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Rigging resource

I'm not a big fan of rigging 3D characters. The whole process of creating a character rig is just not appealing to my taste. Fortunately, there are tons of resources out there that can make the rigging process a bit more bearable. My favorite rigging resource by far — and probably the best — is antCGi YouTube channel. Created by indus

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This semester is not going smoothly as I'd expected, but it is what it is. Just a few bullet points for my future self to remember. * Four Thousands Weeks: I read this book, and I was quite surprised, positively. Even though the subtitle contains "Time Management" on it, it doesn't actually have a bunch of tips on how to manage your

How to check your paintings values in Photoshop?

A quick tip I learned on Tiffanie Mang workshop is how to easily check your paintings values in Photoshop. 1. Go to View > Proof Setup > Custom; 2. Under Proof Conditions > Device to Simulate: select Dot Gain 20%; 3. Click Ok. Now if you hit CMD + Y (CTRL + Y on Windows) it triggers the gray scale value version of your painting. Use

[Video] Let's LEARN ART From SPIDER-VERSE!

I saw this video from Marco Bucci today, where he breaks down some shots from Spider-Verse to teach important art fundamentals concepts. Definitely worth watching!

How to undo camera movements in Maya?

I thought this was impossible, I thought that you’d need to lock the camera position and save it, so you could then go back to a different angle that was working for you. It turns out you can easily undo (and redo) camera movements by using the square brackets keys, [ and ] respectively. If only I had known sooner about this…

How to easily select multiple curves in Maya?

Let’s say you are animating a tail or something like that, and you need to select multiple curves, you can simple drag and select the curves, right? That can be a bit frustrating over time. There’s multiple ways to automate this multi-selection, and yes, if you are using animBot you can do that, or you can simply open the Script Editor,

How to add custom shortcuts to Maya shelves?

I found this quick tip while I was watching a lecture from my Animation Mentor‘s mentorship. Let’s say you want to add a shortcut for the Content Browser in one of the Maya shelves. Here’s what you need to do: 1. Select the desired shelf, for instance Custom. 2. Find the item you want to add the shortcut to the shelf, in our case Wind

Mobility > Big screen

Look, I get it. Having a big screen for drawing/painting is amazing! Last year I bought a Wacom Cintiq Pro 24", and not only it has a big screen, but also huge bezels, which are super useful for resting your hand while drawing and not touching the screen, etc etc etc… Problem is, you either get a bigger table, or you will be in a complic

Substance Painter leaking UV

If you are painting some UV on Substance Painter and you notice that the brush strokes are bleeding/leaking to another parts of the UV, there’s a big chance that the brush Alignment mode is set to Tangent Wrap. Simply change it to UV to avoid any bleeding/leaking. Via: Substance Painter 3D docs.

Subdivision step-down guide

This image is a great example on how to accomplish subdivision in certain scenarios, for instance, if you need to subdivide from 5 to 3. Source: https://pixelandpoly.com/img/step-down-guide.png