Any good books about hardsurface modeling/topology?

komissar · Dec 2020

Hey guys!
Please advice some books with fairly good explanation of hardsurface modeling and topology.

Thanx a lot in advance!

janoshx · Dec 2020

"William Vaughan - pushing points" is pretty good in general about topology

sacboi · Dec 2020

Cut my modeling teeth on this one, when there wasn't much else to self learn from:

Polygonal Modeling: Basic and Advanced Techniques - Authored by Mario Russo

An example of his work - "The Gates Of Hell"

EDIT:

You might want to also check out our Sub Division Modeling thread sticky'd at the top of this page:

How The F*#% Do I Model This? - Reply for help with specific shapes

A ton of relevant insight stretching back years and some of which you'll not find in a book...

komissar · Jan 2021

janoshx said:

"William Vaughan - pushing points" is pretty good in general about topology

Thanx, will check it up!

komissar · Jan 2021

sacboi said:

Cut my modeling teeth on this one, when there wasn't much else to self learn from:

Polygonal Modeling: Basic and Advanced Techniques - Authored by Mario Russo

An example of his work - "The Gates Of Hell"

EDIT:
You might want to also check out our Sub Division Modeling thread sticky'd at the top of this page:

How The F*#% Do I Model This? - Reply for help with specific shapes

A ton of relevant insight stretching back years and some of which you'll not find in a book...

Appreciate your answer!
Thanx a lot!

tebom · Nov 2021

I have heard it is a good book. So, I also will check it for sure.

tebom · Nov 2021

sacboi said:

Cut my modeling teeth on this one, when there wasn't much else to self learn from:

Polygonal Modeling: Basic and Advanced Techniques - Authored by Mario Russo

An example of his work - "The Gates Of Hell"

EDIT:
You might want to also check out our Sub Division Modeling thread sticky'd at the top of this page:

How The F*#% Do I Model This? - Reply for help with specific shapes

A ton of relevant insight stretching back years and some of which you'll not find in a book...
I have heard it is a good book. So, I will check it up too.I also decided to try looking for books on topology at https://freebooksummary.com/category/drown because there are some summaries and possibly book reviews. Recently, I read the summary at the Drown there and almost finished reading it. Hope I find something else there.

I have heard it is a good book. So, I will check it too

Any good books about hardsurface modeling/topology?

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