How to model Gears and Chains

How to model gears and chains

This is a tutorial on how to model gears and chains,  I made it for a fixie bike I am currently working on. But you can use this method to model things like tank tracks, snowmobile tracks, any other type of gear as well. It's fairly advanced, so I skip certain modeling steps, but if you need help send me an email at Raymundo302@gmail.com, I'll be happy to help a fellow modeler.

Modelling and Rendering Lights in Alias and Bunkspeed

This tutorial is on how to model and render lights for Alias and Bunkspeed Hypershot. It covers ever step from the model in Alias Studio, the HDR image in Photoshop, to rendering set up in Hypershot.

Books all Designers Should Have

Here are just some of the books i always have in hand. I highly recommend  them, I've bought hundreds of books but these are the ones that I always have close by.

My 3d Models

Here is a couple of examples of my 3d work. If you want to see my full portfolio, go to www.coroflot.com/raymundo302, I posted some more after the jump

Modelling a wheel with a tread pattern in Alias Studio

 This is a tutorial on how to model a real tread patter as opposed to just using textures to achieve the desired affect... so just click on the link to learn more