Spherical Mapping

[Pericolos0]

yes but his geometry is imo bad geometry

Avoid classical spheres like that at all costs!!! Using a smoothed cube gives you the exact same shape while also being easier to unwrap, and with all polygons being about thesame size (a good rule!)

And its also easier to take it in a sculpting package later on because it subdivides so well =)

[Whoot]

This also makes it easy to texture it in such a way that there are no seams visible at all! Which clever texture artist can tell me how, you'll win my prize!

http://www.3dtotal.com/team/Tutorials/Zorro_texture/zorro_01.asp

Do i win?

[Psyshokiller]

Clever techniques there, Peris and Whoot. Will come in handy sooner or later.

[Pericolos0]

This also makes it easy to texture it in such a way that there are no seams visible at all! Which clever texture artist can tell me how, you'll win my prize!

http://www.3dtotal.com/team/Tutorials/Zorro_texture/zorro_01.asp

Do i win?

thats a great technique, but in this case theres an even easier method , on that requires only photoshop!

[Synthesizer]

Copy, paste, and rotate?

[Pericolos0]

Copy, paste, and rotate?

you win the prize , collect it at my desk

[Bic-B@ll]

[dux]

[Sindwiller]

Ohah

[Seldoon182]

here is my magical way of modelling and unwrapping a sphere

This also makes it easy to texture it in such a way that there are no seams visible at all! Which clever texture artist can tell me how, you'll win my prize!

Nice tips Pericolos0 ! Thanks !

And gradulation to Synthesizer !

[Warby]

Copy, paste, and rotate?

you win the prize , collect it at my desk

arghh i was gonna say that D: looked into the thread too late :/

... also wants a prize ...

[Buddy]

just use geosphere, normal sphere has uneven poly distribution and smoothed cube is not perfectly round