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