Hello, I am a programmer, specifically PHP, C#, and UnityScript, and I was looking for some tutorials for a complete noob looking to learn how to model, sculpt etc. I already know the very basics of 3DS Max and MudBox. I am looking to learn how to create next-gen game assets including creating Diffuse, Bump, Specularity Maps, and more. I’ve already purchased a Wacom Intuos 4 tablet and I am a very fast learner. I am also willing to learn ZBrush’s workflow as well. Some links to some cheap/free tutorials would be very much appreciated.
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3ds max learning channel
Maybe you can ask someone to teach you how to model in 3dsmax?
blender is free. i strongly recommend u look at it. there are tons of modelling tutorials on youtube for it and it is simple.
If he already bought/get 3dsmax wich is more powerful and less complex there is no need to change to other 3d software.
3ds max is in the top three best tools for modeling, mudbox however is kind of in an interesting position. Truth be told mudbox in sculpting power is about where zbrush was in 3.1 basically its years behind zbrush’s capabilities. However it is far easier to use, i’d keep with that to learn sculpting fundamentals when you are more skilled in mudbox then go check out zbrush. 3ds max has tutorials everywhere you look its probably the most used software for 3d modeling so google would lead you to a bunch.
For mudbox:
http://www.mudboxhub.com/s/videos
for 3ds max I recommend purchasing training since it is much higher quality
http://eat3d.com/3dsmax101
That website is probably the best in general, however no amount of tutorials will make you a god of modeling only practice can do that.