[Wayne]

Hi All,
-and Wayne, I've been trying to thank you but your PMbox is full : P
.


Thanks for the heads up...things are a bit manic this side at the moment wiht a LOT going on so I'd lost track of how full it was getting. Welcome to the hub, and I look forward to seeing it when its done.


Wayne...

[Ska-t2]

Hello all, thought I might as well introduce myself.

My name is Scott Cannon and I'm a hobbiest as far as art goes, been drawing since I could hold a pencil (Dad was an art teacher so it is in the blood :P )... I started doing 3d art work back when 3DS Max was first released and fell in love with it.

I pretty must do still lives concentrating on lighting and composition. I am currently trying to learn human modeling and must say that Mudbox is a very very nice tool. It not only helps in terms of allowing me to sculpt like I would with clay but it also is very nice to start texturing (I don't think I will ever be able to not tweek my textures in Photoshop, but starting them in Mudbox certainly helps :) )...

The other thing I love about Mudbox is the fact that the interface is so very familiar to me, that other sculpting program might have more features but the interface is so overwelming that I don't think I was even able to find most of them.

Anyway looking forward to chating with you all and hopefully getting some good C&C to improve my work.

Oh and Wayne thank you for being such a great assest to the digital art community, your ground up videos are amazing and have helped me pick up Mudbox very quickly. Still a ton to learn but the vids helped to kick start it!

[lovingsaskia]

Seeing as I'm helping out moderating the site I thought I'd best introduce myself.

My name is Allan Myers, I was introduced to mudbox by Olblue over at 3d-palace with the Pariah tutorial. I'm definitly a noob when it comes to mudbox, but hope to improve as I get used to it and at some point start to show off my work here.


Oh and whilst I'm at it, spammers beware, I'm watching you....

[A_Mc]

Hi all,

My name is Aaron McAree, im 22 and a final year student at Portsmouth University in the Uk, 3ds Max is what im most comfortable with but I like learning new things and Mudbox is something I really want to get into. Currently making an XNA game as a group project and incorporating Mud into the pipeline for that...hoping to learn new things.

Aaron

P.s. Cheers for the free Start up Vids Wayne, very helpful!

[lovingsaskia]

Hi all,

My name is Aaron McAree, im 22 and a final year student at Portsmouth University in the Uk, 3ds Max is what im most comfortable with but I like learning new things and Mudbox is something I really want to get into. Currently making an XNA game as a group project and incorporating Mud into the pipeline for that...hoping to learn new things.

Aaron

P.s. Cheers for the free Start up Vids Wayne, very helpful!

HA! just a few miles away from where I live, small world.

[VexX_81]

Hello Mudbox people.

The names Chris and I'm a professional 3d artist. 7 years of Maya, 4 years of max, & 3months of Mudbox. Oddly, those 3 months have increased the quality of my work and workflow like you wouldn't believe. The Hub is my new home/school so expect to see me around often. I've got loads to learn and look forward to it.

[electricgeisha]

Hey VexX

Welcome, and look forward to seeing you round the Hub!

[dirtdevil43]

hi Im zach AKA dirtdevil43 im new to cg i just started using mudbox. im 15 and a highschool student so message me if youve got any free tips for me.:cool:

[VexX_81]

hi Im zach AKA dirtdevil43 im new to cg i just started using mudbox. im 15 and a highschool student so message me if youve got any free tips for me.:cool:

I wish I started this at your age. :)
If you have an interest in digital sculpting this is the place to come. Check out Wayne Robson's DVDs. They'll show you everything you need to know to get you going.

