3D Game Environments: Create Professional 3D Game Worlds

by Luke Ahearn

From a steamy jungle to a modern city, or even a sci-fi space station, 3D Game Environments is the ultimate resource to help you create AAA quality art for a variety of game worlds. Primarily using Photoshop and 3ds Max, students will learn to create realistic textures from photo source and a variety of techniques to portray dynamic and believable game worlds. With detailed tutorials on creating 3D models, applying 2D art to 3D models, and clear concise advice on issues of efficiency and optimization for a 3D game engine, Luke Ahearn gives you everything students need to make their own realistic game environments.

Key Features

The entire game world development process; from planning to 3D modeling, UV layout, and creating textures.Exercises and projects to practice with; each section includes projects to guide you through creating different world genres.The updated companion website—www.lukeahearn.com/textures/ now includes video tutorials in addition to updated sample textures, shaders, materials, actions, brushes, program demos, plug-ins and all art from the book—all the tools you need in one place.

548 pages, Kindle Edition

First published May 1, 2008

About the author

I was born in New Orleans, LA and moved to Central California for a while. I now live in Georgetown, Texas.

I am a successfully published author of both fiction and nonfiction. Many of my nonfiction books are in their 2nd, 3rd, and 4th editions.

I am a lifelong artist and prop builder. I have created countless websites, logos, murals, and more. I have decades of professional game development experience in lead positions; designer, producer, and art director that range from AAA first person shooters to mobile and web-based games. I am expert in Photoshop and various game editors.

Reviews

[TheOldWoman&TheSea · Rating 2 out of 5]

I didn't like this book much. A lot of the text and images is copy/paste from his other book on creating textures in Photoshop.
The rest of the book wasn't very useful to me : it was either too vague (not practical, just intro text), or too specific (recipe with steps).

[Randy · Rating 4 out of 5]

Solid book for creating 3D game assets, mostly 3d modeling and texture techniques. I love how he has breaks down the modeling parts through mostly 1 or 2 page illustrations.
includes urban and rural. A little weak when it comes to doing normal mapping. but solid modeling and texturing book.

[Brent Knowles · Rating 4 out of 5]

Detailed examples walk readers through basics of creating 3d art. Lots of practical tips and useful information for a novice.