Dota 2 Specific Tutorials for beginners?

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  anarcy

  Feb 2013

  Alot of the documentation from valve can seem a little advanced that's because it is
  
  but first things first here is my basic workflow
  
  1. find a hero i wana work on from here
  
  2. load all the meshes and materials into (maya for me) 3d program
  
  3. take screen dump and import that into photoshop
  
  4. blast ideas out, silhouettes/cool weapons/external references etc
  
  5. come up with a few variations ask peple around you ,on forums ,everywere witch one catches the eye the most
  
  6. start working on more detail shadowed/colored concepts
  
  7. get a concept i like
  
  8. ortographs if needed
  
  9. sculpt or model or both
  
  10. retopo (depends on depth)
  
  11. unwrap
  
  12. export ao/normal/spec etc
  
  13.texture
  tip: have a look at this it will show you how to use valves dota2 material properly
  
  14. test in dota2 or the spectator client theres a few way to do it its simple to find a tutorial on it
  
  15. submit to the work shop
  
  
  note: doing all this you should have some sort of "progress thread" on a forum like poly-count here, its great for feedback and also to show people that your not copying something else (people get really mad about that)
  
  hope this helps
  
  all else fails try Google there's gotta be something on youtube
  

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  Atuli null

  Feb 2013

  Thanks heaps for the reply man, I suppose i'm even too beginner for that work flow so the best bet is just to keep practicing everything until I get to the point of understanding what is required.

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