Character Modeling: Digital Artists Master Class

The definitive 3D character tutorial book showcasing the astonishing work and technical skills of leading artists Pascal Blanché, Francisco A. Cortina and Steven Stahlberg. Each master artist presents their character modeling techniques through a series of step-by-step tutorials from concept to creation.

Francisco A. Cortina recently finished work on the film ‘Aeon Flux’ at Digital Domain in Venice, CA. He joined the Japanese video game giant Square USA, where he worked on several game titles such as ‘Parasite Eve’ and ‘Final Fantasy IX’, the animated feature film ‘Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within’ and the animated short ‘Animatrix: Final Flight of the Osiris’.Pascal Blanché is an Art Director at Ubisoft Canada based in Montreal. His most recent game project was ‘Myst IV: Revelation’, the fourth in the cult adventure game series.Steven Stahlberg co-founded Optidigit and AndroidBlues, the virtual talent studio. He is a 2D and 3D artist, illustrator, art director and animator. Steven is internationally acknowledged as a world-class digital artist and was the first artist in the world to have a virtual character sponsored by a major modeling agency (Elite) in 1999.