Links
Communities
- Maxforums
- Small but reliable community for 3ds max users. My nickname here is Nanne.
- Game Artist Forums
- Community for artists with a focus on video and computer games.
Game Sites
- GameSpot
- Great site for information about new or old games with videos, screenshots, articles reviews and a lot more. My nickname at the community here is KristofferHel.
- GameTrailers.com
- High quality videos and trailers of upcoming games. They also have very nice and informative video reviews of popular game titles.
- Zero Punctuation
- Ben “Yahtzee” Croshaw is a game critic who takes apart a new game every week and harshly and—somewhat—constructively criticise the game and its creators. All is colourfully illustrated with funny comic-style animations; very entertaining. Check out a new episode every Wednesday.
Tutorial Collections
These pages are linked to my Firefox bookmarks and will be automatically updated when I add new bookmarks, so make sure you visit them frequently so you won’t miss out.
- 3ds Max
- Here are a lot of tutorials for 3ds Max that I stumbled upon over the years that seems very interesting. I’ve categorized them for easier browsing.
- Photoshop
- Here are a few interesting tutorials for Photoshop.
- After Effects
- Here are some interesting tutorials for After Effects.
- Mudbox
- Here are some very interesting tutorials for Mudbox.
- Maya
- Here are some interesting tutorials for Maya.
Scripts and Plug-ins
- 3ds max
- Here is a collection of scripts and plug-ins for 3ds Max. Some are free and some are not. Check them out, they can be extreamly useful.The page is linked to my Firefox bookmarks hence it will automatically update with new links when I add new bookmarks.
Content Collections
These pages are linked to my Firefox bookmarks and will be automatically updated when I add new bookmarks, so make sure you visit them frequently so you won’t miss out.
- Textures
- Lots and lots of textures, most of them free!
- HDRI
- Some HDR images, for Image Based Lighting and some backplates.
- Materials
- Material presets for different rendering engines.
- Meshes
- 3D meshes in different formats, a lot of them are free.
- Foliage
- Some free foliage meshes; trees, bushes and flowers.
- Rigs
- Some free rigs (mostly for 3ds Max) that are good for practising animation.
- Motion Capture Data
- Motion Capture Data for all your animation needs!
- IES Profiles
- IES Profiles for creating more interesting light patterns on walls and floors.
- Audio
- Sound and music – enjoy!
- Stock Photo
- Stock photos for all purposes.
- Stock Footage
- Stock footage (videos) for practising video editing, or camera tracking.
- Fonts
- Free fonts, you never know when you need some!
References and Inspiration
- References
- A collection of references for all kind of different stuff; human anatomy etc.
- VFX References
- A collection of references for Visual Effects work.
- Blueprints
- Blueprints as modelling references.
- Inspiration
- A huge collection of inspirational stuff from all over the internet – feel the creative energy flowing!
- Animation Backgrounds
- A lot of still images of backgrounds from many, many different animated films and TV-series.
Friends
- Johannes Helgeson
- One of my class mates from the university of Skövde, a very skilled concept and texture artist.
- Iona Rosin
- A very talented and inspiring game designer and my programming tutor during my first year at the University of Skövde.