Tutorials: Here are links to tutorials and DVDs made by me and available at The Gnomon Workshop / Gnomonology. Most of the free tutorials are written HTML tuts, while some are video. The Gnomon Workshop DVDs are a product that can be shipped, while the Gnomonology tutorials are downloadable. Free Tutorials at The Gnomon Workshop Creating Believable Eyes Introduction to Subsurface Scattering Skin Shading with Mental Ray Setting up Orthographic Images Software Rendering Particles, Blobby Gravity vs Uniform / Using Per-Particle Mass Transparency Shadows Controlling Fog Density Spotlight Decay Regions Rendering in Passes and Layers Shader Glow Tips Light Linking in Heavy Scenes Candle Flame Using Particle Speed Particle Emission when Objects Collide Multi-Patch Model Tesselation Arm set-up with IK/FK Custom Marking Menu for Selection Masks Custom Marking Menu for Key Tangents Understanding Continuity Dealing with Surface Parameterization Determining Texture Resolution Spotlight Fog Precise Rotation of Scanned Templates Creating Tileable Textures Training DVDs Head Sculpting and Texturing with Zbrush Introduction to Maya Deformers, I: Blendshape, Clusters Deformers, II: Lattice, Wrap, Sculpt Deformers, III: Wire, Jiggle Kinematics, II: Forward Kinematics Kinematics, III: Inverse Kinematics Kinematics, IV: Arms and Legs Constraints, I: Object Interaction Dynamics, 2: Emit from Object Dynamics, 3: Surface Emission Dynamics, 4: Rigid Bodies Dynamics, 5: Fields Dynamics, 6: Goals Dynamics, 7: Instancer Dynamics, 8: Introduction to Softbody Dynamics Dynamics, 9: Softbody Effects Dynamics, 10: Lattices and Curves Dynamics, 11: Spring Effects Gnomonology Image Sequence to Quicktime Bullets, Dust Hits and Debris Outdoor Lighting The Making of 'Smile' Sprite Rendering Fundamentals Pixie Dust Using Sprites Turntable Animations The Refinery Project Ground Explosion Creating/Rendering Sparks