Tumbler Products, modeling the lid, Part 1

by Christopher Tyler | Nov 12, 2024

This is part of a series of tutorial on working with a tumbler product. In this tutorial, we’ll model the lid. A second tutorial will model the flip top and its integration into the lid. TUMBLER SERIES TUTORIALS: Tumbler Lid Part 2 is here: Organize a Tumbler...

Modeling part of a stapler with subdivision surfaces

by Christopher Tyler | Jul 5, 2024

In this tutorial, we model part of a stapler using subdivision surfaces and polygon modeling.

Modeling chess pieces, The Queen

by Christopher Tyler | Mar 11, 2024

In this tutorial, we will model the first of several chess pieces, in this case the Queen.

An SSD Drive type object, Part 1: Modeling

by Christopher Tyler | Aug 4, 2023

In this modeling tutorial, we will create an SSD type of object using polygon modeling and subdivision surfaces. Part 2, lighting, is here: https://www.strata.com/university/tutorials/an-ssd-drive-type-object-part-2-lighting/

About caustics, Part 2: indirect caustics

by Christopher Tyler | May 26, 2020

In part 2 on caustics, we look at indirect caustics and how to control them. We specifically look at raydiosity sampling and the cache hits parameter which can have a significant impact on their quality. The cache hits parameter also can be used to make the renderer...