Montage Studio

I’ve been looking forward to announcing this for some time now… Montage Studio is no longer a one-man show. Over the last year another artist and I have been in the midst of discussing a merge, per say. Our plan has been to combine our efforts into an online, collaborative studio; allowing us to tackle more diverse, bigger projects. In many ways these plans were nothing more than a dream, the idea originally came up around two years ago. Now it’s a reality.

But who is the other artist? Many of you may know him from the Blender community as Ecks (previously X-Warrior), every one else can call him Jean-Sébastien Guillemette : ) He is a very talented 3D artist with a great eye for design. His city-scapes and incredible vehicle designs have caught a lot of people’s attention over the years. Not to mention several awards. You can see samples of his work over in the new gallery

What does this instill for the future? We have several goals with this merge:

• First and foremost, to continue to produce quality work and push our own skills.
• Secondly, to provide the best service we can to our clients.
• And third, to produce a range of training DVDs to help the growth and continuation of professional training materials within the Blender community.

This is a really exciting time for us, we’re really looking forward to working together and seeing where it takes us! We’ll keep you all updated, expect some new work and announcements soon.

Thanks!

P.S. Oh in case you didn’t notice, the whole site has also been overhauled with a brand new design, new gallery system, and more up-to-date info.

Hello everyone, I’m pleased to say that the upcoming Character Creation Training DVD is half way through the recording stage! I’ve recorded the whole introduction bit, where I introduce the new user to Blender’s interface and modeling tools, next is to do the actual character! For those you that have no idea what I’m talking about jump on over to the announcement thread on the BlenderArtists forums: http://blenderartists.org/forum/showthread.php?t=116567&highlight=training+dvd

After finding myself with a bit of free time I sat down and recorded another timelapse video. This time I chose to actually aim for a certain style, rather than just free-handing the whole thing. I was aiming for a slightly steam-punk(ish) style, whether that was achieved or not is up to you the viewers : )

It’s been a long time since I’ve updated anything here, I’ve been particularly busy. However, I can assure you that there’s some exciting stuff in the works! More news will be coming soon, I’ll just say that it’s going to be an exciting Summer!Enjoy!

I have just finished recording a new timelapse of modeling a creature head in blender for anyone interested. Original modeling time was approximately one hour, then sped up 6x for a finished time of 10 minutes. Music was supposed to accompany this timelapse but it seems YouTube was unable to process the audio upon upload…

Enjoy!

I’m deep in the planning stages of a new project and thought I’d give you all a teaser with some shots of the simple character that will be involved. Enjoy!

After many long months of waiting, I’m happy to announce the the new training DVD for modeling the female body is now shipping!

Along with the announcement of the DVDs shipping, I would also like to mention that each of the DVDs, the female head and female body, are now available for immediate download as well; rather than having to wait for a physical copy to arrive.

http://www.montagestudio.org/dvds 

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The follow-up to modeling a human head is of course modeling the body. This second training DVD takes the viewer through all the processes, techniques, and explanations of creating the female body in Blender 3D. All of the companion files are included on the dvd, both model files and reference images.

TOPICS COVERED:

Use of references
Anatomy
Subsurface modeling
Topology
Edgeloop creation
References

SOFTWARE USED:

Blender 3D

RUNNING TIME:

Approx. 4:00 Hours

RESOLUTION:

1024 x 768

 

    

 

I’m pleased to announce that a download option for purchasing my training DVD on modeling the female head is now available! Rather than purchasing a physical copy of the DVD you can now simply click the “Download” button to buy it and get instant gratification (depending on your download speed of course)! The physical copy of the Female Head DVD is still sold out but will be available again soon, as will the Female Body DVD. You can head on over to the DVDs page to check it out:http://www.montagestudio.org/dvds 

Well as of the other day the Training DVD for modeling the female head is officially sold out!  However, I’ll be ordering a new shipment (even with a newly designed cover!) within the next week or so.  And so, for all of those eager blenderheads still wanting the head DVD, don’t worry it’ll be back soon : ) Also, if all goes well the body DVD will be ready to ship within a week! Stay tuned… 

Hello everyone! Well after A LOT of procrastination and too much frustration with recording issues, I'm pleased to announce that the training DVD for modeling the female body is now available for preorder! The DVD is very, very close to completion and will start shipping two weeks or so. I've worked hard to make this DVD even better and more helpful than the previous one so I hope you all enjoy it! 

For those of you that haven’t purchased the female head DVD, this new one is being released as a companion DVD, such that it picks up where the other one left off, using the head model as a starting point.

Head on over to the DVDs page for complete info about the DVD, prices, and to check out some screenshots and a sample video (also attached below).

 

The Peach team has certainly been hard at work! brecht just published a new post to the Peach blog displaying the new Mesh Deform Modifier. This is absolute life saver for rigging and posing character models, will make things much easier and versatile.  Take a look at the original post for more info: Peach Blog