Discovered this via the Sketchfab blog .. and it blew my mind!.. its the easiest 3d modelling tool i've seen since Teddy. Its a great tool!
Will help a lot of aspiring artists, who may be intimidated by typical 3d modelling concepts like UV mapping or projection mapping.. as well as modelling.
Note: this is not a replacement for traditional polygon modelling or 3d sculpting techniques, if you are working on a game or animation you will run into issues while trying to optimise or rig these models. However they are excellent for quick mockups and proof of concept models.
The website is called Smoothie-3D and you can use it to sculpt a 3d model out of any side profile picture you have of.. an animal.. (Update: have tried it with other stuff like sketches of motorcycle tanks and robots etc.. works great! )
Heres what i was able to do in 5-10min .. my first time using the site!
Step1:
upload an image.. i chose this picture i had of one of my dogs.
Step2: trace it .. every shape you trace gets turned into a bulbous extrusion with the photograph mapped onto it as a texture! so Trace the legs, torso, head , jaw as seperate shapes
Step3:
Scale, manipulate and reflect/clone things like legs, ears etc..
refer to this helpful video:
Step4:
Download it in one of the formats..
or directly export to sketchfab!
heres what the model looks like now
Rumi the Irish Setter
by Chaitanya Krishnan
on Sketchfab
Heres a dinosaur using this illustration - "Homalocephale body" by FunkMonk. Licensed under CC BY 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons -http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Homalocephale_body.jpg#mediaviewer/File:Homalocephale_body.jpg
Homalocephale body
by Chaitanya Krishnan
on Sketchfab
Source - http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/df/DVJ_Betta_splendens_009.jpg
By Daniella Vereeken (Flickr: Joep's Fish ) [CC BY 2.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0)], via Wikimedia Commons
Blue Betta
by Chaitanya Krishnan
on Sketchfab
Will help a lot of aspiring artists, who may be intimidated by typical 3d modelling concepts like UV mapping or projection mapping.. as well as modelling.
Note: this is not a replacement for traditional polygon modelling or 3d sculpting techniques, if you are working on a game or animation you will run into issues while trying to optimise or rig these models. However they are excellent for quick mockups and proof of concept models.
The website is called Smoothie-3D and you can use it to sculpt a 3d model out of any side profile picture you have of.. an animal.. (Update: have tried it with other stuff like sketches of motorcycle tanks and robots etc.. works great! )
Heres what i was able to do in 5-10min .. my first time using the site!
Step1:
upload an image.. i chose this picture i had of one of my dogs.
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| Rumi the Irish Setter |
Step2: trace it .. every shape you trace gets turned into a bulbous extrusion with the photograph mapped onto it as a texture! so Trace the legs, torso, head , jaw as seperate shapes
Step3:
Scale, manipulate and reflect/clone things like legs, ears etc..
refer to this helpful video:
Step4:
Download it in one of the formats..
heres what the model looks like now
by Chaitanya Krishnan
on Sketchfab
Heres a dinosaur using this illustration - "Homalocephale body" by FunkMonk. Licensed under CC BY 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons -http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Homalocephale_body.jpg#mediaviewer/File:Homalocephale_body.jpg
by Chaitanya Krishnan
on Sketchfab
Source - http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/df/DVJ_Betta_splendens_009.jpg
By Daniella Vereeken (Flickr: Joep's Fish ) [CC BY 2.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0)], via Wikimedia Commons
by Chaitanya Krishnan
on Sketchfab
Source - http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/10/HM_Orange_M_Sarawut.jpg
By Daniella Vereeken (Flickr: HM Orange M - Sarawut) [CC BY 2.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0)], via Wikimedia Commons
Source - http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1d/Grasshopper_2.JPG
By Ryan Wood (Own work) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
By Ryan Wood (Own work) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
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