[Hulahuga]

hi Im zach AKA dirtdevil43 im new to cg i just started using mudbox. im 15 and a highschool student so message me if youve got any free tips for me.:cool:


Always good to see some fellow youngsters :):)

[JohnB]

Hi everyone, My names John and i'm a 26 yr old environment artist from the UK. Looking forward to becoming part of the community here and improving my mudbox skills as much as possible. Just a quick question, i just paid a one months subscription to start viewing the workshop videos. Having paid through paypal i still cant seem to access them! I assume my account on here needs to be upgraded to elite? Thx

[Wayne]

Hi everyone, My names John and i'm a 26 yr old environment artist from the UK. Looking forward to becoming part of the community here and improving my mudbox skills as much as possible. Just a quick question, i just paid a one months subscription to start viewing the workshop videos. Having paid through paypal i still cant seem to access them! I assume my account on here needs to be upgraded to elite? Thx

Yes it did and Its now active. (The reason ..or one of them this is done by hand is to keep the pirates out as much as possible.)


Wayne...

[JohnB]

Thank you Wayne for the quick response. i think i shall go and have a browse right now:) Thx

[Vocari]

Just a quick post to say hello, I am a student currently studying through college and I am focusing on level and environment creation I appreciate to be involved in this community. I've recently got my hands on mudbox 2010 and it's everything i could want and more.

Thanks to Wayne I was pushed towards Mudbox rather than Zbrush and I'm not regretting that decision at all, following some of your tutorials has helped me greatly and I look forward to learning this program fully and getting a few WIP's up on here for crits and feedback.

Hi again

Thanks, Vocari

[transitoryspace]

hi there
names Daniel. 23M Just started learning 3d last sep 08 and have been trying to better myself and get into the industry. My primary software is Lightwave but will switch over to Maya and Cinema4D. Ive messed around with zbrush before and took forever to learn the interface, but finally got the hang of it. But too many steps to achieve something i could achieve in Mud with 1 click.
Now im not hating on zbrush but i just like mudbox better. personal choice.
I hope to learn more about Mudbox and be a part of this comunity.

Thank you, and thank you Wayne!

[mittin]

Greetings, and thank you Wayne finally I can now access the forums:).

Came across the site just by accident actually, i use Subdivision modelling forums quite abit, because the inof there is great, but the once greta site is now really really dead. Saw wyane hadnt logged infor over 2 years there lol:P and saw a link on his page to this site.

[reckonyx]

hello,
My name is Steven and I’ve been a CG artist for about 3 years, I’m striving to make this my future career.
The CG programs I use are Maya, Mudbox, and thanks to Wayne, Topogun. Thanks Wayne. Topogun has greatly increased my work efficiency. I haven’t posted any work on here but I plan to in the future.
I hope to learn a lot from you all and maybe you could put me on the right track to eventually land a job in CG.
Why Mudbox? The GUI is simple and user friendly. I also love sculpting, I find it relaxing.

Regards Steven

[mittin]

Hi there Steven and welcome. Quick question qhat is this topogun you speak of, thanks. is it the same as the retopligizing tools in Zbrush? or is it an addon for Maya?.

[reckonyx]

Hi, Topogun does retopologize your sculpture, however it is not a plugin for Maya, it's a stand alone program.
If you're looking for a plugin that works in maya,
then maybe you would be interested in DRaster Nex, here is the link. http://draster.com/nex-1.5/ However it isn't cheap. Plus keep in mind that Maya can slow down with a higher polycount!

[Groen]

Hi.
Im new here. Im a hobby person. Hobyist or something like that. Doodled around in 3d apps about 7 years ago, and then recently go an interest again. Mostly due to having spent one too many nights doing nothing but watch TV.

Its so much fun to be back in it again, although the fiance is becoming bitter for my inability to listen to her talk while i play around in CG.

All in the name of fun i say.

Cheers

[reckonyx]

Hi.
Im new here. Im a hobby person. Hobyist or something like that. Doodled around in 3d apps about 7 years ago, and then recently go an interest again. Mostly due to having spent one too many nights doing nothing but watch TV.

Its so much fun to be back in it again, although the fiance is becoming bitter for my inability to listen to her talk while i play around in CG.

All in the name of fun i say.

Cheers
hello and welcome!

