For a limited time, DAZ is offering Bryce at a discounted price. If you are keen on checking out Bryce, click the box image below:

As of this writing, Ryan is in his teens but his keen eyes for aesthetics and passion for artistic endeavours belies his age.

He has put up a website showcasing his creative works. His portfolio covers several genre namely CG art, illustrations, graphic design and photography. His graphic design works include advertising campaign materials, poster, name cards and flyer designs.

He is also much into digital photography which captures, among other things, bits of Hong Kong.

As for the 3D works, he uses a combination of Cinema 4D, Blender and Carrara Pro.

Click here to check out his website !

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Now, we need to point to the location of the texture map that was created and exported from Sculptris. Click the ‘Open’ button to locate and load the texture. This is as shown below.

Now, the texture should be loaded. Next, we need to tell Blender the coordinate type of the texture. Under Mapping >>> Coordinates, select ‘UV’. This is as shown below.

Besides indicating the mapping coordinates, we also need to indicate to Blender what influence the map is to be used for. Since the map is a colour map, under ‘Influence’, check ‘Colour’. You can also  use the map for more than one type of influences. For bump maps, click ‘Normal’.

If you render the scene now, the model should have texture now.

Thanks for reading the tutorial. Drop me a comment if you have any queries

In case you do not know what is Sculptris, it is a very cool (and yet free) 3D sculpting program that works similarly to programs such as  Mudbox and Zbrush. Sculptris is highly intuitive to use and allows a newcomer to easily create complex organic models without much training.

After you are done with the modeling and painting within Sculptris, export the texture map. Next, export your model as a Wavefront OBJ file either by clicking the export OBJ button or pressing the CTRL and E-keys.

In Blender, import the model as Wavefront OBJ format as illustrated below.

The model should come in nicely. However, we will need to assign the texture map correctly onto the model.

With the model selected, go to the Texture panel. In case, you don’t know where the texture panel is, it is accessed by clicking on the checker-patterned square icon.

Click the ‘+’ symbol to add a new texture. For texture type, select ‘Image or Movie’. This is as shown below.

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This year, they will be back with new works and more new members!  As of this writing, they are hard at work for the upcoming exhibition which is tentatively scheduled to be in the month of November.

You can see their happenings and progresses on the Little Thoughts Group Blog.