Learn the secrets for breathing life into your characters with this guide to edgeloop modeling. As you progress through the pages of this book, you'll create a character with personality, realistic form, and natural motion. Guided by computer graphics expert Kelly Murdock and award-winning artist and animator Eric Allen, your character will grow and develop along with your expertise. You'll:

• learn to use edgeloop selection and creation features in 3ds Max®, Maya®, Softimage, and Modo.
• take a comparative look at point, box, loft, and other character modeling methods.
• model a detailed body form that is anatomically correct and has detailed facial features.
• enhance a character with hair and clothing
• texture a character completely using high-resolution texture map.

A CD-ROM accompanies the book.