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    Table of Contents

    Table of Contents

    Foreword: Making Games

    Turning Lead into Gold, Plastic, Wood, etc

    Embrace the Constraints

    Introduction

    Who Should Read This Book?

    A True Artist First

    What to Expect from This Book

    What This Book Covers

    Making the Game

    Themes

    1 Preparing to Create

    How and Where to Collect Reference

    Seek the Best

    Concept Art

    Setting the Quality Bar

    Blocking Out Your Scene

    Conclusion

    2 Modeling Theory

    Primitives

    Components

    Transformation Tools

    Polygons and Memory

    Polygon Limits

    Displaying Polygon Count

    Normals

    Backface Culling

    Polygon Reduction

    Modeling Techniques

    Extrude

    The Line Tool

    Common Mistakes

    Overlapping Faces

    T-Junctions

    Stray Vertices

    Star-Like Faces

    Conclusion

    3 Introduction to Texturing

    Game Texturing Theory

    Detail in Texture

    How to Choose and Create Textures

    File Formats


      

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