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3D Printing: Print your 3D toy designs

What is 3d Printing?

3D printing is the process where a 3D design (created in Maya 3D, 3Ds MAX or other 3D software) is turned into a real object. Traditionally, 3D printing has been used for industrial design prototypes (electronics, car design, etc) but nowadays, 3D printing is also used in contemporary toy design. Continue reading

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Contemporary Character Design: 3D Robots

1. MARU by Norio Fujikawa
MARU

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Letter Fountain: Ultimate Typography Guide

Letter Fountain

Letter Fountain by Joep Pohlen and published by Taschen, has everything you could ever want to know about printing letters and numbers. In addition to examining the form and anatomy of every letter in the alphabet (as well as punctuation marks and special characters), the book cross-references type designs with important works of art and art movements from Gutenberg’s times until today

Visit the student & teacher website at: www.letterfountain.com

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Mental Ray Materials in Maya 3D 2012

mental Ray materialsAll mental ray for Maya materials include Hardware Texturing attributes, allowing you to preview them in the scene view. You can add Mental Ray Materials from the Hypershade window. Continue reading

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