[Wayne]

A Warm welcome to all the new members..... Sorry I've not been around much the last week or two but thers a lot of important stuff going on behind the scenes at the moment. ;)


Wayne...

[magicmodel]

I discovered Mudbox and it's amazing power through doing some 3D Prints for David Goode (http://www.david-goode.com/)
Have been keeping an eye on the world of 3D Modelling and have found this area of sculpting the most intersting by far. The first time I pushed and pulled those polys it made me think what the hell have I been doing trying to model in 3ds max.

Anyhow, I am on this forum to learn and get inspired, and the social virtual is important to me too.
So much talent.

[transitoryspace]

Welcome Magicmodel..hope to see some work of yours on here.!

enjoy !

[Hulahuga]

Good to see so many active new faces (and the other ones as well :))!

[m0_joe]

Hello,

My names joe or m0_joe as in more joe. I like to cook and damn good at it. Hence everytime I make something for someone, it's always More Joe More Joe....logical conclusion mojo.

Anyways, I have been doing traditional art as a hobby since I was a teenager (I am now 34). About 10 years ago I dabbled in the 3ds max world for a few years. Then real life happened.

Recently got laid off and decided to take a Certificate course in 3D modelling and VFX. It was so much fun 2 years of regular school compacted into a 1 year certificate course, intense!

Anyways I just graduated (end of April) and I now get to start doing the fun stuff. My own work, nothing dictated by a teacher or constrained by assignment guidelines. Although that being said, I still set my own guidelines for completion just to stay on top of things.

Not to plug myself but my website is in my profile with my demo reel. Feel free to critic it for me. I would love to hear honest feedback (especially from people in the industry).

Everyone I know, they are not artists so they think everything I do is amazing...lol...how little they know. "...that's amazing, I could never do that!" I hate hearing that....lol.

That's enough, time to sculpt!

PS I love Mudbox!

[carnal]

Hi everyone, my name is Jeff Carnal. I am an artist currently living in Council Bluffs IA and I love it here. But as you may have heard a rolling stone never gathers moss and I will be picking up and moving shortly to Denver were I will start grad school at DU. After that I will move where ever I have to in order to find employment. I like the idea of working in the entertainment industry but I have time to think about that. I was a junior year physics major at Creighton University and was headed towards engineering, when I found the possibilities and applications of digital modeling and prefab visualization more appealing. I will always be an artist no matter what career path I choose. I work in, pastel, oil, watercolor, airbrush in acrylic and urethanes, pyrography, and have even dabbled in Tattoos; all my work can be found if you snoop around my blog at jcarnal.com. OK, that is traditional art, digitally I am learning as fast as possible and I have made some great progress along the way. It is easy to find a humbling perspective when browsing the digital artist social sites and viewing other artist’s portfolios. I always strive for the superlative in all my artwork and I believe that every shortcoming is necessary to better realize not only how far I have come as an artist, but also how far I have left to go. The digital work that I have done recently has defiantly excelled and I feel that my adept art skills have finally found a practical use in my educational pursuits. I can not get enough information and have had to restrain myself from taking up other digital programs; I want to do more and more. I have become addicted to tutorials and am currently subscribed to both digitaltutors.com as well as Lynda.com.

[Wayne]

Welcome new type member people :)


Wayn...

[Polygnome]

well hello all.. :D My name is Andre and live in The Netherlands. I am working in the 3D scene for 5 years now mainly doing 3d Architecture impressions. But the last year my interest in characters got bigger and bigger..

I first did some basic head things in max and some creatures mayby I can find them somewhere will post them up :) and than a friend said try zbrush so I did. Liked it loved it used it... But than.. the EUE came up and I sad there watching wayne doing his things in mudbox and woh I have to try that and here we are :D sooo you want to know more just ask.. and excuse my English ahah.

gz,

andre

[Wayne]

Welcome andre. :)


Wayne...

