Comments on: Box Modeling an Alien Character in Blender 2.5 alpha 0 http://cgcookie.com/blender/2009/12/01/box-modeling-an-alien-character-in-blender-2-5-alpha-0/ Blender 3D Tutorials and Training Thu, 17 May 2012 01:40:14 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Rich http://cgcookie.com/blender/2009/12/01/box-modeling-an-alien-character-in-blender-2-5-alpha-0/#comment-71299 Rich Tue, 14 Feb 2012 07:36:18 +0000 http://www.cgcookie.com/blender/?p=1184#comment-71299 I am having this same problem and neither of the bellow suggestions help. It's when your in front mode and you "b" and box select the top right corner, when I do it only the front vertacy's is selected, but in your video, your entire top right corner edge is selected. What we are ending up with is only the very front vert/edges move and the rest of the top right corner behind it is still square. This has to be some sort simple preference or setting and it's really anoying. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks Rich P.S. Awesome video!!! I am having this same problem and neither of the bellow suggestions help.
It’s when your in front mode and you “b” and box select the top right corner, when I do it only the front vertacy’s is selected, but in your video, your entire top right corner edge is selected.

What we are ending up with is only the very front vert/edges move and the rest of the top right corner behind it is still square.

This has to be some sort simple preference or setting and it’s really anoying.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks Rich

P.S. Awesome video!!!

]]> By: Jonathan Williamson http://cgcookie.com/blender/2009/12/01/box-modeling-an-alien-character-in-blender-2-5-alpha-0/#comment-69996 Jonathan Williamson Fri, 10 Feb 2012 16:20:18 +0000 http://www.cgcookie.com/blender/?p=1184#comment-69996 You can either turn off clipping in the viewport header or just go into wireframe mode with (Z) when you want to select everything. You can either turn off clipping in the viewport header or just go into wireframe mode with (Z) when you want to select everything.

]]> By: Joachim http://cgcookie.com/blender/2009/12/01/box-modeling-an-alien-character-in-blender-2-5-alpha-0/#comment-69938 Joachim Fri, 10 Feb 2012 12:41:08 +0000 http://www.cgcookie.com/blender/?p=1184#comment-69938 When I use the box selection, I only select the part that I see, and not the part behind it, so when I use the box selection on the corners I only select the one corner closest to me and have to pan around and select each vertesie individually. How can I make the box selector select everything instead of just the front of the model? When I use the box selection, I only select the part that I see, and not the part behind it, so when I use the box selection on the corners I only select the one corner closest to me and have to pan around and select each vertesie individually. How can I make the box selector select everything instead of just the front of the model?

]]> By: Ben Kibo http://cgcookie.com/blender/2009/12/01/box-modeling-an-alien-character-in-blender-2-5-alpha-0/#comment-69040 Ben Kibo Tue, 07 Feb 2012 23:16:13 +0000 http://www.cgcookie.com/blender/?p=1184#comment-69040 Hello David, i downloaded your alien character from the motion blur tutorial and found that the textures and materials were blacked out. please tell me why this happened. thanks ;P Hello David, i downloaded your alien character from the motion blur tutorial and found that the textures and materials were blacked out. please tell me why this happened. thanks ;P

]]> By: ben http://cgcookie.com/blender/2009/12/01/box-modeling-an-alien-character-in-blender-2-5-alpha-0/#comment-65694 ben Sun, 29 Jan 2012 17:33:17 +0000 http://www.cgcookie.com/blender/?p=1184#comment-65694 Hey awesome tut, just wondering though. i have worked on this alien for a year now, i have 5 different aliens that have not turned out the way I wanted it. so could you put the alien model on this website called http://www.blendswap.com/ you don't have to include the rig but it would be awesome if you could. thanks :> Hey awesome tut, just wondering though. i have worked on this alien for a year
now, i have 5 different aliens that have not turned out the way I wanted it.
so could you put the alien model on this website called http://www.blendswap.com/ you don’t have to include the rig but it would be awesome if you could. thanks :>

]]> By: Dexter Schmidt http://cgcookie.com/blender/2009/12/01/box-modeling-an-alien-character-in-blender-2-5-alpha-0/#comment-32804 Dexter Schmidt Fri, 11 Nov 2011 11:40:17 +0000 http://www.cgcookie.com/blender/?p=1184#comment-32804 Hey David I have done this twice, once when I first started modeling, and I started again yesterday. However, each time I run into the same problem. The bottom of the torso is too thin. How do I fix this? Thanks, and keep up the great tutorials! Hey David

I have done this twice, once when I first started modeling, and I started again yesterday. However, each time I run into the same problem. The bottom of the torso is too thin. How do I fix this? Thanks, and keep up the great tutorials!

]]> By: Allan McKernan http://cgcookie.com/blender/2009/12/01/box-modeling-an-alien-character-in-blender-2-5-alpha-0/#comment-29592 Allan McKernan Tue, 01 Nov 2011 20:58:38 +0000 http://www.cgcookie.com/blender/?p=1184#comment-29592 I know your comment was posted forever ago Ward, but could you possibly link to the tutorial, this would be great for creating my first outdoor scene in a blender game. :) I know your comment was posted forever ago Ward, but could you possibly link to the tutorial, this would be great for creating my first outdoor scene in a blender game. :)

]]> By: Nicholas Norris http://cgcookie.com/blender/2009/12/01/box-modeling-an-alien-character-in-blender-2-5-alpha-0/#comment-29346 Nicholas Norris Mon, 31 Oct 2011 21:10:46 +0000 http://www.cgcookie.com/blender/?p=1184#comment-29346 how do you do the thing at the beginning by shaping the head??? how do you do the thing at the beginning by shaping the head???

]]> By: Brett Fondale http://cgcookie.com/blender/2009/12/01/box-modeling-an-alien-character-in-blender-2-5-alpha-0/#comment-21766 Brett Fondale Mon, 03 Oct 2011 23:10:55 +0000 http://www.cgcookie.com/blender/?p=1184#comment-21766 Good stuff. I really need to work at box modeling... I suck at it. I turned this into a robot alien dude to get around the box modeling... made up of cylinders and spheres. The most important thing I learned in this tut is to turn on clipping and applying the mirror modifier to turn your sculpt back into one coherent piece. I'm really going about this in the reverse order... the first things I learned when I started playing around with blender a few months ago were fluid particles, realistic fluids animation, working in the compositor, the video sequence editor, camera and lighting, materials and textures... I just now got into the modeling and sculpting part. I can't wait to rig this thing up for some animation! Good stuff. I really need to work at box modeling… I suck at it. I turned this into a robot alien dude to get around the box modeling… made up of cylinders and spheres. The most important thing I learned in this tut is to turn on clipping and applying the mirror modifier to turn your sculpt back into one coherent piece.
I’m really going about this in the reverse order… the first things I learned when I started playing around with blender a few months ago were fluid particles, realistic fluids animation, working in the compositor, the video sequence editor, camera and lighting, materials and textures… I just now got into the modeling and sculpting part. I can’t wait to rig this thing up for some animation!

]]> By: Jethro Gem Dexter http://cgcookie.com/blender/2009/12/01/box-modeling-an-alien-character-in-blender-2-5-alpha-0/#comment-17993 Jethro Gem Dexter Mon, 12 Sep 2011 16:08:48 +0000 http://www.cgcookie.com/blender/?p=1184#comment-17993 Please disregard my comment.. Thanks.. figured it out.... Finally.... ^_^ Please disregard my comment.. Thanks.. figured it out…. Finally…. ^_^

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