Monday, March 28, 2011

Blender: Shape Modeling Exercise #5 - Wrapping an Object with a Lattice-style Mesh


Shape Modeling Exercise #5 - Wrapping an Object with a Lattice-style Mesh from Kernon Dillon on Vimeo.
In this exercise, we'll be creating a lattice, or net-like, mesh that we will then wrap around our targeted object.

The blend file that matches the starting point of the tutorial can be found at:
 http://tinyurl.com/22ojhe6

(the reference image is packed within the blend file)
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(CTRL+A) or object -> apply -> Rotation  (it zeros out the rotation of object or resets the rotation values to zero)
* using array modifier, Solidify modifier, etc.

For textures, a few good sites are:
http://www.cgtextures.com/
http://www.openfootage.net/
http://www.textureking.com/