Sculpting and Painting like an Alien!

My Internet went down at home and I realized that not having it helps get things done, so I decided to do a mini sculpting project of an alien bust. The concept art came from an artist friend and he gave me this a long time ago and I decided to go ahead and sculpt it just for kicks.

Wireframes... Lots of Wireframes!

Ever wonder how to display wireframes, render wireframes and look at wireframes?

As you may not know, there are a few ways to render a wireframe overtop of your model. You may also wonder how to display wireframes in the 3d View. Well both these features are fairly simple to set up.

3ds Max To Blender Comparison

It has been interesting learning the differences between both programs. The workflow is different and the tools are often named different. I have put together a comparison of tools that are often used. Seeing as Blender is more hotkey oriented alot of the tools are accessible with a hotkeys.I have been learning 3ds Max 2011 with the Graphite Modeling Tools, so some things here may have changed from older versions of Max.

Basic Texturing and Materials Step by Step

Sometimes I run into people asking questions about basic material and texturing in Blender, and I don't really know of any extensive video tutorials on this subject. If you do, you can send along the links in the comments :) Here are some basics to get you up and running with textures and materials in Blender.