Whisk: Part 5 (wires, organizational setup) (SE/CX)

by Christopher Tyler | Jul 22, 2013

This beginner/intermediate tutorial shows how to use Shapes and Instances to control the wire components of the whisk. Shapes/instances are important mechanisms for managing geometry data in a scene and this tutorial shows various ways where this is the case. START...

Whisk: Part 4 (posing on ground) (SE/CX)

by Christopher Tyler | Jul 21, 2013

This beginner/intermediate tutorial walks through the process of posing the whisk as if it were resting on the ground. It focuses on two methods for rotating and posing the shape. START FILE Return to project page

Whisk: Part 1 (wires modeling) (SE/CX)

by Christopher Tyler | Jul 15, 2013

This beginning modeling tutorial shows how to create bezier curve data (using the blend tool) in Adobe Illustrator and take that into Design 3D SE (and CX) to create path extrude objects. It then shows how to arrange the resulting artwork to create the wire components...

Quick Mylar Balloons

by Rodrigo Duarte | Mar 25, 2013

This is a quick tutorial on making mylar balloons. We will use a flattened sphere but the technique is the same for more elaborate shapes. The texture is the important part here, with the metallic finish and the creases created with a bump map. The balloon itself  is...

Using an Image Gel to Create a Specular Highlight Only Light

by Rodrigo Duarte | Feb 19, 2013

There are times in which we want to have specular highlights without the diffuse lighting. We can create a Specular Highlight only light with a light Gel. This will greatly reduce rendering time compared to a full specular and diffuse light. Let us start with a simple...