Introducing 3ds Max® 2008

Beginners' Gallery

On the following pages, you will find a combination of images from the book as well as images created by a few artists fairly new to 3ds Max, all of whom are students at The Art Institute of California-Los Angeles, where one of the authors teaches. We hope these images will inspire your own creativity as you become more familiar with 3D in general and 3ds Max specifically. On the Internet, you can find a wealth of information about schools and programs such as The Art Institute of California-Los Angeles, where you can continue your education in CG work.

Some of these artists have been using 3ds Max for only a short period of time, and already they've been able to use the tools and techniques they've learned, to channel their artistic eye and creativity into some beautiful and interesting imagery.

ABOVE: The toy rocket that we modeled in Chapter 5, "Modeling in 3ds Max: Part II," is textured in Chapter 7, "Materials and Mapping." Use this photo to study how the surface of the rocket reflects its environment and how its coloring reacts to light, especially as you light and render the rocket in Chapter 10, "3ds Max Lighting," and Chapter 11, "3ds Max Rendering."

BELOW: By the end of Chapter 7, "Materials and Mapping," your rocket will look like this color image. By applying ...