[SLB]

Hi

I'm Simon.. currently a student (digital media) in Sydney, Aus. Picked up a copy of Mudbox the other day, did some tuts and got really excited playing around with it. I have virtually no experience in 3D but rying to find out whether mudbox and maybe zbrush are worth pursuing as a future career option.. coming from Print/web background.

[ParagonCC]

Hi, My name is Chaz aka ParagonCC and am new to Mudbox. I have been using maya for a few years but looking to take my 3D work to new level.

[mijajem]

Hey everyone!

Started using Maya for about a year. Found this website and forum about Mudbox, hope to learn more!. I want to improve my 3d skills and create a stunning portfolio lol. :p I will be posting some of my work on this forum! :D

Greetz!

mijajem

[WaffleGod]

I'm Lindsay this is the second year of doing 3D(mostly maya) for me down here in lil old New Zealand, picked up mudbox earlier this year and have really loved what the software helps me to achieve, already posted some work on the forum a little while ago, but i thought I'd go ahead and introduce myself anyway.

Cheers,

Lindsay

[-TOXIC-]

Welcome to the hub

[Cypher]

Hi, I;m Tino and and I;m just a hobbiest right now. I've worked with pens and paints most my life, so now I;m trying out verts and polys.

[Yuredacy]

Very thanks to Wayne who have helped me to join this forum, and i want say hello to all members in our forum, let me introduce myself, im a 3D artist working in Viet Nam at this moment, im a new user with Mudbox and after found this forum , and about Mr Wayne .
im quite impressed about all the incredible things that Wayne have done, i used to learn ZBrush before, but i have found out that it not suitable for me, so i changed to Mudbox and i really love it, and when i read the post of Wayne about the reason he changed to use Mudbox, it was encourage me for what i have chosen. And i think i will continue it for a very long time ....
I want to thanks Wayne for all u have done for Mudbox, and i wish all good things will always come to you and your family.
Sincerely,
Yure...

[RickToxik]

Hi Wayne! Mudwalker looks terrific, but I can't install it properly... First I will present myself though, as I am supposed to do!

My name is Eric, I live in Canada (Quebec) and I work in 3D/film VFX. I am not that good in Mudbox, but I want to learn how to use it more often to improve my Maya modelling (and realism). I still think it's hard to move my models from Maya to Mudbox, because all the subdivisions, booleans, and geometry with an uneven edges distribution compute weirdly in Mudbox.

Mudwwalker looks awesome, but after trying to install it 4-5 times, I just can't make it work. It works in Maya 2010 but I get this error when I open Mudbox:

"Mudbox::LoadPlugins: Failed to load the following plugin(s):
C:\Program Files\Autodesk\Mudbox2010\plugins\MudWalker1.5.mp"

(and then in the log...)

"Loading plugin C:\Program Files\Autodesk\Mudbox2010\plugins\MudWalker1.5.mp
Could not load, error code: 127, (0x0000007F), error message:
The specified procedure could not be found.
Reporting error:
source: (null)
line: 0
function: (null)
message: Mudbox::LoadPlugins: Failed to load the following plugin(s):
C:\Program Files\Autodesk\Mudbox2010\plugins\MudWalker1.5.mp"

I am sorry, I have read the thread, the help files and followed the installation instruction the best I could, downloaded the latest fbx, etc... It works in Maya but not mudbox 2010.

My computer is:

win 7 64bit
Maya/Mudbox 2010

Thanks!

[vemadesign]

Hi everyone. My name is Denis and i'm a Environment Artist in the game industry. I'm trying to include Mudbox into my pipeline and i'm hoping to learn as much about mudbox (from realism to stylized and from characters to other things) as i can. After seeing Wayne's videos I was convinced that this is the place to do it. I look forward to getting to know everyone, and i'll try to be as active as time permits.

_denis

[keljnr]

Hi people! My name is Kelvin and currently reside at the English seaside resort, Blackpool.
I study games design at UCLAN Preston and want to utilise Mudbox features with use of normal mapping. Total newb so be expecting plenty of questions! ;)