In this tutorial we will learn how to create a female demon gargoyle creature. Throughout these lessons we will learn how to quickly create block out shapes such as our creature's wings, horns, cloth and other ornate pieces. We will look at brushes that are used in a typical art pipeline as well as how to create custom brushes. Using 3ds Max, we'll learn how to create chains that conform to the character's body using splines. We will also take all the SubTool pieces in ZBrush to rig and pose our character in Transpose Master.

In this series, Marc Gabbana walks you through his visual development process as he creates the TribalBot, a forest dwelling robotic vehicle. In this second volume, he begins by adding tone to his pen drawings using Adobe Photoshop. Marc demonstrates how to work with values and shading, and he shares his methodology for layer management. He also shows you which custom brushes he uses as he adds dimension to his designs. Through his gray scale paintings, Marc emphasizes how value, composition and lighting are all integral for creating drama and mood in a scene. Lastly, he shows you how to combine various tone images to create new and unexpected lighting scenarios. The final image is a fully painted TribalBot ready to pounce off the screen.

Updated for iOS 5. Tools and APIs required to build applications for the iPhone and iPad platform using the iOS SDK. User interface designs for mobile devices and unique user interactions using multi-touch technologies. object-oriented design using model-view-controller paradigm, memory management, objective-C programming language. Other topics include: object-oriented database API, animation, multi-threading and performance considerations.

Prerequisites: C language and programming experience at the level of 106B (Programming Abstractions) or X. Recommended: UNIX, object-oriented programming, graphical toolkits Offered by Stanford’s School of Engineering, the course is ten weeks and include both the lecture videos and PDF documents.

Note: The lectures are different from winter 2010.

If you want to take your photography skills to the next level, this Fundamentals of Digital Photography workshop is designed for you

With Total Training for CSS & XHTML Web Development you'll learn the process of building a structure for your web pages and then styling those web pages so that they look polished and professional, in the style and design you format. Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) is a versatile scripting language that allows designers great flexibility in terms of the visual appearance for a site they wish to create and affords them the means to change that appearance without having to recode web pages. Flexibility and this Best Practices the you'll learn the Design Process During a CAN Turn an Average Web designer a top notch INTO designer, Which Will help you build your Portfolio and client list. Highlights * Learn to build up an HTML Structure to Organize content on a Web Page * Easily apply formatting to your HTML using CSS Structure * Discover How to override formatting using CSS Inherited * Change your Web pages Layout Without Changing your HTML * Manage your website and file Structure preview your work using Dreamweaver

So you’ve wrapped your mind around the process of creating WordPress themes, and now you want to take things to the next level? In that case, it’s time to begin learning how to create plugins for WordPress. In this course, we start from the absolute basics, and work our way up to more advanced topics and techniques.

Getting your product into the app store as quickly as possible is essential in the fast moving world of mobile apps. This training course will give your development effort the kick start it needs and provide you with the knowledge to set up, develop and release your iPhone or iPad application.
This courses focuses on providing a comprehensive grounding in iPhone development techniques and you will come away with not only the ability to build iPhone and iPad applications but also an understanding of all of the concepts and patterns used in iOS development.

A fun and easy guide to creating the next great Facebook app!
Want to build the next runaway Facebook app like Farmville or Mafia Wars? Interested in leveraging Facebook app development as part of a marketing strategy? Whether you want to build your own Facebook app from scratch, extend an existing Facebook app, or create a game, this book gets you up and running in no time. Master the Facebook toolkit, get acquainted with the Facebook Markup and Query languages, navigate the Facebook API—even learn how to make money with your new app!