Additional 3D Resources
This chapter is by no means a complete guide to 3D modeling—it’s more of an heroic attempt to simplify a complex art form! To learn more, check out these resources:
CGSociety (www.lesa.in/3dcgtalk) is a huge community of 3D modeling professionals who are helpful and insightful. Be sure to check out the site’s 3D sections if you want to have your mind blown by what others are doing with professional-level 3D programs.
3Dtotal (www.3dtotal.com) has endless resources for all things 3D (and 2D, for that matter).
PSD tuts+ (www.lesa.in/3dpstuts) has a fine selection of free 3D tutorials for Photoshop users. However, some are for older versions of Photoshop that had a very different set of 3D tools, so you may have to figure out how to accomplish them with the current toolset.
“60 Excellent Free 3D Model Websites” (www.lesa.in/603dmodels) is an article by Kay Tan that highlights 60 valuable 3D resources.
Archive3D (www.archive3d.net) has 35,000+ 3D models and props, and they’re all free!
CG Textures (www.cgtextures.com) offers zillions of free textures.
Blender (www.blender.org) is a free suite of tools for creating 3D objects.
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